Abstract
Geographic Information Systems for Community Health Management in Tugi Track: Health and Human Services Author(s): Ntsacom Christabel Dashaco, Njohjam Naburo Tugi is a village in Cameroon. Its 10,000 inhabitants are distributed in quarters. The population lacks medical health services and to get the government and international organizations to commit to their assistance, the village has created a land-use planning committee with community health development as one of the components responsible for community health care and rural health infrastructures. Esri ArcView was used to map and visualize the community health situation of the village in a digital database. The application of GIS in mapping HIV/AIDS distribution per quarter, disease occurrences, drugs demand and the calculation of distances separating each quarter from a medical post will be discussed. Medical and demographic statistics will be analyzed to formulate information necessary for the positioning of new health posts, which will be equidistant to the dwellings. Sectors where particular diseases are rampant will be identified and GPS mapped. Ntsacom Christabel Dashaco Tugi Landuse Planning Committee Community Health Development Provincial Hospital Buea , null 475 CM Phone: (00237)7731802 Fax: +237 333 34 28 E-mail: irenerhyme@yahoo.ca Njohjam Naburo EReT Cameroon Landuse Planning Environmental Resource Trust (EReT) Cameroon Buea , South-West 00 CM Phone: +237 7523430 Fax: +237 333 34 28 E-mail: njohjam@yahoo.fr |
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