Geospatial Analysis: Distributing Resources and Interventions at a Subnational Level

Scientists use geospatial analysis to improve the spatial resolution at which we map diseases globally, empowering policymakers to make better decisions about allocating resources and prioritizing interventions at a subnational level. Combining human disease occurrence data with knowledge of animal hosts, researchers use species distribution modeling to map the risk of zoonotic diseases. With model-based geostatistics, we can produce maps of the fatal burden of priority diseases in children.