GIS Specialist
Jen is MAP’s GIS Specialist. Her role is to support the group and their collaborators through the production of maps and the development, processing, and dissemination of spatio-temporal covariate datasets.
Jen developed an interest in GIS after taking a number of classes on the subject whilst studying for her undergraduate degree in Geography at the University of Cambridge. She went on to obtain an MSc in Geographical Information Systems & Science from Kingston University London before joining the MAP team in May 2016.
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Publications
August 2023
Trends in treatment-seeking for fever in children under five years old in 151 countries from 1990 to 2020
Access to medical treatment for fever is essential to prevent morbidity and mortality in individuals and to prevent transmission of communicable febrile illness in communities. Quantification of the rates at which treatment is accessed is critical for health system planning and a prerequisite for disease burden estimates.
Published research Geospatial Health and Development Child and adolescent healthJanuary 2023Global estimates of the number of pregnancies at risk of malaria from 2007 to 2020: a demographic study
The most recent global estimates of the number of pregnancies at risk of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria infection are from 2007. To inform global malaria prevention and control efforts, we aimed to estimate the global distribution of pregnancies at risk of malaria infection from 2007 to 2020.
Published research Infectious Diseases Geospatial Health and Development MalariaJune 2021Maps and metrics of insecticide-treated net access, use, and nets-per-capita in Africa from 2000-2020
Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are one of the most widespread and impactful malaria interventions in Africa, yet a spatially-resolved time series of ITN coverage has never been published. Using data from multiple sources, we generate high-resolution maps of ITN access, use, and nets-per-capita annually from 2000 to 2020 across the 40 highest-burden African countries.
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