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A high-resolution geospatial surveillance-response system for malaria elimination in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 2046715
Author(s) Kelly, Gerard C; Hale, Erick; Donald, Wesley; Batarii, Willie; Bugoro, Hugo; Nausien, Johnny; Smale, John; Palmer, Kevin; Bobogare, Albino; Taleo, George; Vallely, Andrew; Tanner, Marcel; Vestergaard, Lasse S; Clements, Archie C A
Author(s) at UniBasel Tanner, Marcel
Year 2013
Title A high-resolution geospatial surveillance-response system for malaria elimination in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
Journal Malaria journal
Volume 12
Pages / Article-Number 108
Keywords Malaria elimination, Surveillance, Geographic information systems (GIS), Spatial decision support systems (SDSS), Mapping
Abstract

A high-resolution surveillance-response system has been developed within a geographic information system (GIS) to support malaria elimination in the Pacific. This paper examines the application of a GIS-based spatial decision support system (SDSS) to automatically locate and map the distribution of confirmed malaria cases, rapidly classify active transmission foci, and guide targeted responses in elimination zones.; Customized SDSS-based surveillance-response systems were developed in the three elimination provinces of Isabel and Temotu, Solomon Islands and Tafea, Vanuatu. Confirmed malaria cases were reported to provincial malaria offices upon diagnosis and updated into the respective SDSS as part of routine operations throughout 2011. Cases were automatically mapped by household within the SDSS using existing geographical reconnaissance (GR) data. GIS queries were integrated into the SDSS-framework to automatically classify and map transmission foci based on the spatiotemporal distribution of cases, highlight current areas of interest (AOI) regions to conduct foci-specific targeted response, and extract supporting household and population data. GIS simulations were run to detect AOIs triggered throughout 2011 in each elimination province and conduct a sensitivity analysis to calculate the proportion of positive cases, households and population highlighted in AOI regions of a varying geographic radius.; A total of 183 confirmed cases were reported and mapped using the SDSS throughout 2011 and used to describe transmission within a target population of 90,354. Automatic AOI regions were also generated within each provincial SDSS identifying geographic areas to conduct response. 82.5% of confirmed cases were automatically geo-referenced and mapped at the household level, with 100% of remaining cases geo-referenced at a village level. Data from the AOI analysis indicated different stages of progress in each province, highlighting operational implications with regards to strategies for implementing surveillance-response in consideration of the spatiotemporal nature of cases as well as logistical and financial constraints of the respective programmes.; Geospatial systems developed to guide Pacific Island malaria elimination demonstrate the application of a high resolution SDSS-based approach to support key elements of surveillance-response including understanding epidemiological variation within target areas, implementing appropriate foci-specific targeted response, and consideration of logistical constraints and costs.

Publisher BioMed Central
ISSN/ISBN 1475-2875
edoc-URL http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A6164991
Full Text on edoc Available
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1186/1475-2875-12-108
PubMed ID http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23514410
ISI-Number WOS:000317229600001
Document type (ISI) Journal Article
 
   

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