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ArticleJournal of environmental and public health2022

Developing High-Resolution Population and Settlement Data for Impactful Malaria Interventions in Zambia.

Olena Borkovska, Derek Pollard, Busiku Hamainza, Emmanuel Kooma, Silvia Renn, Jolynn Schmidt, Hasim Engin, Matthew Heaton, John M Miller, Paul Psychas and 6 more

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Article in Journal of environmental and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Olena BorkovskaGeo-Referenced Infrastructure and Demographic Data for Development (GRID3), Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia Climate School, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6400-1537
Derek PollardAkros, Lusaka, Zambia.
Busiku HamainzaNational Malaria Elimination Program, Lusaka, Zambia.
Emmanuel KoomaNational Malaria Elimination Program, Lusaka, Zambia.
Silvia RennGeo-Referenced Infrastructure and Demographic Data for Development GRID3, African Sun Consulting, Lusaka, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0003-1964-2241
Jolynn SchmidtGeo-Referenced Infrastructure and Demographic Data for Development (GRID3), Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia Climate School, New York, USA.
Hasim EnginGeo-Referenced Infrastructure and Demographic Data for Development (GRID3), Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia Climate School, New York, USA.
Matthew HeatonGeo-Referenced Infrastructure and Demographic Data for Development (GRID3), Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia Climate School, New York, USA.
John M MillerPATH Malaria Control And Elimination Partnership in Africa (MACEPA), Lusaka, Zambia.
Paul PsychasU.S. President's Malaria Initiative, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lusaka, Zambia.
Christina RileyAkros, Lusaka, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0002-6167-1284
Annie MartinAkros, Lusaka, Zambia.
James NyirendaAkros, Lusaka, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0003-4014-9830
Frazer BwalyaAkros, Lusaka, Zambia.
Anna WintersAkros, Lusaka, Zambia.
Corey SobelGeo-Referenced Infrastructure and Demographic Data for Development (GRID3), Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia Climate School, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9599-5765
National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council · ZMAfrican Union · ETU.S. President's Malaria Initiative · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Foundational high-resolution geospatial data products for population, settlements, infrastructure, and boundaries may greatly enhance the efficient planning of resource allocation during health sector interventions. To ensure the relevance and sustainability of such products, government partners must be involved from the beginning in their creation, improvement, and/or management, so they can be successfully applied to public health campaigns, such as malaria control and prevention. As an example, Zambia had an ambitious strategy of reaching the entire population with malaria vector control campaigns by late 2020 or early 2021, but they lacked the requisite accurate and up-to-date data on infrastructure and population distribution. To address this gap, the Geo-Referenced Infrastructure and Demographic Data for Development (GRID3) program, Akros, and other partners developed maps and planning templates to aid Zambia's National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP) in operationalizing its strategy.

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AnophelesMalariaAnimalsHumansMosquito VectorsZambia

Identifiers

PMID36203504
PMCPMC9532120
OpenAlexW4297339383

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