gis support for the msf ebola response in guinea_case study
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GIS Support for the MSFEbola resone in Guinea
in 983090983088983089983092
983089s EditionJul 983090983088983089983092Operational CenterGeneva
Logisic Department
Cae sudy
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GIS uppor for he
MSF Ebola reonein Guinea in 983090983088983089983092Cae sudy
MSF Secion MSF-OCG
Tile GIS Suppor or he MSF Ebola Reone in Guinea 2014
Owner amp
ommiioner
Tehnial Suppor o he Operaion
Logisi Deparmen
Meacutedein San FroniegravereOperaional Cener Geneva
Auhor Timo Luumlge MSF-CH GIS Uni (CarONG)
Purpoe Thi ae sudy aim o elaborae wheher he GIS offierrsquo miion o Guinea ha
ueeded in upporing he emergeny reone and urhering he sraegi goal
defined in he Sraegi Paper ldquoDevelopmen o he GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
Verion 1983155983156 ediion Language Englih
Reviewer Sandra Sudhoff
Audrey Leard-Fonaine
Sylvie de la Borderie
GIS exper - MSF-CH GIS
Uni (CarONG) Mahieu Soupar GIS
oal poin Logisi direcor
MSF-CH
Dae 07072014
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GIS Support for the MSF Ebola
reone in Guinea in 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
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Table of Content
ABBREVIATIONS 983092
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 983093
983089 INTRODUCTION 983097
983089983089 Bakground 983097
983089983090 MSF-CH GIS Uni 983089983088
983090 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS USED FOR EBOLA RESPONSE 983089983091
983090983089 Global undersand o he iuaion 983089983093983090983090 Epidemiology 983089983097
983090983091 Reporing amp Communiaion 983090983089
983090983092 Populaion oun amp movemen 983090983089
983090983093 Aciviy planning 983090983091
983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 983091983089
4 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION 983091983093
983093 RECOMMANDATIONS 983091983095
983094 ANNEX 983092983089
983094983089 Overview o GIS produc 983092983089
983094983090 Lis o inerviewee 983092983089
983094983091 Term o Reerene 983092983090
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ABBREVIATIONS
FTP File Traner ProoolHOT Humaniarian OpenSreeMap TeamGIS Geographi Inormaion SysemGPS Global Poiioning SysemMSF Meacutedein San FroniegravereMSF-CH Meacutedein San Froniegravere SwizerlandNGO Non-Governmenal OrganiaionOCG Operaional Cenre Geneva
OSM OpenSreeMapVampTC Voluneer and Teh CommuniyWHS Waer Hygiene and Saniaion
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Executive Summary
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In Marh 2014 MSF-Swizerland deployed a dediaed Geographi
Informaion Sysem (GIS) offier o Guinea in reone o he Ebola
oubreak in he ouh o he ounry In uppor o he epidemiologial eam
he GIS offier wa harged wih produing general overview map a wella opial map ha uppored differen aec o he operaion
During he eigh week o hi miion he GIS offier produed 109 mapfor hi previouly very poorly mapped area The map inluded bai
orienaion map ha howed road landmark and village bu aloeialied map ha viualized populaion deniy or he read of he
dieae
Boh field and headquarer saff inerviewed or hi ae sudy emphaized
ha having a dediaed GIS offier in he field wa a major ae ha hada ignifian poiive impac on he operaion
Univerally inerviewee idenified wo oupu a he mos ueul
bull Loalization Wih he help of a newly reaed daabae and
ubequenly produed map he GIS offier wa able o pinpoin he
exac loaion o village and ideniy village ha had he ame name
bu were in differen par o he preecure Baed on hi inormaion
MSF programme saff were able o reond o he oubreak aser ina more argeed way and wih ewer reoure
bull Viualizaion A weekly mapping o onfirmed and ueced Ebolaae helped ranlae he progreion o he epidemi rom ehnial
daa ino an eay-o-gra map A a reul saff a all level had a
beter undersanding o he emergeny
The inerview alo highlighed he ac ha mos MSF saff know very litleabou GIS in general le alone how a GIS offier ould uppor hem Thenewly ormed GIS uni a he Operaional Cenre Geneva (OCG) need odo more o eduae saff a headquarer and in he field abou how GISan uppor operaion For field deploymen hi mean ha GIS offier
need o be ervie-oriened el-sarer beaue only very ew saff willknow how o make bes ue o hi or her kill
To map he area of operaion in a reaonable amoun of ime he GIS
uni - in uppor o he field offier - rowdoured ak ha were neiheronfidenial nor eniive A a reul a ubsanial number of overview
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
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Logisic Department
map were reaed wih he help o loe o 250 online voluneer Theevoluneer helped o map previouly unmapped iie and road wihin
a few day and a a granular level mapping individual building Thee
overview map hen beame he foundaion of many map ha he GIS
offier reaed for he reone While he ooperaion wih he online
voluneer wa overall very poiive i alo howed ha oordinaion a
well a expecaion managemen an be improved
Given he univerally poiive eedbak abou he GIS offierrsquo deploymen
i i reommended ha headquarer make GIS offier available o fieldoffie where direc onac wih field operaion an bring lear benefiand where loe and imely monioring of he read of an epidemi i
eenial
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Executive Summary
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
INTRODUCTION
983089983089 BACKGROUND
In Marh 2014 viral haemorrhagi broke ou in ouhern Guinea near heiy o Gueacutekeacutedou The viru wa quikly idenified a Ebola haemorrhagiever and Meacutedein San Froniegravere (MSF) deployed a eam o ais heexising programme saff wih he reone MSF Swizerland (MSF-CH)
ha been running a malaria programme in he area ine 2010
In uppor of he epidemiologial eam MSF-CH deployed a dediaedGeographi Inormaion Sysem (GIS) offier While MSF saff have beenuing map and GIS ehnology or many year he ue o dediaed GISsaff in he field i sill very unommon
