Distribution of Primary Health Care Facilities in Kano Metropolis Using GIS (Geographic Information System)

Usman Ado Kibon,M Ahmed

doi:10.19026/rjees.5.5710

Abstract

This research examined the relevant of Geographical Information System (GIS) supporting Health planners on a micro-scale. In order to establish the usefulness of these functions, 6 core LGAs of Kano Metropolis were selected. To accomplish the research objectives which were to create a database that could be used to analyze the type and spatial distribution of public primary health care facilities in the area? Data were obtained from primary and secondary sources; GPS was used to collect the coordinates of each healthcare facility and about 69 primary health facilities were discovered, the records from Kano State ministry of health. The map of the study area was geo referenced. The analysis was carried out with Arc View GIS 3.2a for GIS analysis and also the result shows that most of the healthcare facilities were clustered within Kano Municipal, Nassarawa, Tarauni and some part of Fagge LGAs. The underserved areas were like RijiyanZaki, BakinBulo, Danbare, other areas include Yan Raki.

Highlights

Health care planning and Geographical Information System (GIS) are two relevant fields that depend upon spatial data
The creation of health care facility database and mapping which help in showing the spatial distribution and information about location and their physical relations to each other GIS is an integration of computer hardware, software and geographically referenced data
The analysis shows that the distribution of PHC in Kano Metropolis is uneven (Fig. 2) some areas are well served meaning that there are In Table 1 shows the name, type, address, ward and coordinates of all the primary health centers in the metropolis (69 centers) all the attribute data collected were converted into MS DOS in excel so that Arc View GIS canrecognizeit and that can help in concentration within Municipal, Nassarawa and Tarauni L.G.As each among them has PHC centers in every ward of the local government

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Introduction

Health care planning and GIS are two relevant fields that depend upon spatial data. Patient distribution and characteristics are example of spatial data that are dealt with during local health planning. GIS and Health care facility is the geographical study in medicine, maps the progress of diseases, famines, toxic spills and disasters. The creation of health care facility database and mapping which help in showing the spatial distribution and information about location and their physical relations to each other GIS is an integration of computer hardware, software and geographically referenced data. The purpose of using GIS in health care facility is that maps provide an added dimension to data analysis, which helps in visualizing the complex patterns and relationships. Relationships among neighboring areas are explicit in a map which allows for the visualization of spatial patterns

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