Public Health Administrative Challenges and Solutions in Disaster Management using Geospatial Technology

Abstract

India has been rapidly urbanizing. Its state of health, well-being, and infrastructure capacity are in a period of transformation. Through the perspective of a rapidly urbanizing nation, this paper presents an overview of India’s health capacity in managing disaster risks. It looks at demographic, epidemiological and developmental transitions in India and how that impacts decision making for the health sector through the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). This study identifies challenges and provides the solution by implementation of GIS application in health care which will reduce the cost and improve the existing services further benefiting the public health administrative to formulate new policies and accurate decision making with the help of existing data. Keywords: Disaster, disaster management, GIS, geospatial technology, public heath