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health surveillance

Better health from better data

1 min read · Tue, Aug 23 2022

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statistics geospatial statistics health surveillance

The fast-developing science of geospatial statistics offers new insights into diverse health challenges, from cancer hotspots to problems of air pollution and the spread of COVID-19. Three new projects should yield a better understanding of what causes disease in Saudi Arabia and how to fight it. KAUST also stands to make a real contribution to the region by improving health in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The field of geospatial statistics and health surveillance, known as GeoHealth, uses data from multiple sources to create disease maps of geographical areas. When information is

Hanan Alahmadi

Ph.D. Student, Statistics

Bayesian computational statistics statistics geospatial statistics health surveillance spatio-temporal disease data

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