Thanks so much Scott—is this the project you are working on?
I’ll message you about this . There’s a geomapping project I’ve never managed to get going along this line which I think could be hugely powerful, incorporating this kind of data and others such as distance to maternity centers, vaccination rates etc. to form an overall “neglectedness map” that can help NGOs and government target the most neglected areas, rather than roll out projects fairly randomly.
Yes, I think there is immense value in looking for practical and cost efficient ways to provide universal primary healthcare, even if like you say we are not as cost-effective as hoped. Many seem have given up on solving the problem of proximal, comprehensive primary care in remote places. I feel like the hope is that community health workers can treat a proportion of the population in the meantime, while countries develop and urbanise to the point that this is no longer necessary- but that’s a whole nother discussion
We need to be using more data based methods in OneDay health like this—this malaria map is pretty amazing I didn’t know about it! We could definitely do a more accurate analysis using this—no question.
Also I’m going to check out your post from a week ago. I didn’t see it at the time.
I am not working on MAP. That is a project mostly funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. That post I made a week ago was just intended as a potentially-interesting description, however as I mention there MAP estimates drive both WHO and GBD estimates. I was also surprised to only recently find out about MAP given that role, and their own slick site.
I have acquired some general knowledge about malaria doing volunteer research for SoGive (to whom I am grateful). Outside of that, I am now reading up on the An. stephensi threat to Africa, but I would stop short of calling that a project. If you have a malaria-related question you want answers to that doesn’t involve advanced math, there is a reasonable chance I can help.
Thanks so much Scott—is this the project you are working on?
I’ll message you about this . There’s a geomapping project I’ve never managed to get going along this line which I think could be hugely powerful, incorporating this kind of data and others such as distance to maternity centers, vaccination rates etc. to form an overall “neglectedness map” that can help NGOs and government target the most neglected areas, rather than roll out projects fairly randomly.
Yes, I think there is immense value in looking for practical and cost efficient ways to provide universal primary healthcare, even if like you say we are not as cost-effective as hoped. Many seem have given up on solving the problem of proximal, comprehensive primary care in remote places. I feel like the hope is that community health workers can treat a proportion of the population in the meantime, while countries develop and urbanise to the point that this is no longer necessary- but that’s a whole nother discussion
We need to be using more data based methods in OneDay health like this—this malaria map is pretty amazing I didn’t know about it! We could definitely do a more accurate analysis using this—no question.
Also I’m going to check out your post from a week ago. I didn’t see it at the time.
Nick.
I am not working on MAP. That is a project mostly funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. That post I made a week ago was just intended as a potentially-interesting description, however as I mention there MAP estimates drive both WHO and GBD estimates. I was also surprised to only recently find out about MAP given that role, and their own slick site.
I have acquired some general knowledge about malaria doing volunteer research for SoGive (to whom I am grateful). Outside of that, I am now reading up on the An. stephensi threat to Africa, but I would stop short of calling that a project. If you have a malaria-related question you want answers to that doesn’t involve advanced math, there is a reasonable chance I can help.