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| F TanserSummaryAffiliation: Medical Research Council Country: South Africa Publications
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New approaches to spatially analyse primary health care usage patterns in rural South AfricaF Tanser
Africa Centre for Population Studies and Reproductive Health, Mtubatuba, Republic of South Africa
Trop Med Int Health 6:826-38. 2001..To develop indices to quantitatively assess and understand the spatial usage patterns of health facilities in the Hlabisa district of South Africa...
The application of GIS technology to equitably distribute fieldworker workload in a large, rural South African health surveyF C Tanser
Africa Centre for Population Studies and Reproductive Health, Mtubatuba, South Africa
Trop Med Int Health 7:80-90. 2002..The paper highlights the use of GIS technology as a powerful tool in developing countries...
Potential effect of climate change on malaria transmission in AfricaFrank C Tanser
Malaria Research Lead Programme, Medical Research Council, Overport, Durban, South Africa
Lancet 362:1792-8. 2003..Climate change is likely to affect transmission of vector-borne diseases such as malaria. We quantitatively estimated current malaria exposure and assessed the potential effect of projected climate scenarios on malaria transmission...
Modelling and understanding primary health care accessibility and utilization in rural South Africa: an exploration using a geographical information systemFrank Tanser
Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Soc Sci Med 63:691-705. 2006..The estimated median travel time to the district hospital is 170 min. The methodology constitutes a framework for modelling physical access to clinics in many developing country settings...
