Mapping and quantifying travel time to define health facility catchment areas in Blantyre city in Malawi
The study suggests that crowdsourced data resources can be used for the delineation of catchment areas and this information can confidently be used in efforts to stratify the burden of diseases such as malaria.
Authors
- Nicholas Feasey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4041-1405)
- James Chirombo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3132-3710)
- Nicolas Ray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4696-5313)
- Marc Henrion (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1242-839X)
- Donnie Mategula (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7109-9042)
- Joshua Longbottom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4151-9031)
- Blessings Chiepa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0702-2722)
- Michelle C. Stanton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1754-4894)
- Patrick Ken Kalonde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8747-8557)
- Dianne J. Terlouw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5327-8995)
- Suresh Muthukrishnan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0239-8051)
- Clinton Nkolokosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5190-7302)
- Owen Tsoka
- Chifuniro Baluwa
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
- University of Malawi (MW)
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Kamuzu Central Hospital (MW)
- Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (MW)
- Furman University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-00845-3
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.53
Funders
- Wellcome
- Wellcome Trust
- Natural Environment Research Council