Presented at the GHME conference.

1. A Free and Innovative Mapping Tool
For Analysis of Health Data in Limited Resource Settings:
Excel to Google Earth (E2G) from MEASURE Evaluation
James Stewart, MA, and John Spencer, MA, MEASURE Evaluation, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Adama Ndir, MD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global AIDS Program (GAP), Bamako, Mali
PROBLEM
• In Senegal, as in many countries, routine
health data are often stored in Excel.
• In 2005, to communicate the status of HIV
care and treatment activities, public health
officers pasted Excel data on paper maps.
• Despite increased access to geographic
information system (GIS) software, training of
personnel remains a challenge.
• Few options exist for quick and easy mapping
of Excel data without a GIS.
SOLUTION
HIV
TESTING
2009
E2G
MAPPING TOOL
FROM
MEASURE
EVALUATION
HIGHLIGHTS
ANTI-
• MEASURE Evaluation is collaborating with RETROVIRAL
Senegal’s Ministry of Health and Prevention TREATMENT
(MOHP) to enhance the E2G mapping tool 2009
and to develop a Francophone version.
• E2G will make it possible for multiple levels of
MOHP staff to create maps to support
evidence-based decision making.
• E2G is available for 40 countries, including
many with PEPFAR-supported activities.
AVAILABLE NOW FROM MEASURE EVALUATION MEASURE Evaluation is funded by USAID through Cooperative
To receive a copy of the free tool, visit Agreement GHA-A-00-08-00003-00 and is implemented by the
Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at
www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/e2g Chapel Hill, in partnership with Futures Group International, ICF
or contact
Macro, John Snow, Inc., Management Sciences for Health, and
James Stewart, Senior Spatial Analyst Tulane University. The views expressed in this publication do not
MEASURE Evaluation necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill government.
123 W. Franklin St.
Chapel Hill, NC USA 27516 DATA SOURCE: Senegal Ministry of Health and Prevention,
j.stewart@unc.edu HIV/AIDS Department, December 2010
1 (919) 843-6605