https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.115

Mapping and modelling neglected tropical diseases and poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean

Vol. 6 No. 3 (2012)
Submitted: 17 December 2014
Accepted: 17 December 2014
Published: 1 September 2012
neglected tropical diseases, geospatial health, mapping, modelling, Latin America, Caribbean.
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John B. Malone
malone@vetmed.lsu.edu
Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States.
N. Robert Bergquist
Ingerod, Brastad, Sweden.
The prospects and opportunities for application of risk mapping and modelling of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Latin America are examined with the aim to broaden the interest in geospatial research there. Special reference is made to the potential use of geospatial tools in health planning and implementation of national disease control programmes.

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Malone, J. B., & Bergquist, N. R. (2012). Mapping and modelling neglected tropical diseases and poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean. Geospatial Health, 6(3), S1-S5. https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.115

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