The deiion o end a dediaed GIS offier o Guinea wa inormed bya sudy1048625 on he ue o GIS wihin MSF whih had idenified1048626 epidemiologya ldquohe domain where GIS an bring he mos poiive evoluionrdquo I waurhermore baed on he newly developed GIS Sraegy1048627 or MSF-CH (ee
alo 3 Sraegi )
Thi ae sudy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo miion
to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny reone and
furhering he sraegi goal defined in he GIS Sraegy The finding ohi ae sudy are baed on oral and writen inerview wih 11 MSFCarONG
eam member who were eiher baed in Guinea or a headquarer i ialo baed on he end-o-miion repor by he GIS offier himel
Geographi Informaion Sysem (GIS)
The erm GIS in hi ae sudy enompae any ue of geographial
informaion or map ranging from he bai ue of map in he field o he
ue o Global Poiioning Sysem (GPS) remoe ening (aellie imagery)
and all kind of geo-referened informaion (loaion of paien pariular
inrasrucure e)
(ee Typology o GIS Appliaion GIS Sudy)
1048625ldquoSae o ar and opporuniie uing Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSFrdquo (983090983088983089983091) ndash reerred o a ldquoGIS
Sudyrdquo in hi doumen
1048626GIS-Sudy p 983091983092
1048627ldquoDevelopmen o he Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSF-CHrdquo (983090983088983089983092) - reerred o a ldquoGIS Sraegyrdquo
in hi doumen
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983089983090 MSF CH GIS UNIT
Analying GIS daa and produing deailed opial map i a ehnial killha i no readily available wihin MSF To explore he ue o GIS and o build
apaiy wihin he organiaion MSF-CH igned a ramework agreemenwih he Frenh NGO CarONG in lae 2013In addiion o building and mainaining ehnial inrasrucure or MSF-CH
hi agreemen inlude remoe mapping uppor a well a he proviionof CarONG saff embedded in MSF field miion The member of he
MSF GIS uni wear wo ha on he one hand hey are par o he inernalMSF-CH srucure and on he oher hand hey are employee of an
exernal ervie provider
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
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MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
983090 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS USED FOR THEEBOLA RESPONSE
The GIS offier wa deployed early on in he reone o he Ebola oubreak
in Guinea The firs MSF eam arrived in Gueacutekeacutedou on 19 Marh 2014 andhe GIS offier arrived hree day laer and sayed unil 15 May 2014 Himiion had originally been planned or our week bu wa exended onhe reques by field oordinaion
During he eigh-week miion he GIS offier produed 109 map Abou
a quarer of hee were reaed a a reul of reques from differenehnial deparmen in he field he res were baed on hi own iniiaiveand experie
The GIS offier benefied from he fac ha he Gueacutekeacutedou offie ha a
relaively fas inerne onnecion1048628 While ome of he map ould alo
have been produed wihou inerne ae having a good onnecion
ignifianly inreaed he range of produc ha he GIS offier ould
produe hank o ae o online ool and daa and remoe uppor
rom he GIS Uni
Whils he GIS offier wa offiially atahed o he epidemiologial eamhe alo produed map for he wider MSF eam In fac he GIS offier
esimaed ha he only en abou 10 per en of hi ime on map ha
were reaed eifially or he epidemiologial eam Abou 60 per eno hi ime wa en on produing map ha were o ue o all uni (baemap village idenifiaion) and abou 30 per en wa en on map orhe logisi and Waer Hygiene and Saniaion (WHS) eam
The laifiaion of he GIS produc deribed below follow he one
ued in he GIS sudy
1048628 Tes howed download eed beween 983088983092983093 and 983088983096983089 Mbp and upload eed beween 983088983091983095 and
983088983091983097 Mbp or one uer on hared onnecion
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Table 1 Map o Gueacutekeacutedou preecure beore and a he end o he GISoffier miion
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
983090983089 GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION
Sine epidemiologial daa wa no available when he GIS offier arrived(ee alo 22 Epidemiology) he iniially oued on produing bae mapo he region and i mos imporan own
A ha poin only very bai map exised o he preecure o Gueacutekeacutedouwhih had been idenified a he main field loaion or he Ebola reoneExising map lised main own loaion one major road and alo inluded
low-qualiy paper-drawn iy map (ee Table 1)
A firs bae map of he region had been produed remoely by he GIS
uni immediaely before he deploymen baed on informaion ha wa
available in online daabae However hee proved o be only parially
aurae
One inerviewee ommened ha i wa urpriing ha beter map wereno available onidering ha MSF-CH ha been working in he region orhree year and ha been preeded by MSF Belgium Anoher aid ha apoor sae o mapping wa quie ommon in many operaion deie he
year-on-year preene o humaniarian organiaion
Base maps are map howing a bae layer o inormaion Addiional layer
o inormaion an hen be added Common example o bae map inlude
opographial map relie map and road map
Village loalizaion
One he bigges hallenge he eam aed wa ha he name o manyvillage were unknown There were alo numerou village wih imilar or
idenial name For example he village name lsquoBendoursquo exis 14 imewihin he prefecure Thi wa hugely problemai a he eam had o
rely heavily on paien inerview o deide where o inervene Error in
idenifying loaion an lead o delay and a wase of reoure and
in an environmen where MSF vehile are no welome everywhere
unneeary rip o wrong loaion an expoe saff o addiional rik The bae map produed by he GIS offier were a oluion o hee iue
Wih he help o he map and a daabae o all idenified village namehe GIS offier wa quikly able o ideniy he exac loaion o village andwheher he name exised more han oneIdeniying village name wa omparaively reoure inenive ine i had
o be done on he ground In many ae loal saff had o vii village oonfirm name and ake GPS oordinae
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T a b l e
2 I n i i a l m a p p i n g o h r e e c i i e a c o m p l e e d b y
h e O S M v
