East Africa Public Health Laboratory Networking Project

(EAPHLNP)

Interactive Geomap Presentation

Dennis S. Kimutai, ICT & GIS Consultant,

Electronics & Computers Engineer,Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Thika Road, Nairobi, Kenya.

Task Description

• To provide an interactive Geomap of the World Bank - supported East Africa Public Health Laboratories Networking Project (EAPHLNP) sites in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya & Rwanda.

Resources

• Google Map Maker.• Google Maps.

28 Public Health Laboratories

Uganda Tanzania Kenya Rwanda

ARUA KIGOMA KEMRI KIBUNGO

MBALE MUSOMA NLTP BYUMBA

GULU NDANDA NPHLS NYAGATARE

MBARARA KIBONGOTO BUSIA KIBUNGO

UVRI – ENTEBBE?? SUMBAWANGA KITALE GISENYI

CPHL - KAMPALA MUHIMBILI - DAR MACHAKOS NRL KIGALI

MNAZI MMOJA - ZNZ MALINDI GIHUNDWE

WAJIR

Terrain View – East Africa

Terrain View – Rwanda

Satellite View – Zanzibar

Satellite View - Uganda

Street View – Dar-es-Salaam

Street View - Nairobi

GeoMap Link

• http://maps.google.co.ke/maps/ms?hl=en&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&t=p&source=embed&msa=0&msid=210566476220614663089.00049c8d4f3ed560390bf&ll=-1.625758,36.782227&spn=11.773877,21.643066&z=6

Next Task

• To develop an interactive ArcGIS and Health Mapper enabled Geomap and Software Solution showing disease surveillance data profiles and comparative analysis for each of the 28 public health laboratory sites and their control districts covered under the World Bank Supported East Africa Public Health Laboratory Networking Project (EAPHLNP).

Acknowledgements• Corrie Conrad, J. Stevens & Jacqueline Rajuai, Google

Inc. Silicon Valley, California, USA;• Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for

Development (RCMRD), Nairobi, Kenya;• Health Mapping Unit, World Health Organization,

Geneva, Switzerland;• Mark Smolinski, Director, Global Health Threats, USA;• Louise Gresham, Connecting Health Organisations for

Regional Disease Surveillance (CHORDS), c/o NTI, Washington DC, USA;

• Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya;

• Dr. Stanley Sonoiya, Principal Health Officer, East African Community, Tanzania.

Dennis S. Kimutai, ICT & GIS Consultant, Electronics & Computers Engineer,Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). Off Thika Road,c/o P.O Box 10 KNH 00202,Nairobi, KenyaCell: +254 - 723251306Office: +254202729580Email: Kims_galore27@yahoo.com