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GIS for public health management


Objective
The main objective of the study is Creation of a GIS based Decision Support Tool for Public Health Management.

The following Components are analysed to achieve the objective
  • Location of PHCs, Sub Centres & other Government Hospitals
  • Level of Morbidity
  • Incidence of each disease
  • Morbidity by Gender
  • Morbidity of Adults / Children
  • Morbidity by Residence (Rural / Urban)
  • Drinking water quality
  • Water polluting sources
  • Air polluting sources
  • Distribution of Vital Rates
  • Literacy Rates


AREA Study Area
In Salem district (Tamilnadu), Attur, Konganapuram, Omalur and Veerapandi blocks (panchayat union) have been taken for the pilot study. The source for digital database is from the project “Panchayat Resources Information System” a project funded by Tamilnadu State Planning Commission, Conceptualized at IRS and Commissioned at DRDA, Salem.


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