Key result
Mapping health district boundaries using smartphones and satellite imagery provided accurate administrative boundaries for the polio program and other public health initiatives in Cameroon.
Improved mapping of health districts and facilities using modern technology provided accurate administrative boundaries that benefit multiple public health programs in Cameroon.
Supports accurate polio mapping in Cameroon; leaves open scalability to other regions and programs.
During the poliovirus outbreak in Cameroon from October 2013 to April 2015, the Ministry of Public Health's Expanded Program on Immunization requested technical support to improve mapping of health district boundaries and health facility locations for more effective planning and analysis of polio program data. In December 2015, teams collected data on settlements, health facilities, and other features using smartphones. These data, combined with high-resolution satellite imagery, were used to create new health area and health district boundaries, providing the most accurate health sector administrative boundaries to date for Cameroon. The new maps are useful to and used by the polio program as well as other public health programs within Cameroon such as the District Health Information System and the Emergency Operations Center, demonstrating the value of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's legacy.
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Rosencrans et al. (2017) studied Poliovirus outbreak. Health district mapping using smartphones and satellite imagery was evaluated on Creation of new health area and health district boundaries. Mapping health district boundaries using smartphones and satellite imagery provided accurate administrative boundaries for the polio program and other public health initiatives in Cameroon.
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