| Autor: |
Lilian RR; Anova Health Institute, Johannesburg and Cape Winelands, South Africa. lilian@anovahealth.co.za., Grobbelaar CJ, Hurter T, McIntyre JA, Struthers HE, Peters RPH |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde [S Afr Med J] 2017 Nov 27; Vol. 107 (12), pp. 1065-1071. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Nov 27. |
| DOI: |
10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v107i12.12666 |
| Abstrakt: |
In an effort to achieve control of the HIV epidemic, 90-90-90 targets have been proposed whereby 90% of the HIV-infected population should know their status, 90% of those diagnosed should be receiving antiretroviral therapy, and 90% of those on treatment should be virologically suppressed. In this article we present approaches for using relatively simple geographic information systems (GIS) analyses of routinely available data to support HIV programme management towards achieving the 90-90-90 targets, with a focus on South Africa (SA) and other high-prevalence settings in low- and middle-income countries. We present programme-level GIS applications to map aggregated health data and individual-level applications to track distinct patients. We illustrate these applications using data from City of Johannesburg Region D, demonstrating that GIS has great potential to guide HIV programme operations and assist in achieving the 90-90-90 targets in SA. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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