Program Image GIS for Global Health (GIS)

GIS for Global Health (GIS)

Short or summer course

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a powerful tool for planning and assessment of health interventions. This course provides participants with skills necessary to apply GIS in disease control.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a powerful tool for planning and assessment of health interventions and is increasingly recognized as an essential tool in disease control. GIS can effectively be applied to improve health care provision in disease control programmes, where new perspectives and approaches are needed.

This course provides participants knowledge and skills on how GIS can be used for i) epidemiological assessment of patterns of disease in time and place; ii) assessment of accessibility to health care facilities and iii) visualizing Health Management Information – for monitoring and evaluation of programme performance such as programme indicators, human resources, and laboratory performance indicators.

This course uses a combination of theoretical lectures, hands on exercises and case studies as well as examples from the field presented by external specialists. Diseases covered include a wide spectrum of water related, vector borne and sexually transmitted as well as globally emerging diseases such as: Cholera, Malaria, TB, HIV, helminth, Q-fever, SARS.

The course will use ArcGIS/R. Participants will obtain a one-year student licence of ArcGIS.

Language

English

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Duration

12 days

ECTS credits

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Numerus Fixus

Tuition fee 2023/2024

€ 2,270


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Tuition fees  
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Start date App. deadline EU/EEA App. deadline Non-EU/EEA
17 Jun '24 17 Apr '24 17 Apr '24

Scholarships

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L'Oréal - Unesco for Women in Science

Nestlé Nutrition Institute Scholarship

Rotary Foundation

StuNed Scholarship Programme

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UAF: Foundation for Refugee Students

Orange Knowledge Programma (OKP)

The Orange Knowledge Programme aims to contribute to a society's sustainable and inclusive development. Its scholarships are open to mid-career professionals in specific countries.