This document summarizes a meeting to discuss how geospatial data and tools can support the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The meeting objectives were to: 1) Present examples of advanced geospatial tool and data use; 2) Identify factors affecting spatial data quality and strategies to improve data; 3) Identify common questions asked to support PEPFAR decision making. The meeting was hosted by MEASURE Evaluation to facilitate using spatial data and analysis to effectively support PEPFAR programs.

1. Doing the right thing at the right time in
the right place:
How geospatial data and tools can support PEPFAR
MEASURE Evaluation GIS
Working Group Meeting
June 23, 2016

2. How can we ensure data quality?

3. What are the factors
influencing effective
use of spatial data?

4. What is the most effective way
to communicate spatial data?

5. What is the most effective way
to communicate spatial data?

6. What is the most effective way
to communicate spatial data?

8. Estimated HIV Prevalence in
Eastern Cape, South Africa
2014
Supply and distribution of
health clinics meeting
demand?

9. 1) Present examples of state of the art use of geospatial tools
and data
2) Identify factors that affect spatial data quality and potential
strategies to mitigate bad spatial data
3) Identify common questions being asked in support of
PEPFAR decision making, who is asking them, and the role
for spatial data products
Meeting objectives:

10. Let the world know
#GIS4AFG

11. MEASURE Evaluation is funded by the U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID) under terms
of Cooperative Agreement AID-OAA-L-14-00004 and
implemented by the Carolina Population Center, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partnership with ICF
International, John Snow, Inc., Management Sciences for
Health, Palladium Group, and Tulane University. The views
expressed in this presentation do not necessarily reflect
the views of USAID or the United States government.
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