Application of GIS and GPS tools and Techniques in urban Health Infrastructure Mapping: A case Study from Puri Municipality, Odisha, India

  • Unique Paper ID: 166965
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 3
  • PageNo: 71-77
  • Abstract:
  • Health is a comprehensive process related to a country’s entire growth and development. NUHM is covering 50 cities/towns in Odisha to provide primary health care services to both slums and non-slum population by adopting various approaches /innovations. The purpose of this paper is to highlight Geographic Information Systems as technology and tool having used for health infrastructure Mapping in Puri municipality. Furthermore, this mapping may act as a decision-making tool in health care and it might contribute to the formulation of policies regarding the health sector.

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BibTeX

@article{166965,
        author = {Mr. Ranjan Kumar Mallick and Mr Tapan Kumar Malik and Sukanta Kumar Mishra and Mr Santosh Kumar Mishra},
        title = {Application of GIS and GPS tools and Techniques in urban Health Infrastructure Mapping: A case Study from Puri Municipality, Odisha, India},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2024},
        volume = {11},
        number = {3},
        pages = {71-77},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=166965},
        abstract = {Health is a comprehensive process related to a country’s entire growth and development. NUHM is covering 50 cities/towns in Odisha to provide primary health care services to both slums and non-slum population by adopting various approaches /innovations. The purpose of this paper is to highlight Geographic Information Systems as technology and tool having used for health infrastructure Mapping in Puri municipality. Furthermore, this mapping may act as a decision-making tool in health care and it might contribute to the formulation of policies regarding the health sector.},
        keywords = {GIS, NUHM, UPHC, ANM, MAS, and RKS},
        month = {July},
        }

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