Understanding the impact of place on health is a key element of epidemiologic investigation,
and numerous tools are being employed for analysis of spatial health-related data. This …

An estimated 9.7 million children under the age of five die every year worldwide,
approximately 41% of them in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Access to adequate health care is …

While mapped data provide a common ground for discussions between the public, the
media, regulatory agencies, and public health researchers, the analysis of spatially …

and chapter 7 focuses on modeling of spatial distribution of diseases. Finally, chapter 8
explains data-driven and knowledge-driven modeling for risk assessment and management …

Background The spatial scan statistic proposed by Kulldorff has been applied to a wide
variety of epidemiological studies for cluster detection. This scan statistic, however, uses a …

This study aims to investigate the relation between distance to health facilities, measured as
continuous travel time, and mortality among infants and children younger than 5 years of …

Abstract Background South Africa contains more than one in seven of the world's HIV-
positive population. Knowledge of local variation in levels of HIV infection is important for …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to quantify the effect of risk factors for childhood
mortality in a typical rural setting in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS: We performed a survival …

Many different methods have been proposed to test for geographical disease clustering, and
more generally, for spatial clustering of any type of observations while adjusting for an …

Despite dramatic advances in human health that have occurred during the 20th century, the
end of the century still sees many places in the world with high child mortality rates. This is …