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Healthy environments
Healthy environments
Environmental factors are important drivers of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), they account for up to 90% of chronic diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular, and respiratory disorders and result in approximately 23% of all global deaths (roughly 12.6 million per year). Exposures can include pollution, radiation, noise, and climate change as well as social behaviours.
the air we breathe
the food we eat
the water we drink
the viruses we are exposed to
the health services we access
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GIS, Geographic Information, Earth Observation data and other sensor information can help us identify determinants and understand the outcomes
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Book - Chapter 6. Health and disease in dynamically changing environments: mapping and modelling vector-borne diseases in Blanford, J.I. (2024) Geographic information, geospatial technologies and spatial data science for health. Pp376. CRC Taylor & Francis.
Book - Chapter 7. Clustering of health risks: global to local in Blanford, J.I. (2024) Geographic information, geospatial technologies and spatial data science for health. Pp376. CRC Taylor & Francis.
Book - Chapter 9. Geographic Information for Planetary Health in Blanford, J.I. (2024) Geographic information, geospatial technologies and spatial data science for health. Pp376. CRC Taylor & Francis.
Robert, B.N., Cherono, A., Mumo, E., Mwandawiro, C., Collins, O., Gichuki, P., Blanford, J.I., Snow, R.W., Okiro, E.A. (2023) Spatial variation and clustering of anaemia prevalence in school-aged children in Western Kenya PlosOne, 10.1371/journal.pone.0282382
Aurit, M., Peterson, R.O., Blanford J.I. (2013) A GIS analysis of the relationship between sinkholes, dry-well complaints and groundwater pumping for frost-freeze protection of winter strawberry production in Florida. PLoS One. 8(1). https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0053832
Klass, J.I., Blanford S., & Thomas M.B. (2007) Development of a model for evaluating the effects of environmental temperature and thermal behaviour on biological control of locusts and grasshoppers using pathogens. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 9(3): 189-199.
Klass, J.I., Blanford S., & Thomas M.B. (2007) Use of a geographic information system to explore spatial variation in pathogen virulence and the implications for biological control of locusts and grasshoppers. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 9(3): 201-208.
Klass, J.I., Thomas, M. B. & Blanford, S. (2002) GIS solves locust control? In proceedings of the 22nd Annual ESRI International User Conference. San Diego, USA. July 8-12, 2002.
Blanford, S. & Klass, J.I, (2004) Review of environmental effects on the performance of Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum against the Desert locust under field conditions. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Technical Series Report. Pp.150+
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