CSU 72/2010: GOOGLE EARTH™ AND POLIO ERADICATION
| Monday, 9th of August 2010 |
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CSU 72/2010: GOOGLE EARTH™ AND POLIO ERADICATION
Writing in the International Journal of Health Geographics, Raoul Kamedjeu reviews the use of Google Earth ™ in stopping polio transmission along the River Congo.
‘The overall result of using GE was a better allocation of resources (fuel, outboard engines, and canoes) and an improved dispatch of vaccination teams. Social mobilization activities as well as supervision and monitoring were also greatly improved. With these improved micro-plans, populations previously missed by routine immunization services were identified and vaccinated.’
If weak microplanning is a serious obstacle to disease eradication (here one thinks of both polio and measles), then Google Earth™ might become an unexpected innovation in measles eradication.
Full text is at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2645371/pdf/1476-072X-8-4.pdf
On a related subject, see Lozano-Fuentes et al., ‘Use of Google Earth to Strengthen Public Health Capacities,’ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18797648
Good reading.
BD
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