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Spatial modeling of the population dynamics of Anopheles mosquitoes in Madagascar
BACKGROUND: Malaria, whose parasites are transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes, remains a major public health burden in Madagascar despite the control …
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Optimizing ambulance location based on road accident data in Rwanda using machine learning algorithms
BACKGROUND: The optimal placement of ambulances is critical for ensuring timely emergency medical responses, especially in regions with high accident …
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Bayesian spatio-temporal modeling and prediction of malaria cases in Tanzania mainland (2016-2023): unveiling associations with climate and intervention factors
Abstract Background Malaria continues to pose a significant global health challenge, affecting approximately 200 million individuals annually and resulting in …
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Assessing the impact of building footprint dataset choice for health programme planning: a case study of indoor residual spraying (IRS) in Zambia
BACKGROUND: The increasing availability globally of building footprint datasets has brought new opportunities to support a geographic approach to health …
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Geographic accessibility and hospital competition for emergency blood transfusion services in Bungoma, Western Kenya
BACKGROUND: Estimating accessibility gaps to essential health interventions helps to allocate and prioritize health resources. Access to blood transfusion represents …
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The effect of sampling health facilities on estimates of effective coverage: a simulation study
BACKGROUND: Most existing facility assessments collect data on a sample of health facilities. Sampling of health facilities may introduce bias …
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Spatiotemporal modelling and mapping of cervical cancer incidence among HIV positive women in South Africa: a nationwide study
BACKGROUND: Disparities in invasive cervical cancer (ICC) incidence exist globally, particularly in HIV positive women who are at elevated risk …
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Remote sensing of environmental risk factors for malaria in different geographic contexts
BACKGROUND: Despite global intervention efforts, malaria remains a major public health concern in many parts of the world. Understanding geographic …
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Estimating the local spatio‐temporal distribution of malaria from routine health information systems in areas of low health care access and reporting
BACKGROUND: Reliable surveillance systems are essential for identifying disease outbreaks and allocating resources to ensure universal access to diagnostics and …
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Who lacks and who benefits from diet diversity: evidence from (impact) profiling for children in Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND: The impact of diet diversity-defined as the number of different foods or food groups consumed over a given reference …
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Modelling and mapping the intra-urban spatial distribution of Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate using very-high-resolution satellite derived indicators
Abstract Background The rapid and often uncontrolled rural–urban migration in Sub-Saharan Africa is transforming urban landscapes expected to provide shelter …
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Modeling spatial access to cervical cancer screening services in Ondo State, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Women in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) remain at high risk of developing cervical cancer and have limited access …
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Improving geographical accessibility modeling for operational use by local health actors
BACKGROUND: Geographical accessibility to health facilities remains one of the main barriers to access care in rural areas of the …
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Distance sampling for epidemiology: an interactive tool for estimating under-reporting of cases from clinic data
BACKGROUND: Distance sampling methods are widely used in ecology to estimate and map the abundance of animal and plant populations …
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Using Google Earth™ and Geographical Information System data as method to delineate sample domains for an urban household surveys: the case of Maroua (Far North Region-Cameroon)
BACKGROUND: Getting a random household sample during a survey can be expensive and very difficult especially in urban area and …
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Developing a representative community health survey sampling frame using open-source remote satellite imagery in Mozambique
BACKGROUND: Lack of accurate data on the distribution of sub-national populations in low- and middle-income countries impairs planning, monitoring, and …
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Capturing the spatial variability of HIV epidemics in South Africa and Tanzania using routine healthcare facility data
BACKGROUND: Large geographical variations in the intensity of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa call for geographically targeted resource allocation …
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A cross-sectional ecological analysis of international and sub-national health inequalities in commercial geospatial resource availability
BACKGROUND: Commercial geospatial data resources are frequently used to understand healthcare utilisation. Although there is widespread evidence of a digital …
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Current and future distribution of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
BACKGROUND: Aedes-borne diseases as dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow fever are an emerging problem worldwide, being transmitted by Aedes aegypti …
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Spatial panorama of malaria prevalence in Africa under climate change and interventions scenarios
Malaria is highly sensitive to climatic variables and is strongly influenced by the presence of vectors in a region that …