Health GIS
GIS and maps are valuable in strengthening the whole process of Health Management Information System (HMIS) and analysis.
- It serves as a common platform for convergence of multi-disease surveillance activities standardized geo referencing of epidemiological data facilitates standardized approaches to data management.
- The process provides an excellent means of analyzing epidemiological data, revealing trends, dependencies and inter-relationships that would otherwise remain hidden in data shown only in tabular format.
- A GIS can serve as an entry point for integrating disease surveillance activities where appropriate.
