Development of an economical Spatial health information system

This study outlines the economical development of Dehradun Malaria Information System (DMIS) using open source internet GIS technologies and concepts. The application is developed with three objectives i) real time updating of malaria data from various health centers in Dehradun, India into one central information system ii) providing access and dissemination of the data in a spatial interactive environment iii) Usage of various state of art freely available technologies in building an information management system economically. The web application development is instrumental in the malaria research, control and health service communities at different locations for effective planning and operational activities.