An epidemic of disease is happening locally but also globally. In the news, we are hearing all about corona virus and its deadly health risks.
Although it is not an epidemic, disease outbreaks like this are affecting our health at a global level.
With epidemics, people have been standing on the shore, waiting for the gusher to hit the ocean. But to prevent epidemics, you have to look at the various little sources that feed into the river.
Nathan Wolfe
Yet scientists have a weapon against epidemics other than fascinations and drugs.
In these cases, the most important action is to monitor how the disease is progressing over the world.
GIS (Geographical Information System) is a powerful tool for epidemiologists that study epidemics. Hence they can map disease outbreaks so they can monitor through time and space.
Therefore GIS is a tool to make decisions on taking actions in the case of an epidemic.
In addition in this episode, we are talking further about how GIS actually helps us monitor disease outbreaks.
So GIS is a multifunctional tool that has a lot of uses including making national decisions over public health.
Epidemics on the other side of the world are a threat to us all. No epidemic is just local.
Peter Piot
Do you know about GIS? How about epidemics? What is your experience? You can share it below.
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With love…for science,
Konstantia
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