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Review
. 2020;100(4):701-716.
doi: 10.1007/s41745-020-00196-z. Epub 2020 Oct 18.

Health Heatmap of India: An Open Data Platform

Akshay S Dinesh  1 , Varnita Mathur  1 , B R Ansil  2 , Vijay Chandru  3 , Ravi Chellam  1 , Abi Tamim Vanak  4   5   6 , Uma Ramakrishnan  2 , Prabhakar Rajagopal  7
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Health Heatmap of India: An Open Data Platform

Akshay S Dinesh et al. J Indian Inst Sci. 2020.

Abstract

Health Heatmap of India is an open data platform built for bringing together data from diverse sources and facilitating visualization, analysis, and insight building from such data. In this paper, we describe the context and need for such an open data platform and describe the technical aspects of building it. The beta site of the portal is available at https://healthheatmapindia.org.

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Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
A schematic of Health Heatmaps.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
State-wise number of reports of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases reported in IDSP and ProMED platforms during 2019.
Figure 3:
Figure 3:
Map showing the geographic locations of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases reported in IDSP during 2019.
Figure 4:
Figure 4:
HHM architecture.
Figure 5:
Figure 5:
A screenshot of the page with interactive exploration of infectious diseases.
Figure 6:
Figure 6:
A screenshot of the deep-dive page. The panel for selection of indicators can be seen on the left.
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