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DESCRIPTION:Disasters are not often caused by things that can be seen with 
 the naked eye. In December 2019\, a strain of strange\, pneumonia-like cas
 es began infecting people in a city in China. Months later\, the World Hea
 lth Organization has declared this novel virus as the cause of a global he
 alth emergency which led to a years-long battle against the unseen foe. Tr
 avel restrictions and border controls were implemented and the world raced
  to track the movement and emergence of cases.\n\nWithin UP Mindanao's 200
 -hectare campus\, research projects pursue ideas and methodologies targeti
 ng local community needs and issues. During the height of the COVID-19 pan
 demic\, the Department of Mathematics\, Physics\, and Computer Science of 
 the College of Science and Mathematics mobilized the students' interest to
  participate in research efforts and conducted data analytics to publicly-
 available COVID-19 disease data which led to the production of case visual
 izations in the form of maps. These were then published on various social 
 media platforms which soon attracted the attention of several Local Govern
 ment Units and government offices\, most notably the Department of Health.
  This led to the formal collaboration between the academe and the governme
 nt in the months that followed which\, in turn\, influenced several polici
 es and the creation of research-based decision support systems. \n\nAnd CO
 VID-19 is not the only disease modelled by the department's multidisciplin
 ary team. Rabies\, an endemic disease that is still prevalent in the Phili
 ppines despite several interventions\, have been carefully studied by UP M
 indanao research staff since 2018. Several publications and public informa
 tional sessions has led to the development of an analytics dashboard that 
 is currently deployed and used by personnel from the City Veterinarian's O
 ffice. One of the most useful tool in the dashboard? MAPS.\n\nThis talk wi
 ll outline the disease mapping efforts of UP Mindanao researchers\, specif
 ically the ones that I was able to take part of starting when I was a stud
 ent researcher until now\, and present how these helped shape policies and
  intervention programs in the city of Davao.
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LOCATION:Tacloban Room
SUMMARY:Beyond the Choropleth: How UP Mindanao mapping efforts help shape D
 avao City policies and disease interventions programs - Mia Kristine Cami
 ña Quinco
URL:https://talks.staging.osgeo.org/pista-ng-mapa-2023/talk/FZBUP7/
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