o l u n e e r w i h i n
h r e e d a y
V o l u n e e r c
o n i n u e d o
w o r k
o n m a p o h e r e g i o n e v e n a f e r h a p e r i o d ( e e i m
a g e b o t o m r
i g h )
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
Where poible saff who were viiing an area for oher reaon were
aked o veriy name bu requenly loal saff had o be en ou in aror on moorbike o eifially arry ou hi ak A he heigh of he
loalizaion aciviie five loal saff member en a leas ome o heirime on verifying village name hree permanen saff a well a wo
emporary saff member whom he GIS offier had hired or hi purpoe
All inerviewee menioned ha knowing wih onfidene ha hey were
ending heir eam o he righ loaion ignifianly improved heir abiliy
o arge heir aciviie effecively
One reonden alo emphaized ha in oher emergenie ehnial saff
had o ry and ideniy he name and loaion o village or example wihhe help o Google Earh Thi requenly had o be done a nigh afer a
long day o arrying ou regular duie Having a dediaed GIS offier inhe field had a hree-old benefi i inreaed he auray o he reulreuled in more uer-riendly map and aved ime or programme saff
Mapping Road Village amp Building
In order o quikly ge more deailed map of iie and major road in
he region he GIS Uni deided o rowdoure hi ak Through he
voluneer of he Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) aellie
image ha had been aquired by MSF-CH were quikly urned ino
digial map hosed on OpenSreeMap Three prioriy iie (GueacutekeacutedouMaena and Kiidougou) were mapped in le han hree day Wihinfive day 244 voluneer had mapped more han 90000 building
Many inerviewee ommened ha hey were lsquoamazedrsquo by he eed a
whih he area wa mapped wih he help o he voluneer On hi own heGIS offier would no have been able o produe hee bae map duringhi miion
OpenSreeMap (OSM) ndash wwwopensreemaporg
OpenSreeMap i ofen reerred o a he ldquoWikipedia o Maprdquo a anybodyan make hange o he map online OSM daa i mainained by voluneer
and releaed under an open oure liene In many developing ounrieOSM map are more deailed han Google map beaue Google ha noommerial inenive o improve i map in hee ounrie
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Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
1048629See htpemergenyoperniueumappingemwha-operniu
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
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Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
Waouto2
Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
Yedenin 3
Yedenin 1
Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
A
B
B
C
C
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D
E
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5 5
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This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
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Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
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KamadouKamadou
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HermankonoHermankono
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Centre
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Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
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Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
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TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
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HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
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MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
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983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
1
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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GIS uppor for he
MSF Ebola reonein Guinea in 983090983088983089983092Cae sudy
MSF Secion MSF-OCG
Tile GIS Suppor or he MSF Ebola Reone in Guinea 2014
Owner amp
ommiioner
Tehnial Suppor o he Operaion
Logisi Deparmen
Meacutedein San FroniegravereOperaional Cener Geneva
Auhor Timo Luumlge MSF-CH GIS Uni (CarONG)
Purpoe Thi ae sudy aim o elaborae wheher he GIS offierrsquo miion o Guinea ha
ueeded in upporing he emergeny reone and urhering he sraegi goal
defined in he Sraegi Paper ldquoDevelopmen o he GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
Verion 1983155983156 ediion Language Englih
Reviewer Sandra Sudhoff
Audrey Leard-Fonaine
Sylvie de la Borderie
GIS exper - MSF-CH GIS
Uni (CarONG) Mahieu Soupar GIS
oal poin Logisi direcor
MSF-CH
Dae 07072014
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GIS Support for the MSF Ebola
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Table of Content
ABBREVIATIONS 983092
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 983093
983089 INTRODUCTION 983097
983089983089 Bakground 983097
983089983090 MSF-CH GIS Uni 983089983088
983090 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS USED FOR EBOLA RESPONSE 983089983091
983090983089 Global undersand o he iuaion 983089983093983090983090 Epidemiology 983089983097
983090983091 Reporing amp Communiaion 983090983089
983090983092 Populaion oun amp movemen 983090983089
983090983093 Aciviy planning 983090983091
983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 983091983089
4 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION 983091983093
983093 RECOMMANDATIONS 983091983095
983094 ANNEX 983092983089
983094983089 Overview o GIS produc 983092983089
983094983090 Lis o inerviewee 983092983089
983094983091 Term o Reerene 983092983090
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Logisic Department
ABBREVIATIONS
FTP File Traner ProoolHOT Humaniarian OpenSreeMap TeamGIS Geographi Inormaion SysemGPS Global Poiioning SysemMSF Meacutedein San FroniegravereMSF-CH Meacutedein San Froniegravere SwizerlandNGO Non-Governmenal OrganiaionOCG Operaional Cenre Geneva
OSM OpenSreeMapVampTC Voluneer and Teh CommuniyWHS Waer Hygiene and Saniaion
