Department of Pathobiological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Adv Parasitol. 2010;73:71-100. doi: 10.1016/S0065-308X(10)73004-9.
This review focuses on implementing a geospatial health infrastructure for control of schistosomiasis and other helminthic infections in Southeast Asia, with special focus on the People's Republic of China and the Philippines, using a model working group approach. Health workers have lagged in utilization of geospatial analysis and widely available, low-cost spatial data resources for epidemiological modelling and control programme management. The critical limitation on development of useful health applications to date has not been the availability of geospatial data and methods. Rather, the key barriers have been the speed of adoption of geospatial analysis tools by health scientists and the quality of geographic information system (GIS)-friendly medical databases. Regional GIS applications on Asian schistosomiasis are reviewed to illustrate recent geospatial health analysis applications. A model programme is presented for implementation of training programmes and establishment of regional working groups to facilitate development and use of geospatial health infrastructure resources by health workers in Southeast Asia.
这篇综述重点探讨了在东南亚实施地理空间卫生基础设施以控制血吸虫病和其他寄生虫感染的问题，特别关注中华人民共和国和菲律宾，采用模型工作组的方法。卫生工作者在利用地理空间分析和广泛可用的低成本空间数据资源进行流行病学建模和控制规划管理方面一直落后。迄今为止，对有用的卫生应用程序的开发的关键限制不是地理空间数据和方法的可用性。相反，主要障碍是地理空间分析工具被卫生科学家采用的速度以及地理信息系统（GIS）友好型医疗数据库的质量。对亚洲血吸虫病的区域 GIS 应用进行了回顾，以说明最近的地理空间卫生分析应用。提出了一个示范方案，用于实施培训计划和建立区域工作组，以促进东南亚卫生工作者开发和利用地理空间卫生基础设施资源。
