Establishing a Demographic, Development and Environmental Geospatial Surveillance Platform in India: Planning and Implementation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inadequate administrative health data, suboptimal public health infrastructure, rapid and unplanned urbanization, environmental degradation, and poor penetration of information technology make the tracking of health and well-being of populations and their social determinants in the developing countries challenging. Technology-integrated comprehensive surveillance platforms have the potential to overcome these gaps.

Objective

This paper provides methodological insights into establishing a geographic information system (GIS)-integrated, comprehensive surveillance platform in rural North India, a resource-constrained setting.

Methods

The International Clinical Epidemiology Network Trust International established a comprehensive SOMAARTH Demographic, Developmen

SUBMITTER: Dixit S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6231830 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature