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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 319, 2021
International Congress on Health Vigilance (VIGISAN 2021)
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Article Number | 01083 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202131901083 | |
Published online | 09 November 2021 |
Public health monitoring using Geographic Information Systems: case viral hepatitis E
1 Natural Resources Management and Development Team, Laboratory of Health and Environment, Faculty of Sciences, Moulay Ismail University, Meknes, Morocco
2 institut supérieur des sciences et techniques de l’eau. Université de Gabès.
* Corresponding author: elomari.hajar.gie@gmail.com
Among the major parasitic diseases having major health and socio-economic impacts in the world and in Morocco, are viral hepatitis. These are acute inflammations of the liver caused by a virus. The 3 most frequently encountered viruses are viruses A, B, C. The objective of this study is to map health events, in our case the incidence of viral hepatitis E in the different prefectures of the region of Meknes-Fez by creating a database containing geographic and health parameters in geographic information system (GIS). This database was then used to create the risk map which identifies the high-risk prefectures.
This study shows that the average incidence of viral hepatitis H is higher in the prefecture of Meknes during all the years of the study, with a high risk compared to other prefectures and provinces which have an average risk. Indeed, the mapping of health events is a descriptive tool implemented to evaluate the spatial disparities of incidence, which allowed us to perform a spatio-temporal analysis of the epidemic.
Spatial technologies, such as geographic information systems (GIS), offer a new option for disease prevention, predicting risk locations based on factors favoring the emergence or re-emergence of the epidemic.
Key words: Geographic Information System (GIS) / Health risk / Epidemiology / viral hepatitis E / Morocco
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2021
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