GIS based malaria information management system for urban malaria scheme in India

Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2003 May;71(1):63-75. doi: 10.1016/s0169-2607(02)00056-1.

Abstract

A GIS based information management system has been developed to help Urban Malaria Control in India. The basic objective is to develop a model to assist planning and implementation of a suitable control measure. The system can help in: (i) identifying high receptive areas in time and space domain; (ii) identifying risk factors for high receptivity; (iii) monitoring and evaluating control measures. To demonstrate this system, information on 33 parameters and malaria cases has been attached to a digitised map of Dindigul, an urban town in Tamil Nadu. Functionalities of the system and its utility are described in this paper. A GIS based information management system ensures that if a localised spurt of the disease occurs, it can be associated rapidly with a likely cause, a specific vector, and a probable human source, so that appropriate preventive action can be taken to arrest any rising trend.

MeSH terms

  • Communicable Disease Control / instrumentation
  • Communicable Disease Control / methods*
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases, Factual
  • Decision Making, Computer-Assisted
  • Disease Notification / methods*
  • Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control
  • Geographic Information Systems*
  • Humans
  • India / epidemiology
  • Information Systems
  • Malaria / epidemiology*
  • Malaria / prevention & control
  • Prevalence
  • Public Health Informatics / instrumentation
  • Public Health Informatics / methods
  • Risk Assessment / methods*
  • Software
  • Topography, Medical / methods
  • Urban Health
  • User-Computer Interface