New Health & Geographical Information Systems (GIS) web pages
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Source: HEALTH-GIS@who.ch
The WHO/UNICEF Joint Programme on data management and mapping for pub-
lic health *HealthMap* is pleased to announce its new Web pages:
The overall objective of the HealthMap Programme is to promote and im-
plement the use of mapping and GIS as an operational tool for planning,
monitoring and managing public health programmes of priority to na-
tional Ministries as well as to WHO, UNICEF and key agency partners.
HealthMap is servicing at national and global levels, the technical re-
quirements of a diverse range of tropical disease programmes, including
the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme, the Onchocerciasis Control Pro-
gramme (OCP) in Africa, the African Programme on Onchocerciasis Control
(APOC), the WHO Alliance for the Elimination of Trachoma and the Afri-
can Trypanosomiasis Programme. HealthMap has also initiated projects
with the Malaria Control Programme and the Filariasis Elimination Pro-
gramme.
Other public health applications supported by HealthMap include use of
GIS for health systems strengthening, for monitoring of immunisation
activities, urban mapping and monitoring equity to health and health
care.
Have a special look at the *Interactive Maps* of guinea worm from the
Healthmapper
Your comments are welcome.
Isabelle Nuttall
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Dr Isabelle Nuttall
WHO/UNICEF Joint Programme on Health Mapping (HealthMap)
Division of Control of Tropical Diseases
World Health Organisation
CH-1211 Geneva, 27, Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-791-3861 / 791-3897
Fax: +41-22-791-4777
mailto:nuttalli@who.ch
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