Tag: Measuring urban deprivation

Blog: Community Mapping and Domains of Deprivation

Delali Kumapley, Research Uptake Officer, CHORUS Ghana Community Mapping and GIS: Application for Health Research – Summary and Reflections from the Webinar Available statistics show that Sub-Saharan Africa records the highest number of slum dwellers. About 62% of the region’s urban population resides in slums as compared to 35% in Southern Asia (UN-Habitat, 2014). Although…


Webinar: Community Mapping and GIS, and Application for Health Research, with Dr. Caroline Kabaria

Dr. Caroline Kabaria joins the CHORUS team for a webinar on community mapping and its application for health research. Dr. Kabaria, Associate Research Scientist at the African Population and Health Research Centre, discusses her work on the participatory mapping of health services in slum areas in Kenya. She brings her expertise in geo-informatics and spatial…