[Sdi-latinamericacaribbean] WHO workshops: GIS for immunization programs

[Kate Lance]

A Workshop on the use of GIS for immunization programs was conducted in Santo Domingo, Dominical Republic, from 8-9 June 2007. Participants included representatives from 10 countries (Costa Rico, Dominical Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras,Panama, Mexico and Nicaragua). The workshop was organized and coordinated by PAHO's Immunization Unit and the Health Analysis and Statistics Unit.The objectives of the workshop were to present general GIS concepts and their usefulness for managing the Immunization Program, to introduce PAHO's initiative for the use of GIS in public health and to teach basic functions of SIGEpi - a free software developed by PAHO's Health Analysis and Statistics Unit. The participants were trained in advanced techniques to use immunization data to create new variables, thematic maps and to carry out an analysis to identify critical areas in order to strengthen vaccine-preventable disease surveillance. A similar workshop
 was conducted for South American countries in Quito, Ecuador, 8-9 August 2007. Participants included representatives from seven countries (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela). The workshop was organized and coordinated by PAHO's Immunization Unit, PAHO-WHO representation in Ecuador, and the Health Analysis and Statistics Unit. 
 
A workshop also is being planned for Caribbean countries in Tobago, 14-15 November 2007. 
Contact: FCH-IM/PAHO, fch-im at paho.org or the WHO Trinidad Office, http://www.paho.org/English/PAHO/fieldoffices.htm#trinidad 

[Source: Global Immunization News, 27 July 2007 & 28 August 2007, World Health Organization, http://www.who.int/immunization/GIN_July2007.pdf , http://www.who.int/immunization/GIN_August2007.pdf ]


       
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