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Executive Summary
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In Marh 2014 MSF-Swizerland deployed a dediaed Geographi
Informaion Sysem (GIS) offier o Guinea in reone o he Ebola
oubreak in he ouh o he ounry In uppor o he epidemiologial eam
he GIS offier wa harged wih produing general overview map a wella opial map ha uppored differen aec o he operaion
During he eigh week o hi miion he GIS offier produed 109 mapfor hi previouly very poorly mapped area The map inluded bai
orienaion map ha howed road landmark and village bu aloeialied map ha viualized populaion deniy or he read of he
dieae
Boh field and headquarer saff inerviewed or hi ae sudy emphaized
ha having a dediaed GIS offier in he field wa a major ae ha hada ignifian poiive impac on he operaion
Univerally inerviewee idenified wo oupu a he mos ueul
bull Loalization Wih he help of a newly reaed daabae and
ubequenly produed map he GIS offier wa able o pinpoin he
exac loaion o village and ideniy village ha had he ame name
bu were in differen par o he preecure Baed on hi inormaion
MSF programme saff were able o reond o he oubreak aser ina more argeed way and wih ewer reoure
bull Viualizaion A weekly mapping o onfirmed and ueced Ebolaae helped ranlae he progreion o he epidemi rom ehnial
daa ino an eay-o-gra map A a reul saff a all level had a
beter undersanding o he emergeny
The inerview alo highlighed he ac ha mos MSF saff know very litleabou GIS in general le alone how a GIS offier ould uppor hem Thenewly ormed GIS uni a he Operaional Cenre Geneva (OCG) need odo more o eduae saff a headquarer and in he field abou how GISan uppor operaion For field deploymen hi mean ha GIS offier
need o be ervie-oriened el-sarer beaue only very ew saff willknow how o make bes ue o hi or her kill
To map he area of operaion in a reaonable amoun of ime he GIS
uni - in uppor o he field offier - rowdoured ak ha were neiheronfidenial nor eniive A a reul a ubsanial number of overview
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Logisic Department
map were reaed wih he help o loe o 250 online voluneer Theevoluneer helped o map previouly unmapped iie and road wihin
a few day and a a granular level mapping individual building Thee
overview map hen beame he foundaion of many map ha he GIS
offier reaed for he reone While he ooperaion wih he online
voluneer wa overall very poiive i alo howed ha oordinaion a
well a expecaion managemen an be improved
Given he univerally poiive eedbak abou he GIS offierrsquo deploymen
i i reommended ha headquarer make GIS offier available o fieldoffie where direc onac wih field operaion an bring lear benefiand where loe and imely monioring of he read of an epidemi i
eenial
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Executive Summary
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
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MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
INTRODUCTION
983089983089 BACKGROUND
In Marh 2014 viral haemorrhagi broke ou in ouhern Guinea near heiy o Gueacutekeacutedou The viru wa quikly idenified a Ebola haemorrhagiever and Meacutedein San Froniegravere (MSF) deployed a eam o ais heexising programme saff wih he reone MSF Swizerland (MSF-CH)
ha been running a malaria programme in he area ine 2010
In uppor of he epidemiologial eam MSF-CH deployed a dediaedGeographi Inormaion Sysem (GIS) offier While MSF saff have beenuing map and GIS ehnology or many year he ue o dediaed GISsaff in he field i sill very unommon
The deiion o end a dediaed GIS offier o Guinea wa inormed bya sudy1048625 on he ue o GIS wihin MSF whih had idenified1048626 epidemiologya ldquohe domain where GIS an bring he mos poiive evoluionrdquo I waurhermore baed on he newly developed GIS Sraegy1048627 or MSF-CH (ee
alo 3 Sraegi )
Thi ae sudy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo miion
to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny reone and
furhering he sraegi goal defined in he GIS Sraegy The finding ohi ae sudy are baed on oral and writen inerview wih 11 MSFCarONG
eam member who were eiher baed in Guinea or a headquarer i ialo baed on he end-o-miion repor by he GIS offier himel
Geographi Informaion Sysem (GIS)
The erm GIS in hi ae sudy enompae any ue of geographial
informaion or map ranging from he bai ue of map in he field o he
ue o Global Poiioning Sysem (GPS) remoe ening (aellie imagery)
and all kind of geo-referened informaion (loaion of paien pariular
inrasrucure e)
(ee Typology o GIS Appliaion GIS Sudy)
1048625ldquoSae o ar and opporuniie uing Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSFrdquo (983090983088983089983091) ndash reerred o a ldquoGIS
Sudyrdquo in hi doumen
1048626GIS-Sudy p 983091983092
1048627ldquoDevelopmen o he Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSF-CHrdquo (983090983088983089983092) - reerred o a ldquoGIS Sraegyrdquo
in hi doumen
1
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983089983090 MSF CH GIS UNIT
Analying GIS daa and produing deailed opial map i a ehnial killha i no readily available wihin MSF To explore he ue o GIS and o build
apaiy wihin he organiaion MSF-CH igned a ramework agreemenwih he Frenh NGO CarONG in lae 2013In addiion o building and mainaining ehnial inrasrucure or MSF-CH
hi agreemen inlude remoe mapping uppor a well a he proviionof CarONG saff embedded in MSF field miion The member of he
MSF GIS uni wear wo ha on he one hand hey are par o he inernalMSF-CH srucure and on he oher hand hey are employee of an
exernal ervie provider
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
1
I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
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3
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4
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
983090 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS USED FOR THEEBOLA RESPONSE
The GIS offier wa deployed early on in he reone o he Ebola oubreak
