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Fact Sheet: Mapping health service availability in Nicaragua with new techniques

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Year: 2007

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Researchers from MEASURE Evaluation recently employed a data analysis technique called kernel density estimation (KDE) to assess the availability of health care throughout Nicaragua. KDE can estimate how the number of health facilities, and the number of health facility staff members in a region compare to the number of people in a given population. These estimates will help researchers better understand health-care accessibility and guide future health-improvement efforts.

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TB DIAH will run until September 2023, PMI Measure Malaria until June 2024, and D4I until September 2023.

MEASURE Evaluation is funded by USAID to strengthen capacity in developing countries to gather, interpret, and use data to improve health. We create tools and approaches for rigorous evaluations, providing evidence to address health challenges. And we strengthen health information systems so countries can make better decisions and sustain good health outcomes over time.

MEASURE Evaluation
Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
123 W Franklin St
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516
Email: measure@unc.edu
www.measureevaluation.org

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Fact Sheet: Mapping health service availability in Nicaragua with new techniques

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