In Geospatial World, How the PPI Helped Track Snakebites in Nepal
Geospatial World covers the first geospatial analysis of snake bites in Nepal—a pervasive issue in the country—which used the Poverty Probability Index (PPI®) along with other socioeconomic data to map the more concentrated incidents in poorer regions: "In the Terai region, the risk of snakebites in a household increased over 63 times if the Poverty Probability Index (PPI)—a poverty measurement tool—increased by a single unit."