in Guinea The firs MSF eam arrived in Gueacutekeacutedou on 19 Marh 2014 andhe GIS offier arrived hree day laer and sayed unil 15 May 2014 Himiion had originally been planned or our week bu wa exended onhe reques by field oordinaion
During he eigh-week miion he GIS offier produed 109 map Abou
a quarer of hee were reaed a a reul of reques from differenehnial deparmen in he field he res were baed on hi own iniiaiveand experie
The GIS offier benefied from he fac ha he Gueacutekeacutedou offie ha a
relaively fas inerne onnecion1048628 While ome of he map ould alo
have been produed wihou inerne ae having a good onnecion
ignifianly inreaed he range of produc ha he GIS offier ould
produe hank o ae o online ool and daa and remoe uppor
rom he GIS Uni
Whils he GIS offier wa offiially atahed o he epidemiologial eamhe alo produed map for he wider MSF eam In fac he GIS offier
esimaed ha he only en abou 10 per en of hi ime on map ha
were reaed eifially or he epidemiologial eam Abou 60 per eno hi ime wa en on produing map ha were o ue o all uni (baemap village idenifiaion) and abou 30 per en wa en on map orhe logisi and Waer Hygiene and Saniaion (WHS) eam
The laifiaion of he GIS produc deribed below follow he one
ued in he GIS sudy
1048628 Tes howed download eed beween 983088983092983093 and 983088983096983089 Mbp and upload eed beween 983088983091983095 and
983088983091983097 Mbp or one uer on hared onnecion
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Table 1 Map o Gueacutekeacutedou preecure beore and a he end o he GISoffier miion
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983090983089 GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION
Sine epidemiologial daa wa no available when he GIS offier arrived(ee alo 22 Epidemiology) he iniially oued on produing bae mapo he region and i mos imporan own
A ha poin only very bai map exised o he preecure o Gueacutekeacutedouwhih had been idenified a he main field loaion or he Ebola reoneExising map lised main own loaion one major road and alo inluded
low-qualiy paper-drawn iy map (ee Table 1)
A firs bae map of he region had been produed remoely by he GIS
uni immediaely before he deploymen baed on informaion ha wa
available in online daabae However hee proved o be only parially
aurae
One inerviewee ommened ha i wa urpriing ha beter map wereno available onidering ha MSF-CH ha been working in he region orhree year and ha been preeded by MSF Belgium Anoher aid ha apoor sae o mapping wa quie ommon in many operaion deie he
year-on-year preene o humaniarian organiaion
Base maps are map howing a bae layer o inormaion Addiional layer
o inormaion an hen be added Common example o bae map inlude
opographial map relie map and road map
Village loalizaion
One he bigges hallenge he eam aed wa ha he name o manyvillage were unknown There were alo numerou village wih imilar or
idenial name For example he village name lsquoBendoursquo exis 14 imewihin he prefecure Thi wa hugely problemai a he eam had o
rely heavily on paien inerview o deide where o inervene Error in
idenifying loaion an lead o delay and a wase of reoure and
in an environmen where MSF vehile are no welome everywhere
unneeary rip o wrong loaion an expoe saff o addiional rik The bae map produed by he GIS offier were a oluion o hee iue
Wih he help o he map and a daabae o all idenified village namehe GIS offier wa quikly able o ideniy he exac loaion o village andwheher he name exised more han oneIdeniying village name wa omparaively reoure inenive ine i had
o be done on he ground In many ae loal saff had o vii village oonfirm name and ake GPS oordinae
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T a b l e
2 I n i i a l m a p p i n g o h r e e c i i e a c o m p l e e d b y
h e O S M v
o l u n e e r w i h i n
h r e e d a y
V o l u n e e r c
o n i n u e d o
w o r k
o n m a p o h e r e g i o n e v e n a f e r h a p e r i o d ( e e i m
a g e b o t o m r
i g h )
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Where poible saff who were viiing an area for oher reaon were
aked o veriy name bu requenly loal saff had o be en ou in aror on moorbike o eifially arry ou hi ak A he heigh of he
loalizaion aciviie five loal saff member en a leas ome o heirime on verifying village name hree permanen saff a well a wo
emporary saff member whom he GIS offier had hired or hi purpoe
All inerviewee menioned ha knowing wih onfidene ha hey were
ending heir eam o he righ loaion ignifianly improved heir abiliy
o arge heir aciviie effecively
One reonden alo emphaized ha in oher emergenie ehnial saff
had o ry and ideniy he name and loaion o village or example wihhe help o Google Earh Thi requenly had o be done a nigh afer a
long day o arrying ou regular duie Having a dediaed GIS offier inhe field had a hree-old benefi i inreaed he auray o he reulreuled in more uer-riendly map and aved ime or programme saff
Mapping Road Village amp Building
In order o quikly ge more deailed map of iie and major road in
he region he GIS Uni deided o rowdoure hi ak Through he
voluneer of he Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) aellie
image ha had been aquired by MSF-CH were quikly urned ino
digial map hosed on OpenSreeMap Three prioriy iie (GueacutekeacutedouMaena and Kiidougou) were mapped in le han hree day Wihinfive day 244 voluneer had mapped more han 90000 building
Many inerviewee ommened ha hey were lsquoamazedrsquo by he eed a
whih he area wa mapped wih he help o he voluneer On hi own heGIS offier would no have been able o produe hee bae map duringhi miion
OpenSreeMap (OSM) ndash wwwopensreemaporg
OpenSreeMap i ofen reerred o a he ldquoWikipedia o Maprdquo a anybodyan make hange o he map online OSM daa i mainained by voluneer
and releaed under an open oure liene In many developing ounrieOSM map are more deailed han Google map beaue Google ha noommerial inenive o improve i map in hee ounrie
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Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
1048629See htpemergenyoperniueumappingemwha-operniu
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
Waouto2
Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
Yedenin 3
Yedenin 1
Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
Km
Leacutegende
Densiteacute (habcarreacute)
0 - 8080 - 200
200 - 500
500 - 800
800 - 1219
Route principale
Route secondaire Autre route
Limite des quartiers
Batiments
Riviegravere
plusmn
1 carreacute 250 x 250m soit 62500 msup2 soit 00625 kmsup2
Sources
Gueckedou - Guineacutee - Densiteacute de population
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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MSF
DPS
Prefecture
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Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
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Bamala
Centre
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Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
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Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
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Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
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Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
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Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
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Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Table of Content
ABBREVIATIONS 983092
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 983093
983089 INTRODUCTION 983097
983089983089 Bakground 983097
983089983090 MSF-CH GIS Uni 983089983088
983090 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS USED FOR EBOLA RESPONSE 983089983091
983090983089 Global undersand o he iuaion 983089983093983090983090 Epidemiology 983089983097
983090983091 Reporing amp Communiaion 983090983089
983090983092 Populaion oun amp movemen 983090983089
983090983093 Aciviy planning 983090983091
983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 983091983089
4 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION 983091983093
983093 RECOMMANDATIONS 983091983095
983094 ANNEX 983092983089
983094983089 Overview o GIS produc 983092983089
983094983090 Lis o inerviewee 983092983089
983094983091 Term o Reerene 983092983090
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ABBREVIATIONS
FTP File Traner ProoolHOT Humaniarian OpenSreeMap TeamGIS Geographi Inormaion SysemGPS Global Poiioning SysemMSF Meacutedein San FroniegravereMSF-CH Meacutedein San Froniegravere SwizerlandNGO Non-Governmenal OrganiaionOCG Operaional Cenre Geneva
OSM OpenSreeMapVampTC Voluneer and Teh CommuniyWHS Waer Hygiene and Saniaion
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Executive Summary
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In Marh 2014 MSF-Swizerland deployed a dediaed Geographi
Informaion Sysem (GIS) offier o Guinea in reone o he Ebola
oubreak in he ouh o he ounry In uppor o he epidemiologial eam
he GIS offier wa harged wih produing general overview map a wella opial map ha uppored differen aec o he operaion
During he eigh week o hi miion he GIS offier produed 109 mapfor hi previouly very poorly mapped area The map inluded bai
orienaion map ha howed road landmark and village bu aloeialied map ha viualized populaion deniy or he read of he
dieae
Boh field and headquarer saff inerviewed or hi ae sudy emphaized
ha having a dediaed GIS offier in he field wa a major ae ha hada ignifian poiive impac on he operaion
Univerally inerviewee idenified wo oupu a he mos ueul
bull Loalization Wih he help of a newly reaed daabae and
ubequenly produed map he GIS offier wa able o pinpoin he
exac loaion o village and ideniy village ha had he ame name
bu were in differen par o he preecure Baed on hi inormaion
MSF programme saff were able o reond o he oubreak aser ina more argeed way and wih ewer reoure
bull Viualizaion A weekly mapping o onfirmed and ueced Ebolaae helped ranlae he progreion o he epidemi rom ehnial
daa ino an eay-o-gra map A a reul saff a all level had a
beter undersanding o he emergeny
The inerview alo highlighed he ac ha mos MSF saff know very litleabou GIS in general le alone how a GIS offier ould uppor hem Thenewly ormed GIS uni a he Operaional Cenre Geneva (OCG) need odo more o eduae saff a headquarer and in he field abou how GISan uppor operaion For field deploymen hi mean ha GIS offier
need o be ervie-oriened el-sarer beaue only very ew saff willknow how o make bes ue o hi or her kill
To map he area of operaion in a reaonable amoun of ime he GIS
uni - in uppor o he field offier - rowdoured ak ha were neiheronfidenial nor eniive A a reul a ubsanial number of overview
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map were reaed wih he help o loe o 250 online voluneer Theevoluneer helped o map previouly unmapped iie and road wihin
a few day and a a granular level mapping individual building Thee
overview map hen beame he foundaion of many map ha he GIS
offier reaed for he reone While he ooperaion wih he online
voluneer wa overall very poiive i alo howed ha oordinaion a
well a expecaion managemen an be improved
Given he univerally poiive eedbak abou he GIS offierrsquo deploymen
i i reommended ha headquarer make GIS offier available o fieldoffie where direc onac wih field operaion an bring lear benefiand where loe and imely monioring of he read of an epidemi i
eenial
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Executive Summary
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
INTRODUCTION
983089983089 BACKGROUND
In Marh 2014 viral haemorrhagi broke ou in ouhern Guinea near heiy o Gueacutekeacutedou The viru wa quikly idenified a Ebola haemorrhagiever and Meacutedein San Froniegravere (MSF) deployed a eam o ais heexising programme saff wih he reone MSF Swizerland (MSF-CH)
ha been running a malaria programme in he area ine 2010
In uppor of he epidemiologial eam MSF-CH deployed a dediaedGeographi Inormaion Sysem (GIS) offier While MSF saff have beenuing map and GIS ehnology or many year he ue o dediaed GISsaff in he field i sill very unommon
