In Geospatial World, How the PPI Helped Track Snakebites in Nepal

In Geospatial World, How the PPI Helped Track Snakebites in Nepal

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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."

September 03, 2022