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Mapping Cancer Disease Using Geographical Information System (GIS) in Gezira State-Sudan

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In Sudan, the prevalence of cancer cases increased and cancer ranked as the major cause of death. Therefore, forming a cancer control program and putting strategic action plans into practice became an important matter for the health industry. The correlation of variations in different societies and environmental factors should be examined spatially with reliable data. The aim of this study is to produce base maps for implementation of cancer control program and cancer density maps through the utilization of GIS in health work. In this study, a database was built with the use of GIS to examine the distribution of cancer cases and maps relating to cancer events in allocation units were created. Cancer cases data registered from 1999 to 2008, by the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Biology and Treatment of Tumors—University of Gezira in El Gezira State, was used as case in this study. Using ArcGIS, the distribution of cancer cases were presented on cancer maps including allocation units and incidence values, which were calculated for each villages and locality region. According to the world standards, cancer rates were determined and examined by the spatial analysis power of GIS. The research concluded that cancer cases were increased, in some localities over the past 10 years (1999–2008). This can be related to many reasons including the existence of the Gezira Scheme were farmers used fertilizers and pesticides, as well as increasing health awareness among the citizens through the establishment of use in the state.

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  1. Sudan Academy of Science, Khartoum North, Sudan

    F. M. Elebead

  2. Faculty of Engineering, Remote Sensing Authority Sudan, Al Gammaa Street, 11111, Khartoum, Sudan

    Amna Hamid

  3. Alzaiem Alazhari University, Ahmed Gasim Street, P.O box 1432, 133311, Khartoum North, Khartoum, Sudan

    H. S. M. Hilmi

  4. Future University, Khartoum, Sudan

    H. Galal

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Elebead, F.M., Hamid, A., Hilmi, H.S.M. et al. Mapping Cancer Disease Using Geographical Information System (GIS) in Gezira State-Sudan. J Community Health 37, 830–839 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-011-9517-9

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