Free Training Materials – Improving NTD Mapping by Integrating Case-Management and Disease Data

This content was originally posted by the London Applied & Spatial Epidemiology Research Group (LASER).

Cameroon’s Ministry of Public Health recently hosted an innovative disease mapping training course to equip public health specialists with the skills needed to map and manage the incidence and treatment of six neglected tropical diseases.

The 4-day course was taught by researchers from the LASER group (London Applied & Spatial Epidemiology Research) based at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine,  in partnership with the AIM initiative and representatives from the Ministry of Public Health.

Attendees, including medical practitioners, field workers, data and program managers, were trained in integrating case-management and NTD morbidity data (CM-NTDs) for leprosy, yaws, lymphedema, cutaneous leishmaniasis, trachoma and Buruli ulcer into a mappable format using QGIS software.

Read more of this article from our partner the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) about our collaboration in Cameroon.