Spatial Analysis and Mapping of Malaria Risk in Dehradun City India: A Geospatial Technology-Based Decision-Making Tool for Planning and Management

Geographic information systems (GIS) is an effective tool for determining the best locations for future healthcare facilities. An increasingly important form of analysis in health information systems involves the analysis of geographic distribution and trends in health service delivery. Geographic information systems software helps map the spatial distribution and coverage of health services and as a tool to identify geographic areas to target for health service development activities. The objectives of this study are to analyze the geographic distribution of the public health facilities in the Dahod District of Gujarat. The listed healthcare facilities of Dahod district were covered for data collection. The data includes detailed survey and collected GIS coordinates Using Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. The collected Latitude and Longitude through a ground survey of every health facility were transferred into GIS software for mapping health facilities of Dahod in the state of Gujarat, India for the year 2020. The Dahod district is divided into 7 sub-districts/blocks. In the district total of 21 Community Health Centers (CHC's), 97 Public health Centers (PHC's) and, 637 Sub Centers (SC's) are operating. The GIS-based methods used in this study show how this methodology can be utilized for planning the location of new health facilities across a range of geographical terrains and regions, including hilly, tribal, and remote areas. Analysis reveals that some talukas have a clustering of health facilities while the other talukas have evenly distributed health centers.

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Spatial Analysis and Mapping of Malaria Risk in Dehradun City India: A Geospatial Technology-Based Decision-Making Tool for Planning and Management

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