Guidance
Geo-enabled Microplanning Handbook
What is geo-enabled microplanning?
Geo-enabled microplanning involves the application of geospatial data and technologies, including geographic information systems (GIS), to support the planning and monitoring of last-mile service delivery at the local level (health facility and district level). The geo-enabling of microplans, largely driven by experience learned in microplanning for polio, has shown considerable impact on immunization programme coverage, reach, accountability and efficiency. Using spatial data on the location of populations, health resources, and the surrounding environment in a GIS environment, geo-enabled microplanning can support programs ensure all populations are accounted for, identify gaps in population equitable access to care, and optimize planning for outreach activities to ensure equitability and reach of services. Given the cross-sectoral nature of the data involved, investment in geo-enabled microplanning also holds significant potential to strengthen health systems and improve coordination across programmes, such as EPI, surveillance, broader PHC, and community health systems.
About the Geo-enabled Microplanning Handbook
The Geo-enabled Microplanning Handbook is a step-by-step resource to designing, planning, implementing, and sustaining a geo-enabled microplan. Since September 2021, 124 expert authors have collaborated through the WHO-UNICEF COVAX GIS Working Group to write, edit and review this crowd-sourced Handbook. Building from existing microplanning guidance and drawing on lessons learned in previous geo-enabled microplans, the Handbook presents how a microplan can effectively apply GIS and geographic data to improve access to every community and every individual in a campaign.
Authors
Languages
- English
Publication year
2023
Type
Guidance
Categories
- Programme management
Organisations
- Gates Foundation
- Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Tags
- Catch-up
- Coverage monitoring
- Equity
- Last mile
- Outreach
- Zero-dose
GIS-planning
You can find more information about "GIS-planning" in the following Hot Topics:
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geo-enabled Microplanning Handbook | COVAX GIS Working Group, World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, Gates Foundation, The Global Fund, World Bank Group, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance | 2023 | Guidance | English |
| Geo-enabled Microplans for Bangladesh's Routine EPI Programme (Webinar) | Rajendra Bohara, Md. Mahmudul Hasan Faisal, Md Hasanuzzaman Khan, Asela Bandara, Ravi Shankar, Ann Lindstrand | 2024 | Presentation | English |
