GeoS4S Module GIS for Health

Abstract

Health sector has emerged a major area where GIS and other geoinformatics tools are being increasingly applied. Health sector and experts of disease control and spatial epidemiology are keen to use GIS to see the geographic extent of their work and disease patterns, trends and risk zones so that they can provide best services in limited resources and can have a bigger picture of the disease spread and outbreak. This module is part of the GeoS4S project co-funded under ERASMUS + by European Union. This module presents the application of GISfor disease surveillance and establishing its' causative factors using various type of strong and rich repertoire of geospatial tools of analysis. This paper presents an overview of the lessons, hands on exercises and assignments that will help the students to attain the objectives of the learning of this new are of application of GIS. The course is prepared considering its scope as online material for self-learning but it may very well be used direct teaching in traditional class room setting in an institution.