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SOMAARTH Geographical Information System (GIS)

Geo-spatial Data on Demography, Environment and Health

  • Objectives

 

SOMAARTH GIS is envisaged as a platform for studying environmental exposures integrated in to large cohorts. Some of its specific objectives are:

  1. To conduct real time mapping of environmental risk conditions and establish contextual pathways associated with various communicable and non communicable diseases
  2. To document impacts of changing environment on health and economy of people
  3. To innovate evidence based environmental and behavioural interventions for prevention and control of diseases
  • Timeline

 

Initiated in April 2011 – ongoing longitudinal environmental surveillance
  • Location

 

Palwal District, Haryana, India
  •  Methods

 

Longitudinal Environmental Measurement
  • Expected Outcomes

 

GIS integrated SOMAARTH surveillance will provide platform for conducting multidisciplinary health research and training to gain in depth understanding on environmental components of diverse health issues.

Principal Investigator
Dr. Shikha Dixit
Co-PI’s
  • Dr. N.K. Arora
  • Dr. Atiqur Rehman
  • Dr. Mark Daniel
Implementation Team

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