BIM & GIS
Why GIS Matters in Public Health: Lessons from Ontario’s Measles Resurgence
One fall afternoon, while sharing tea with my grandmother, she remarked, “They’re talking about measles again. I thought we got rid of that.” She recalled how the introduction of the measles vaccine in 1963 led to a significant decline in cases (National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases [NCCID], n.d.). The main reason measles is resurging is a drop in herd immunity, caused by falling [...]