The deiion o end a dediaed GIS offier o Guinea wa inormed bya sudy1048625 on he ue o GIS wihin MSF whih had idenified1048626 epidemiologya ldquohe domain where GIS an bring he mos poiive evoluionrdquo I waurhermore baed on he newly developed GIS Sraegy1048627 or MSF-CH (ee
alo 3 Sraegi )
Thi ae sudy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo miion
to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny reone and
furhering he sraegi goal defined in he GIS Sraegy The finding ohi ae sudy are baed on oral and writen inerview wih 11 MSFCarONG
eam member who were eiher baed in Guinea or a headquarer i ialo baed on he end-o-miion repor by he GIS offier himel
Geographi Informaion Sysem (GIS)
The erm GIS in hi ae sudy enompae any ue of geographial
informaion or map ranging from he bai ue of map in he field o he
ue o Global Poiioning Sysem (GPS) remoe ening (aellie imagery)
and all kind of geo-referened informaion (loaion of paien pariular
inrasrucure e)
(ee Typology o GIS Appliaion GIS Sudy)
1048625ldquoSae o ar and opporuniie uing Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSFrdquo (983090983088983089983091) ndash reerred o a ldquoGIS
Sudyrdquo in hi doumen
1048626GIS-Sudy p 983091983092
1048627ldquoDevelopmen o he Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSF-CHrdquo (983090983088983089983092) - reerred o a ldquoGIS Sraegyrdquo
in hi doumen
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983089983090 MSF CH GIS UNIT
Analying GIS daa and produing deailed opial map i a ehnial killha i no readily available wihin MSF To explore he ue o GIS and o build
apaiy wihin he organiaion MSF-CH igned a ramework agreemenwih he Frenh NGO CarONG in lae 2013In addiion o building and mainaining ehnial inrasrucure or MSF-CH
hi agreemen inlude remoe mapping uppor a well a he proviionof CarONG saff embedded in MSF field miion The member of he
MSF GIS uni wear wo ha on he one hand hey are par o he inernalMSF-CH srucure and on he oher hand hey are employee of an
exernal ervie provider
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
983090 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS USED FOR THEEBOLA RESPONSE
The GIS offier wa deployed early on in he reone o he Ebola oubreak
in Guinea The firs MSF eam arrived in Gueacutekeacutedou on 19 Marh 2014 andhe GIS offier arrived hree day laer and sayed unil 15 May 2014 Himiion had originally been planned or our week bu wa exended onhe reques by field oordinaion
During he eigh-week miion he GIS offier produed 109 map Abou
a quarer of hee were reaed a a reul of reques from differenehnial deparmen in he field he res were baed on hi own iniiaiveand experie
The GIS offier benefied from he fac ha he Gueacutekeacutedou offie ha a
relaively fas inerne onnecion1048628 While ome of he map ould alo
have been produed wihou inerne ae having a good onnecion
ignifianly inreaed he range of produc ha he GIS offier ould
produe hank o ae o online ool and daa and remoe uppor
rom he GIS Uni
Whils he GIS offier wa offiially atahed o he epidemiologial eamhe alo produed map for he wider MSF eam In fac he GIS offier
esimaed ha he only en abou 10 per en of hi ime on map ha
were reaed eifially or he epidemiologial eam Abou 60 per eno hi ime wa en on produing map ha were o ue o all uni (baemap village idenifiaion) and abou 30 per en wa en on map orhe logisi and Waer Hygiene and Saniaion (WHS) eam
The laifiaion of he GIS produc deribed below follow he one
ued in he GIS sudy
1048628 Tes howed download eed beween 983088983092983093 and 983088983096983089 Mbp and upload eed beween 983088983091983095 and
983088983091983097 Mbp or one uer on hared onnecion
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Table 1 Map o Gueacutekeacutedou preecure beore and a he end o he GISoffier miion
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983090983089 GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION
Sine epidemiologial daa wa no available when he GIS offier arrived(ee alo 22 Epidemiology) he iniially oued on produing bae mapo he region and i mos imporan own
A ha poin only very bai map exised o he preecure o Gueacutekeacutedouwhih had been idenified a he main field loaion or he Ebola reoneExising map lised main own loaion one major road and alo inluded
low-qualiy paper-drawn iy map (ee Table 1)
A firs bae map of he region had been produed remoely by he GIS
uni immediaely before he deploymen baed on informaion ha wa
available in online daabae However hee proved o be only parially
aurae
One inerviewee ommened ha i wa urpriing ha beter map wereno available onidering ha MSF-CH ha been working in he region orhree year and ha been preeded by MSF Belgium Anoher aid ha apoor sae o mapping wa quie ommon in many operaion deie he
year-on-year preene o humaniarian organiaion
Base maps are map howing a bae layer o inormaion Addiional layer
o inormaion an hen be added Common example o bae map inlude
opographial map relie map and road map
Village loalizaion
One he bigges hallenge he eam aed wa ha he name o manyvillage were unknown There were alo numerou village wih imilar or
idenial name For example he village name lsquoBendoursquo exis 14 imewihin he prefecure Thi wa hugely problemai a he eam had o
rely heavily on paien inerview o deide where o inervene Error in
idenifying loaion an lead o delay and a wase of reoure and
in an environmen where MSF vehile are no welome everywhere
unneeary rip o wrong loaion an expoe saff o addiional rik The bae map produed by he GIS offier were a oluion o hee iue
Wih he help o he map and a daabae o all idenified village namehe GIS offier wa quikly able o ideniy he exac loaion o village andwheher he name exised more han oneIdeniying village name wa omparaively reoure inenive ine i had
o be done on he ground In many ae loal saff had o vii village oonfirm name and ake GPS oordinae
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T a b l e
2 I n i i a l m a p p i n g o h r e e c i i e a c o m p l e e d b y
h e O S M v
o l u n e e r w i h i n
h r e e d a y
V o l u n e e r c
o n i n u e d o
w o r k
o n m a p o h e r e g i o n e v e n a f e r h a p e r i o d ( e e i m
a g e b o t o m r
i g h )
