Global Health -- Maps
Interactive world maps that track disease and other health related issues
Globalis is an interactive world atlas where you decide what is to be displayed on the map. Globalis aims to create an understanding for similarities and differences in human societies, as well as how we influence life on the planet. This is primarily done using visual means.
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Google map created by the Medical Center Library of Duke's global health sites. Please email us at mclref[at]mc.duke.edu to add any sites we may have missed.
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Provider: Google Maps / Medical Center Library
HealthMap brings together disparate data sources to achieve a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health. This freely available Web site integrates outbreak data of varying reliability, ranging from news sources (such as Google News) to curated personal accounts (such as ProMED) to validated official alerts (such as World Health Organization). Through an automated text processing system, the data is aggregated by disease and displayed by location for user-friendly access to the original alert. HealthMap provides a jumping-off point for real-time information on emerging infectious diseases and has particular interest for public health officials and international travelers.
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This page serves two functions. First it lets users browse the information that we have already archived from our searches of the peer-reviewed literature and through contacting colleagues directly. Detailed descriptive articles on auditing, archiving and assembly of the malaria data are provided here. Therefore for each country we provide maps of the spatial distribution and date of the parasite rate surveys so far archived. We also provide maps of the spatial limits of P. falciparum malaria transmission (Guerra et al., 2008). Second, it allows users to contact us regarding the provision of new data. The MAP is most interested in surveys from locations for which we have no information and where more recent surveys may have been conducted. The page is structured into two sections: malaria data and ancillary data.
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In a single electronic platform, the WHO’s Communicable Disease Global Atlas is bringing together for analysis and comparison standardized data and statistics for infectious diseases at country, regional, and global levels. The analysis and interpretation of data are further supported through information on demography, socioeconomic conditions, and environmental factors. In so doing, the Atlas specifically acknowledges the broad range of determinants that influence patterns of infectious disease transmission.
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