Leveraging Data Science for Global Health

By Patricia Ordóñez and Maimuna S. Majumder

Part 1: Big Data and Global Health Landscape.- Chapter 1. Strengths and Weaknesses of Big Data for Global Health Surveillance.- Chapter 2. Opportunities for Health Big Data in Africa.- Chapter 3. HealthMap and Digital Disease Surveillance.- Chapter 4. Mobility Data and Genomics for Disease Surveillance.- Part 2: Case Studies.- Chapter 5. Kumbh Mela Disease Surveillance.- Chapter 6. Using Google Mobility Data for Disaster Monitoring in Puerto Rico.- Chapter 7. StreetRx and the Opioid Epidemic.- Chapter 8. Twitter Data for Zika Virus Surveillance in Venezuela.- Chapter 9. Hepatitis E Outbreak in Namibia and Google Trends.- Chapter 10. Patient-Controlled Health Records for Non-Communicable Diseases in Humanitarian Settings.- Chapter 11. Addressing Sexual and Reproductive Health among Youth Migrants.- Chapter 12. Tanzanian cholera: epidemic or endemic?.- Chapter 13. Google Satellite Images to Predict Yellow Fever Incidence in Brazil.- Chapter 14. Feature Selection and Prediction of Treatment Failure in Tuberculosis.- Chapter 15. Tuberculosis, Refugees, and the Politics of Journalistic Objectivity: A qualitative review using HealthMap data.- Chapter 16. Designing Tools to Support the Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Trial in Colombia.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303047996X
• ISBN13: 9783030479961
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 475 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"