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Welcome to GIS and Public Health,****a Web site    designed to provide information on GIS, or Geographic Information Systems, at NCHS and in    the larger public health community. On this page, you can access the **Public Health    GIS News and Information**report, **selected maps**, a **calendar of GIS    and related events,**and **links to related sites**.

GIS link data and geography digitally    for the purpose of making maps. This technology often provides a useful way to reveal    spatial and temporal relationships among data.

Researchers, public health    professionals, policy makers, and others use GIS to better understand geographic    relationships that affect health outcomes, public health risks, disease transmission,    access to health care, and other public health concerns. GIS is being used with greater    frequency to address neighborhood, local, State, national, and international public health    issues.

 

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