A5000686779- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- COVID-19 impact on air quality
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
- ICT in Developing Communities
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Immune responses and vaccinations
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Global Health and Surgery
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
2018-2025
World Health Organization - Pakistan
2024
Abstract Background Healthcare service provision, planning, and management depend on the availability of a geolocated, up-to-date, comprehensive health facility database (HFDB) to adequately meet population’s healthcare needs. HFDBs are an integral component national system infrastructure forming basis efficient delivery, surveillance, ensuring equitable resource distribution, response epidemics outbreaks, as well for research. Despite value HFDBs, their remains challenge in sub-Saharan...
Abstract The use of geographic information system (GIS) technologies to improve access health is gaining momentum in Africa. This has become more pertinent with the increasing penetration mobile-phone technology and internet use, calls for innovative strategies support implementation World Health Organization Sustainable Development Goals universal coverage on continent. huge potential benefits GIS advance service delivery Africa is, however, yet be fully harnessed due critical challenges...
Geospatial data reporting from surveillance and immunization efforts is a key aspect of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Polio Eradication Initiative in Africa. These activities are coordinated through WHO Regional Office for Africa Geographic Information Systems Centre. To ensure accuracy field-collected data, Centre has developed mobile phone apps such as electronic (eSURV) integrated supportive supervision (ISS) geospatial collection programs. While eSURV ISS have played vital...
Despite a half-century-long global eradication effort, polio continues to have devastating impact on individuals and communities worldwide, especially in low-income countries affected by conflict or geographic barriers immunization programs. In response, the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) employs disease surveillance vaccination campaigns coordinated through WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) Geographic Information System (GIS) Centre....
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Africa is an urgent public health crisis. Estimated models projected over 150,000 deaths and 4,600,000 hospitalizations the first year of disease absence adequate interventions. Therefore, electronic contact tracing surveillance have critical roles decreasing transmission; yet, if not conducted properly, these methods can rapidly become a bottleneck for synchronized data collection, case detection, management. While continent currently reporting relatively...
This paper introduces indigenous land knowledge conservation systems as a significant resource which would contribute to the increased efficiency and effectiveness in management of based resources among rural communities. Despite their critical role resources, these technologies are being marginalized or even forgotten discusses Teso community effects level application/adoption on land use/land cover status trends from time Kenya’s pre-independence 2000s era. Data was...
<title>Abstract</title> Air pollution seriously threatens respiratory health, particularly for children under five. The majority of air pollution-related fatalities occur in low- and middle-income countries, with Africa bearing a significant burden. rapid urbanization, vehicle emissions, inadequate waste management Kenya have led to surge illnesses, such as Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URTI) Nakuru County. To address this pressing issue, study explored the use remote sensing data...
Abstract Background : Tracking every child for polio eradication in the African region has been an ambitious objective respose to recommendations of Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) enhance information gathering areas with sub-optimal and challenging performance. Achieving this require real-time on active surveillance. Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) case searches were captured mobile phones monitor programme through a digitalised platform developed by Geographic Information System...
There is a growing awareness on the importance of indigenous technical knowledge and necessity its integration into modern in order to address problems related natural resource conservation. However, there lack study that demonstrates clearly how two types systems could be successfully integrated together. This paper presents such framework has been developed through participatory geographical information (GIS) approach with Teso Community Kenya. Data were collected using variety research...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Africa is an urgent public health crisis. Estimated models projected over 150,000 deaths and 4,600,000 hospitalizations the first year of disease absence adequate interventions. Therefore, electronic contact tracing surveillance have critical roles decreasing transmission; yet, if not conducted properly, these methods can rapidly become a bottleneck for synchronized data collection, case detection, management. While continent...
<sec> <title>UNSTRUCTURED</title> Geospatial data reporting from surveillance and immunization efforts is a key aspect of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Polio Eradication Initiative in Africa. These activities are coordinated through WHO Regional Office for Africa Geographic Information Systems Centre. To ensure accuracy field-collected data, Centre has developed mobile phone apps such as electronic (eSURV) integrated supportive supervision (ISS) geospatial collection programs....
Abstract Background The Auto-Visual AFP Detection and Reporting (AVADAR) digital health intervention programme is a that was introduced to Africa in 2016. adopts the use of AVADAR SMS – based smartphone application (app) community-based surveillance activities order enhance detection reporting (polio) cases improve quality. As at 2020, being used 11 African countries. need conduct regular relevant evaluations very essential towards improving polio eradication performance effectiveness...