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GeoHealth Mapping

  • Geospatial analysis of epidemiological and health service data can generate maps of hotspots—locations where HIV prevalence is concentrated—and existing medical and social services and infrastructure. Using this method of data visualization, program planners can easily determine where HIV resources and services are lacking and where they should be deployed to have the greatest impact.

    With support from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and in collaboration with the Global Fund, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Health Policy Project (HPP) is providing technical assistance to ten high-impact countries in Africa and Asia to strengthen their use of geospatial analysis in HIV policymaking and strategic, financial, and program planning. This brief explains how a South African district improved HIV services using maps.

  • In support of the Global Fund’s New Funding Model, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) worked in coordination with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Health Policy Project (HPP) to provide technical assistance to select high-impact countries. HPP supported the South Africa National AIDS Council (SANAC) and provincial health authorities in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on a proposal to map estimated HIV prevalence using routinely collected facility-level data and other related data in KZN province and the metro municipality of eThekwini (formerly known as Durban). These efforts were intended to help inform the country’s Concept Note submission, scheduled for June 2015. In addition to providing technical assistance in support of the analysis, HPP documented the methodology (Judice and Datar, 2014)—adapted from Dr. Frank Tanser’s work in Mpumalanga Province—so that SANAC might include a request to replicate this analysis in multiple municipalities throughout the country as part of the funding application to the Global Fund.This report documents the methodology, data sources, and statistical methods used to map and analyze routine data to examine HIV variation at subnational levels.

  • Investing for impact is an explicit goal of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The institution’s strategy for 2012 to 2016 focuses on countries and populations where interventions promise maximum rewards for public health. As part of this “New Funding Model,” the Global Fund is asking applicant countries seeking financing to more accurately  demonstrate where and how their HIV programs will yield significant, measurable improvements in limiting the spread of the virus. Accomplishing this will depend to a great extent on each country’s ability to use geospatial analysis of epidemiological data to target resources to areas with the greatest need.

    Not all countries seeking Global Fund support have extensive experience with geospatial analysis. To address this gap, the Health Policy Project (HPP)—funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)—is working with 9 countries eligible for Global Fund support to strengthen their use of geospatial analysis in HIV policymaking and in strategic, financial, and program planning.

  • Through this case study, the USAID- and PEPFAR-funded Health Policy Project (HPP) seeks to share Thailand’s experience implementing the AIDS Zero Portal (AZP) and its initial impact at the national and provincial levels. The AZP offers a potential model for other countries looking to institutionalize and leverage information systems as part of their routine monitoring and evaluation, strategic planning, and resource allocation efforts.

  • The GIS Continuum and associated costing workbook and prioritization worksheet can be used to support a strategic planning and costing exercise to determine where investments are needed to strengthen GIS as part of a country's national spatial data infrastructure and health systems strengthening.

  • The Health Policy Project (HPP) offers user-friendly software, computer models, and tools to help in-country partners understand the magnitude of health challenges, explore policy and resource options, and set priorities as they develop strategies to improve the health of their citizens.  The project has recently completed a series of fliers on some of HPP’s useful tools and approaches. They provide excellent overviews of the following:

    • Costed Implementation Plans
    • DemDiv
    • ImpactNow
    • RAPID
    • OneHealth Tool
    • GeoHealth Mapping
    • DMPPT

    For your convenience we have also included our flier on all Software and Models. You can download the tools from our Software and Models page.