51 Spatial Mapping of Infectious Disease Risk
Source: Ewan Cameron. Chapter 26.
51.1 Why need High-Resolution, Infectious Disease Risk Maps?
Availability of data (electronic health information system, spatial data, imaging, GIS) –> possible to produce risk maps
These risk maps are valuable for stakeholders:
national disease control program: allocate resources, identify intervention target
supra-national organizations (WHO etc): evaluation of progress (???)
individual: travel plan, performance of health system
Producing these maps require formal statistical approach because:
Infectious disease data features: disaggregation, interrogation (???)
stochasticity of the generating process