A geospatial database of close-to-reality travel times to obstetric emergency care in 15 Nigerian conurbations

PM Macharia, KLM Wong, T Olubodun, L Beňová… - Scientific data, 2023 - nature.com
Travel time estimation accounting for on-the-ground realities between the location where a
need for emergency obstetric care (EmOC) arises and the health facility capable of providing …

Revealed versus potential spatial accessibility of healthcare and changing patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic

K Gligorić, C Kamath, DJ Weiss, S Bavadekar… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Background Timely access to healthcare is essential but measuring access is challenging.
Prior research focused on analyzing potential travel times to healthcare under optimal …

Geographical accessibility to functional emergency obstetric care facilities in urban Nigeria using closer-to-reality travel time estimates: a population-based spatial …

A Banke-Thomas, KLM Wong, T Olubodun… - The Lancet Global …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Better accessibility for emergency obstetric care facilities can substantially
reduce maternal and perinatal deaths. However, pregnant women and girls living in urban …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating geographic access to healthcare facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa by Degree of Urbanisation

P Florio, S Freire, M Melchiorri - Applied Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
Measuring rates of coverage and spatial access to healthcare services is essential to inform
policies for development. These rates tend to reflect the urban-rural divide, typically with …

From Regression to Classification: Fuzzy Multikernel Subspace Learning for Robust Prediction and Drug Screening

T Quan, Y Yuan, Y Luo, Y Song… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Data-driven machine learning is increasingly involved in human life and industrial
development due to its large-scale testing and low time cost. However, existing learning …

High-resolution estimates of social distancing feasibility, mapped for urban areas in sub-Saharan Africa

HR Chamberlain, AN Lazar, AJ Tatem - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Social distancing has been widely-implemented as a public health measure during the
COVID-19 pandemic. Despite widespread application of social distancing guidance, the …

Socio-spatial equity analysis of relative wealth index and emergency obstetric care accessibility in urban Nigeria

KLM Wong, A Banke-Thomas, T Olubodun… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Background Better geographical accessibility to comprehensive emergency obstetric care
(CEmOC) facilities can significantly improve pregnancy outcomes. However, with other …

A geospatial analysis of accessibility and availability to implement the primary healthcare roadmap in Ethiopia

F Hierink, O Oladeji, A Robins, MF Muñiz… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Background Primary healthcare (PHC) is a crucial strategy for achieving universal health
coverage. Ethiopia is working to improve its primary healthcare system through the …

[HTML][HTML] Interpretable deep learning for consistent large-scale urban population estimation using Earth observation data

S Doda, M Kahl, K Ouan, I Obadic, Y Wang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate and up-to-date mapping of the human population is fundamental for a wide range
of disciplines, from effective governance and establishing policies to disaster management …

Travel time to cataract surgical services in Kenya, Malawi and Rwanda: demonstrating a standardised indicator of physical access to cataract surgery

I McCormick, JM Nesemann, J Zhao, S Mdala… - Eye, 2024 - nature.com
Background Travel time can be used to assess health services accessibility by reflecting the
proximity of services to the people they serve. We aimed to demonstrate an indicator of …