Information Systems for Health Unit, Department of Science, Information and Dissemination, WHO Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
Health Emergencies, WHO Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
East Mediterr Health J. 2023 May 31;29(5):307-308. doi: 10.26719/2023.29.5.307.
From distributing healthcare resources equitably to identifying disease outbreaks, most of the information needs of local health system decision-makers have a geographic component (1). Recognizing the value of geographic information systems for public health planning and decision-making, a 2007 resolution by the Regional Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) called upon Member States to develop institutional frameworks, policies, processes, and to provide the infrastructure and resources needed to support health mapping activities in EMR (2).
从公平分配医疗资源到识别疾病爆发,地方卫生系统决策者的大多数信息需求都具有地理成分(1)。鉴于地理信息系统对于公共卫生规划和决策制定的价值,世界卫生组织(WHO)东地中海区域委员会 2007 年的一项决议呼吁成员国制定体制框架、政策、流程,并提供基础设施和资源,以支持东地中海区域的卫生绘图活动(2)。