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GIS Modelling for Health Reform in Rural Governorate of Egypt
Mostafa M. Ahmad
General Supervisor of GIS - Center
Central Agency of Public Mobilization and Statistics
( CAPMAS )
Salah Salem st. Nasr City Cairo EGYPT
POB 2086 Cairo
Abstract
Health systems have a vital and continuing responsibility to people throughout the lifespan.
They are crucial to the healthy development of individuals, families and societies everywhere. Health
systems are defined as comprising all the organizations, institutions and resources that are devoted to
producing any effort, whether in personal health care, public health services or through intersectional
initiatives, whose primary purpose is to improve health. The objective of good health itself is really
has two fold: the best attainable average level - goodness - and the smallest feasible differences among
individuals and groups - fairness. To realize the objectives of the health systems and health reform
principles, it must deal with geographical information system (GIS). GIS is an essential technology
component for the future management and decision making.
The present work deals with the future health reform of Sohag governorate. The main objectives
of the health reform are identify the main areas of potential primary health care gain and review the
existing situation of the different health services against planning standards guidelines. To achieve
these targets the GIS-Modelling are used. The spatial and attribute data were collected.
The mathematical GIS model was applied for the future heath reform in Sohag governorate to
determine serviced and unserviced areas by health facilities. This model was implemented through the
construction of program using Visual Basic and ArcView softwares. The program depends on PHC
unit’s power (20000 population) and the serviced distance of radius 2.5 km correlated with the target
population. This program had been applied on the urban level (cities and villages) population
representation as points.
With regard to the accuracy of the locations of the PHC units and urban areas, the output of this
model gives a good picture for the future situation for PHC units according to the MOHP’s
guidelines.
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