Geospatial modelling in guiding health program strategies in resource-limited settings-the way forward

Diane Gu¹, Chawangwa Modongo², Sanghyuk S Shin³, Nicola M Zetola^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
² Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.
³ Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, University of California, Irvine, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.

Editorial

Diane Gu et al. Ann Transl Med. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;5(24):499.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2017.10.16.

Diane Gu¹, Chawangwa Modongo², Sanghyuk S Shin³, Nicola M Zetola^{2

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¹ Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
² Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.
³ Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, University of California, Irvine, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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