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GIS/GPS to document increased access to community-based treatment for tuberculosis in Africa. Geographic information system/global positioning system.

D Wilkinson, F Tanser.   

Abstract

Application of geographic information system (GIS) and global positioning system (GPS) technology in the Hlabisa community-based tuberculosis treatment programme documents the increase in accessibility to treatment after the expansion of the service from health facilities to include community workers and volunteers.

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Year:  1999        PMID： 10437874     DOI： 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)01893-0

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Lancet        ISSN： 0140-6736            Impact factor:   79.321


  8 in total

1.  Methodology for optimising location of new primary health care facilities in rural communities: a case study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Authors:  Frank Tanser
Journal:  J Epidemiol Community Health       Date:  2006-10       Impact factor: 3.710

2.  Linking the global positioning system (GPS) to a personal digital assistant (PDA) to support tuberculosis control in South Africa: a pilot study.

Authors:  Barry Dwolatzky; Estelle Trengove; Helen Struthers; James A McIntyre; Neil A Martinson
Journal:  Int J Health Geogr       Date:  2006-08-16       Impact factor: 3.918

3.  Development and management of a geographic information system for health research in a developing-country setting: a case study from Bangladesh.

Authors:  Jonathan D Sugimoto; Alain B Labrique; Salahuddin Ahmad; Mahbubur Rashid; Rolf D W Klemm; Parul Christian; Keith P West
Journal:  J Health Popul Nutr       Date:  2007-12       Impact factor: 2.000

4.  Development of a wearable global positioning system for place and health research.

Authors:  Daniel Rainham; Daniel Krewski; Ian McDowell; Mike Sawada; Brian Liekens
Journal:  Int J Health Geogr       Date:  2008-11-25       Impact factor: 3.918

5.  The application of geographical information systems to important public health problems in Africa.

Authors:  Frank C Tanser; David Le Sueur
Journal:  Int J Health Geogr       Date:  2002-12-09       Impact factor: 3.918

6.  Use of satellite imagery in constructing a household GIS database for health studies in Karachi, Pakistan.

Authors:  Mohammad Ali; Shahid Rasool; Jin-Kyung Park; Shamoon Saeed; Rion Leon Ochiai; Qamaruddin Nizami; Camilo J Acosta; Zulfiqar Bhutta
Journal:  Int J Health Geogr       Date:  2004-09-28       Impact factor: 3.918

7.  Determinants and spatial patterns of adult overweight and hypertension in a high HIV prevalence rural South African population.

Authors:  Jiachen Zhou; Mark N Lurie; Till Bärnighausen; Stephen T McGarvey; Marie-Louise Newell; Frank Tanser
Journal:  Health Place       Date:  2012-09-18       Impact factor: 4.078

8.  Accessibility to tuberculosis control services and tuberculosis programme performance in southern Ethiopia.

Authors:  Mesay Hailu Dangisso; Daniel Gemechu Datiko; Bernt Lindtjørn
Journal:  Glob Health Action       Date:  2015-11-20       Impact factor: 2.640
  8 in total

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