Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme: 'Developing a web-based Geographic Information System tool for malaria control planning'

The first goal is to assemble all contemporary GIS databases available in vector format (points, lines and polygons) such as health facilities (hospitals, health centres, dispensaries and other medical clinics), roads, rivers, commodity supply (drugs and preventive Insecticides treated nets) and raster format data comprising of maps on malaria infection risk and dominant malaria vectors, etc. The second goal is to geo-reference these data, organize them into standard formats and produce first level products such as charts on commodity supply linked to channels of distribution (health facilities) and malaria maps in Keyhole Mark-up Language (KML) formats. The final goal involves extending these data and products into a user friendly internet platform (Google tools such as Earth and Maps) and an application programme interface (API) tool that can be embedded onto local web pages and updated regularly from local internet server platforms, thereby becoming a public domain tool (Google API tools). The effectiveness of this service will be monitored through tracking of online visits.

Programme: International Masters Fellowship

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