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Title:

HEALTHmap

Url:

https://www.healthmap.org/en/

Creator:

Brownstein, John
Freifeld, Clark

Publisher:

Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology

Description: Drawing on new and rather novel computer-aided mapping programs, scholars have been able to bring together a number of disparate data sources that deal with a diverse set of disciplines. One such project has recently appeared online, and it is called HEALTHmap. Created by a team of researchers based at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology, the project brings together aggregate data on diseases around the world, and in doing so, has created an important new way to visualize and think about various public health situations and potential epidemics. Specifically, the site draws on data from the World Health Organization, Google News, and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Using a series of boxes, visitors can toggle on and off various diseases on the world map, including dengue fever, meningitis, E.coli, and dozens more. Overall, it�s a very good resource for anyone with an interest in public health or data visualization.

LC Classification:

Medicine -- Public aspects of medicine -- Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine -- Communicable diseases and public health
Medicine -- Public aspects of medicine -- Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine -- Communicable diseases and public health -- By region or country
Medicine -- Public aspects of medicine -- Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine -- Communicable diseases and public health -- Other communicable diseases, A-Z
Medicine -- Public aspects of medicine -- Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine -- Communication in public health
Medicine -- Public aspects of medicine -- Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine -- Transmission of disease

GEM Subject:

Health
Health -- Disease
Social studies
Health -- Technology
Social studies -- Geography
Health -- Environmental health
Health -- Chronic conditions

Resource Type:

Dataset
Audio/Visual -- Image/Image Set
Instructional Material -- Interactive Simulation

Format:

Document -- HTML

Audience:

Educator
Learner
Professional/Practitioner

Education Level:

Higher Education
Higher Education -- Graduate/Professional
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education

Language:

English

Rights:

Clark Freifeld and John Brownstein

Access Rights:

Free access

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