Context

A typical microplan captures details about how public health services are delivered in the field – often supported by a hand-sketched map which identifies health facilities and the settlements covered by the plan.  The microplan depicts where health services will be delivered. It enables health facilities to determine the population within their catchments and organize the necessary supplies and staff required to deliver the health services. A health facility may have different catchment areas for specific services, requiring specific maps.

The traditional paper microplans represent the best offline information available at the time and do not typically depict accurate distance and geographic features. These plans omit recent updates and do not easily display information across different health administrative areas, resulting in underserved or over-served communities. 

Objectives

• Generate digital microplans based on up-to-date geospatial information
• Allow field staff to update the underlying geospatial data, while offline in the field  
• Allocate populated areas automatically to health facilities
• Use settlement and population data derived from recent satellite imagery to better plan supply stocks 
• Easily identify populations not within reach of health services
• Produce detailed, accurate, printable microplan maps and tables
• Easily monitor the planning process in real-time

Please find a short demo video of the main features here.