Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS

Ryan C Graydon

Publications

• Research Article
  A  Moran’s I Autocorrelation and Hot Spot Analysis for Identifying and Predicting Diarrheal Disease Cases around Sixty-Seven Community Wells in West Pokot County, Kenya
  Author(s): Ryan C Graydon, Samuel Alao and Benjamin G Jacob Ryan C Graydon, Samuel Alao and Benjamin G Jacob
  
  Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure is crucial to the health of every community. Globally, rural communities disproportionately lack improved drinking water and sanitation facilities compared to urban communities. West Pokot County, Kenya has a population of 512,690 people of which 91.7% live in rural areas. The Pokot people, the main people group residing in West Pokot County, depend on communal wells, rivers, and other surface water sources presenting the opportunity to consume pathogens and induce diarrheal diseases. Harvester’s International works with Pokot leaders to install community wells to provide an improved drinking water alternative to surface water in order to break the diarrheal disease transmission cycle. Community health epidemiological and spatial data from 67 communities in West Pokot County were assessed using autocorrelation and hot spot ana.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2469-4134.1000182

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