The Application of GIS in Mapping, Analysis, Monitoring and Management of HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Kassahun, Samson (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tesfay, Solomon | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-08T07:54:00Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:24:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-08T07:54:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:24:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ethiopia is experiencing an HIV/AIDS pandemic of shattering dimensions. A total of 1,3 19,795 persons were estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS in the year 2005 in Ethiopia (MOH, 2006) .The HIV/AIDS epidemic had already spread to all the admini strative provinces of Ethiopia. However, the prevalence levels were different, suggesting a difference in the times when the epidemic started in the provinces. In Ethiopia, the appl ication of GIS to benefit our society has not been optimized. The argument of the present thesis is that recent developments in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) can greatly increase our capacity to undertake the spatial tasks needed to improve monitoring and management of the spread of HI VIA IDS. GIS a powerful computer based technology; is involved in the storage, analysis, retrieval, and visual ization of spatially referenced information for monitoring, planning, assessment and management due to the options and capabilities for data maintenance and manipulation through addl deletel change,overlay,query ,proximity, display and data retrieval and reporting. Visualization of maps in various combinations and permutations as in itial and final output (ranged color maps or proportional symbol maps to denote the intensity of a mapped variable) to depict various ART Hospitals and health centers for general monitoring health infrastructure. The study strongly supports the usefulness of advanced technology like GIS for the Management and handling of large database of spatial and aspatial nature in context of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Key words: HIV/AIDS, GIS, ART Health centers and Hospitals, Mapping, Analysi | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/11267 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | HIV/AIDS | en_US |
| dc.subject | GIS | en_US |
| dc.subject | ART Health centers and Hospitals | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mapping | en_US |
| dc.subject | Analysis | en_US |
| dc.title | The Application of GIS in Mapping, Analysis, Monitoring and Management of HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |