IGHRN News

ISEIS Researchers to Deliver Talks at Workshop Hosted by UNU Macau

Four researchers from the Institute of Space and Earth Information Science (ISEIS) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have...

Mapping our Battle Against Mosquito-Borne Diseases with GIS Technology

Despite being often associated with tropical and subtropical regions, mosquito-borne diseases pose an escalating threat to the United...

Harnessing Geospatial Data for Informed Healthcare Planning

In today’s ever-changing healthcare landscape, data-informed decision-making is vital for organizations to navigate complexities with...

2023 CGA Conference: From Geospatial Research To Health Solutions

In March of 2023, the IGHRN had the unique opportunity to present and host a workshop during the '2023 CGA Conference: From Geospatial...

The Health and Medical Geography Specialty Group (HMGSG) - Health Data Visualization Contest.

All information was taken from the HMGSG Health Data Visualization Contest website, linked here: https://aag-hmgsg.org/awards/health-data...

Predicting and preventing pandemics is goal of new NSF awards

The NSF has recently announced open-grants for "predicting and preventing pandemics". The potential for future pandemics is an...

Book Feature: Learning from COVID-19: GIS for Pandemics

This information was taken from Esri's Press Feature, highlighting Learning From COVID-19: GIS for Pandemics. Book details Learning from...

Esri Small Nonprofit Organization Grant Initiative

The following information has been taken from Esri's Industry Blog. Esri has recently announced a grant program for 501(c)3 certified...

Call for Papers: Geospatial Responses to COVID-19 in Africa (Special Issue)

The following text has been taken from the Call To Action, from the Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis. As the world bade...

ESRI GIS Health Applications

Please visit the following links to learn about innovative GIS Health Applications from ESRI's Health and Human Service EBrief....

CFP: Special Issue on "Spatial Analysis of Neglected Tropical Diseases"

The World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Public Library of Science (PLOS), and...

Tools for Managing Confidential Geospatial Data - Geospatial Virtual Data Enclave (GVDE)

Creating and analyzing geospatial data are now central to most scientific domains and ubiquitous in governments and businesses. However,...

GeoEthics Webinar Series

AAG launched a partnership with Esri, and the Center for Spatial Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara, to develop an...

Sponsoring Organization Highlight: Smith Lab at the University of ABC

This page will feature the organization that sponsors the IGHRN. Each organization can upload a text (up to 1000 words) that highlights...

The New Imperative: Spatializing Health Research and Practice

The past two decades have seen dramatic increases in the generation of geospatial data and the use of related tools and spatial methods...

Invitation to the IGHRN-affiliated Organizations

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has emphatically endorsed the benefits of the IGHRN, saying...