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Kanmani Kamakshi S

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Identifying locations for disease preparedness.

The study focuses on identifying the spatial locations for disease preparedness in a city. Environmental factors influencing Vector-borne diseases, diseases due to poor Air Quality, and serviceability of present healthcare infrastructures were analysed using geospatial technology.  Vector-borne diseases like Malaria and Dengue are very prominent in monsoon seasons and it is one of the episodes consistently happening every year. The non-communicable diseases considered for the study are Asthma and Pulmonary diseases which have more correlation with the Air Quality of an environment. So, the most vulnerable zones to these diseases were identified with Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Vector-borne diseases, Diseases due to poor Air Quality and are provided suggestions to plan for preparedness with respect to respective diseases.

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Introduction

Aim and Objectives

Methodology

Vector - borne Disease Cases

Environmental factors affecting Vector-Borne Diseases

Areas prone to Vector-borne Diseases

Trend in Concentration of Air Pollutants

Areas prone to Air Pollution based diseases

Model

Conclusion