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From: Spatially explicit multi-criteria decision analysis for managing vector-borne diseases

Figure 2

Key areas for the application of spatial MCDA in managing vector-borne diseases. Three important questions that require consideration when planning prevention and control actions for the management of vector-borne diseases: what is the level of risk; how to manage disease risk; and where to target risk prevention and control? The above diagram shows how (A) risk can be assessed by mapping the intersection of all the various determinants of risk (environment, vector distribution, human population, etc). Part (B) shows how MCDA can be used to evaluate the spatial effects of different alternatives on a decision problem. Finally, part (C) shows how MCDA can be used to locate priority sites for targeting prevention and control alternatives by taking a risk map and running it through the filter of different criteria constraining the decision problem. Results from one area can be fed in as input for the other questions. However, these three questions do not necessarily need to be addressed in the above suggested order nor will a full MCDA process always be required to address such questions.

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