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Towards a Rural Spatial Information System

This report overviews the vector-based GIS activities of the Malaria Research Programme (MRP) and its collaborators, and is divided into the following three categories:

1.Vector-based GIS and malaria in South Africa.
This section highlights the spatial heterogeneity of malaria transmission and the implications of this uneven distribution for research and control activities.

2. Facility placement and utilisation.
This section highlights the inter-sectoral applicability of such a spatial rural database established using existing health service (malaria control) activities.

3. Using community-based field teams to create a village level spatial database.
This section reports on the integration of demographic and health information collected by community workers into a digital, spatial platform.

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