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Using the Ebola outbreak in West Africa as an example, this article describes the means by which better use of digital and mapping programs can assist in the rapid identification of epidemic disease and its spread.
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Why is it important?
This provides a crucial link in the means by which local data is accumulated, distributed, and can be used in planning.
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This page is a summary of: Fighting disease, like fighting fires: The lessons Ebola teaches, Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes, March 2016, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/cag.12258.
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