Examining inequalities in #spatial access to national health insurance fund-contracted facilities in #Kenya by Jacob Kazungu et al in Int Journal for Equity in Health

• 3858 NHIF-contracted facilities.
• 81% within 60-minute travel time
• Subnational variation: 28% to 100%

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“For future versions of #spatial access modelling, we want to take into account additional factors that affect travel to emergency care, such as

👉The quality and cost of care,
👉Flooding,
👉Conflict,
👉Extreme heat in cities,
👉Referral patterns, and
👉 Accessibility to…

You often use Google Maps on your phone to estimate the time to get to a certain place. What if the same technology was used to estimate travel time to emergency obstetric care facilities in urban areas?

See Tackling In-transit delays 4 Mothers in Emergency's new paper #Geographical accessibility to functional…

We are hosting Turi & Moses from Population Health Unit (@KEMRI_Wellcome) at Sexual & Reproductive Health Group at ITM Antwerp (@ITMantwerp).

For the next 3 weeks, they will be improving their #spatial & #geostatistical skills for analysing survey (@DHSprogram) & routine (@dhis_2 ) data for maternal & child…

#Geographic inequalities and social-demographic determinants of reproductive, maternal, and child health at sub-national levels in Kenya by Karimi et al., a Research Square #preprint

👉Counties in the northeastern, eastern, and coastal regions had the lowest RMCH index due to…

Malaria Vector Modelling #PhD positions: 4 PhD candidates based in malaria-endemic countries in Africa

⁃ 3 positions to work on targeted national-scale modelling problems, and 1 position focused on Africa-wide modelling.

• Good knowledge of malaria transmission biology and…

The national distribution of lymphatic filariasis cases in Malawi using patient #mapping and #geostatistical modelling by Barrett et al. in PLOS NTDs

Aid in targeting limited resources and implementing long-term health strategies.

doi.org/10.1371/journa…

Fully funded #PhD studentship:
Novel #geospatial methods for combining data at multiple #spatial & temporal scales in the context of historical disease #mapping Lancaster University

1. Develop geospatial methods to extract and analyse and geographic information from ambiguous &…

Towards more realistic measures of #accessibility to emergency departments in Sweden by Hassler et al in Int J Health Geogr

‣ 'As people go to work or perform other activities, they relocate in space. The “accuracy” of estimates based on resident population data, where it is implicitly…

Participating in the #GEOHeatSprint event at World Meteorological Organization in Geneva🇨🇭

Organised by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), towards developing a Global Heat resilience service to provide every #urban area with localised data, information & insights on the health risks from exposure to extreme heat

Great…

#Geospatial Investigations in Colombia reveal variations in the distribution of mood and psychotic disorders by Song, Loes Olde Loohuis et al in Communications Medicine

Inequitable geographic accessibility of specialty mental healthcare services.

Targeting resources to identify severely ill…

Differences in walking access to healthcare services between formal and informal areas in 19 SSA cities by Friesen et al (pre-print)

43% can reach hospitals within 15 minutes, 69% within 30 minutes, and 85% within 60 minutes.

Informal areas are experiencing a disadvantage in…

#Mapping heterogeneity in family planning indicators in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Nigeria, 2000–2020, by Laura Dwyer-Lindgren et al. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in BMC Medicine

'Despite substantial increases in contraceptive use, too many women still have an unmet need for modern methods of…

PhD Student in #Biostatics / #Epidemiology / #Geography at Africa Health Research Institute in collaboration with University of KZN

Quantify the shifts in the #spatial , temporal and demographic burden of HIV incidence and underlying viral load patterns

Design future intervention programs which will maximize…

A consolidated & #geolocated facility list in Senegal from triangulating secondary data by Gueye et al in Scientific Data

Having a geolocated list of all facilities in a country – a “master facility list” – can provide critical inputs for health program planning and…

Senior research associate Lancaster Medical School

Develop spatio-temporal epidemiological models and provide disease transmission simulation scenarios.

High proficiency in working within the R statistical environment;

Demonstrable experience in analysing #spatial and temporal data…

Researcher – #Geospatial modelling of anti-malarial resistance at University of Oxford, Tropical Medicine Oxford

Relevant PhD/DPhil (or close to completion) in applied statistics, #spatial epidemiology, mathematical biology/ecology etc

Apply by: 15-Feb-2024

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

PhD position (Antwerp, Belgium)
Quantitative health systems modelling in maternal health
with Lenka Beňová @pete_M_M Rachel Cassidy
at @SRHGroup_ITM
More details: iddjobs.org/jobs/phd-in-qu…

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Geospatial Analysis with my team iddjobs.org/jobs/postdocto…
Salary - $67k, Location - Chicago, Benefits - included. Lots of flexibility and WFH opportunities

📢 Expressions of interest for PhD in quantitative health systems modelling in maternal health

by Jan 29, 2024
We are seeking candidates interested in applying for a PhD scholarship on quantitative health systems modelling in maternal health.

More info:
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