Application of HealthMapper for Lymphatic Filariasis and Other Neglected Diseases in Brazil

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Application of HealthMapper for Lymphatic
Filariasis and Other Neglected Diseases in
Brazil
Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination in the
Americas6th Regional Program Managers
Meeting(San José, Costa Rica, 2527 October 2005)
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Program for the Elimination of Lymphatic
Filariasis in the Americas (PELF-Americas)Costa
Rica Meeting, October 2005HealthMapper
Implementation in Brazil(João Batista F. Vieira,
Walter Massa Ramalho)
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HealthMapperGeoprocessing Application for Health
Matters

• Launched few years ago as a user-friendly
  public-domain free software
• Brazilian Experience
• 1st trial
• Technical problems
• Basic maps not available as desired
• Clear need for more specialized knowledge
• Recent trial Maceió experience
• Training of local personnel
• Heavy work in Maceió prepare cartographic charts
  at block level
• Plan to implant in Recife/Olinda/Jaboatão

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Health Mapper

• Main technical problems that delay full
  application
• Concerning the software itself
• Need of specialized technical knowledge to deal
  with some aspects that require programming
  capacity, such as set adjustments to local level
• Problems in linking archives
• Other, correlated
• To produce detailed maps to sub-municipal level
  (sector / block)
• Compatible (with charts) databases

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Health Mapper

• The Brazilian Experience
• Some illustrations
• Brazil
• Metropolitan Area of Recife
• Recife
• Maceió

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Incidence of Visceral Leishmaniasis Brazilian
Municipalities with Incidence of gt20/100,000
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Incidence of Visceral Leishmaniasis Brazil,
Northeastern Municipalities with Incidence
gt20/100,000
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Hemoscopic Surveys for Lymphatic Filariasis,
Metropolitan Area of Recife, Brazil, 2001
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Hemoscopic Surveys for Lymphatic Filariasis,
Metropolitan Area of Recife, Brazil, 2002
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Hemoscopic Surveys for Lymphatic Filariasis,
Metropolitan Area of Recife, Brazil, 2003
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Hemoscopic Surveys for Lymphatic Filariasis,
Metropolitan Area of Recife, Brazil, 2004
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Morbidity Survey for Lymphatic Filariasis, Focal
Area Maceió, Brazil, 2005
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Implantation of HealthMapper in Maceió

• In this level-4 (Blocks) update
• high resolution charts in use,
• in loco verifications,
• compatibilization with existing raw maps

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Morbidity Survey for Lymphatic Filariasis, Focal
Area Maceió, Brazil, 2005