ArcGIS Empowers Faster
Response for Vector-Borne
Disease Surveillance and Control
Executive
Summary
When vector-borne disease outbreaks occur, fast, effective
response protects people from infection and its consequences.
Integrated pest management programs respond through the vital
functions of prevention, surveillance, and control activities.
Temporal and spatial information are critical to those efforts to curb
the spread of disease. Organizations that harness the power of a
location platform can achieve faster, more efficient response.
Prevention
Disease prevention begins with education. Everyone can play a part in reducing
the number of common vectors, such as mosquitoes, if only they have the right
information at the right time. Location intelligence can ensure that messages are
targeted where they are needed most.
Surveillance
Surveillance functions include monitoring, visualization, and analysis of data on
climatic factors, vector abundance, and virus activity in the vector, its sentinel
animals, and humans. Effective surveillance activities ensure a holistic view that
facilitates an understanding of trends over time and space.
Control
Place matters when working to control vector populations and disease spread.
Where were traps set? Which samples tested positive? How can call centers verify
the locations of public reports of dead birds or green pools? How can field staff be
deployed to the right place most efficiently? Where are pesticide treatments
needed? Are there populations near treatment zones? All of these questions and
more are implicitly spatial in nature, so it makes sense that a location platform can
help.
