Geohealth
Exploring Well-being in the Netherlands
7 min
Geohealth is the integration of geographic information, technologies and spatial concepts with epidemioloy. Geo-spatial technologies play a vital role in visualizing where and when diseases occur in space and time, providing context and helping us understand why they may be prevalent, who may be affected and how to address the problem potentially.
A recent Master’s thesis explored a new way to understand the spread and possible control of COVID-19 better by combining wastewater measurements and other epidemiological indicators.
Past research in wastewater-based epidemiology has shown that collecting and analysing wastewater can improve the surveillance of diseases such as norovirus, poliovi…
In November 2023, the ITC Faculty at the University of Twente hosted the 16th symposium of the global network of public health and earth scientists dedicated to the development of geospatial health (GnosisGIS).
Geospatial health is an interdisciplinary field that integrates geographic information and spatial analysis with health research to study …