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Where poible saff who were viiing an area for oher reaon were
aked o veriy name bu requenly loal saff had o be en ou in aror on moorbike o eifially arry ou hi ak A he heigh of he
loalizaion aciviie five loal saff member en a leas ome o heirime on verifying village name hree permanen saff a well a wo
emporary saff member whom he GIS offier had hired or hi purpoe
All inerviewee menioned ha knowing wih onfidene ha hey were
ending heir eam o he righ loaion ignifianly improved heir abiliy
o arge heir aciviie effecively
One reonden alo emphaized ha in oher emergenie ehnial saff
had o ry and ideniy he name and loaion o village or example wihhe help o Google Earh Thi requenly had o be done a nigh afer a
long day o arrying ou regular duie Having a dediaed GIS offier inhe field had a hree-old benefi i inreaed he auray o he reulreuled in more uer-riendly map and aved ime or programme saff
Mapping Road Village amp Building
In order o quikly ge more deailed map of iie and major road in
he region he GIS Uni deided o rowdoure hi ak Through he
voluneer of he Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) aellie
image ha had been aquired by MSF-CH were quikly urned ino
digial map hosed on OpenSreeMap Three prioriy iie (GueacutekeacutedouMaena and Kiidougou) were mapped in le han hree day Wihinfive day 244 voluneer had mapped more han 90000 building
Many inerviewee ommened ha hey were lsquoamazedrsquo by he eed a
whih he area wa mapped wih he help o he voluneer On hi own heGIS offier would no have been able o produe hee bae map duringhi miion
OpenSreeMap (OSM) ndash wwwopensreemaporg
OpenSreeMap i ofen reerred o a he ldquoWikipedia o Maprdquo a anybodyan make hange o he map online OSM daa i mainained by voluneer
and releaed under an open oure liene In many developing ounrieOSM map are more deailed han Google map beaue Google ha noommerial inenive o improve i map in hee ounrie
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Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
Waouto2
Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
Yedenin 3
Yedenin 1
Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
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B
B
C
C
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D
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This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
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Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
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MacentaMacenta
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KamadouKamadou
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HermankonoHermankono
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Commanyada
Bouzie
Centre
Gare
Waziama
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Silikidou
Game
WebagalaMouktar
Secteur2
Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Table of Content
ABBREVIATIONS 983092
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 983093
983089 INTRODUCTION 983097
983089983089 Bakground 983097
983089983090 MSF-CH GIS Uni 983089983088
983090 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS USED FOR EBOLA RESPONSE 983089983091
983090983089 Global undersand o he iuaion 983089983093983090983090 Epidemiology 983089983097
983090983091 Reporing amp Communiaion 983090983089
983090983092 Populaion oun amp movemen 983090983089
983090983093 Aciviy planning 983090983091
983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 983091983089
4 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION 983091983093
983093 RECOMMANDATIONS 983091983095
983094 ANNEX 983092983089
983094983089 Overview o GIS produc 983092983089
983094983090 Lis o inerviewee 983092983089
983094983091 Term o Reerene 983092983090
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ABBREVIATIONS
FTP File Traner ProoolHOT Humaniarian OpenSreeMap TeamGIS Geographi Inormaion SysemGPS Global Poiioning SysemMSF Meacutedein San FroniegravereMSF-CH Meacutedein San Froniegravere SwizerlandNGO Non-Governmenal OrganiaionOCG Operaional Cenre Geneva
OSM OpenSreeMapVampTC Voluneer and Teh CommuniyWHS Waer Hygiene and Saniaion
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Executive Summary
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In Marh 2014 MSF-Swizerland deployed a dediaed Geographi
Informaion Sysem (GIS) offier o Guinea in reone o he Ebola
oubreak in he ouh o he ounry In uppor o he epidemiologial eam
he GIS offier wa harged wih produing general overview map a wella opial map ha uppored differen aec o he operaion
During he eigh week o hi miion he GIS offier produed 109 mapfor hi previouly very poorly mapped area The map inluded bai
orienaion map ha howed road landmark and village bu aloeialied map ha viualized populaion deniy or he read of he
dieae
Boh field and headquarer saff inerviewed or hi ae sudy emphaized
ha having a dediaed GIS offier in he field wa a major ae ha hada ignifian poiive impac on he operaion
Univerally inerviewee idenified wo oupu a he mos ueul
bull Loalization Wih he help of a newly reaed daabae and
ubequenly produed map he GIS offier wa able o pinpoin he
exac loaion o village and ideniy village ha had he ame name
bu were in differen par o he preecure Baed on hi inormaion
MSF programme saff were able o reond o he oubreak aser ina more argeed way and wih ewer reoure
bull Viualizaion A weekly mapping o onfirmed and ueced Ebolaae helped ranlae he progreion o he epidemi rom ehnial
daa ino an eay-o-gra map A a reul saff a all level had a
beter undersanding o he emergeny
The inerview alo highlighed he ac ha mos MSF saff know very litleabou GIS in general le alone how a GIS offier ould uppor hem Thenewly ormed GIS uni a he Operaional Cenre Geneva (OCG) need odo more o eduae saff a headquarer and in he field abou how GISan uppor operaion For field deploymen hi mean ha GIS offier
need o be ervie-oriened el-sarer beaue only very ew saff willknow how o make bes ue o hi or her kill
To map he area of operaion in a reaonable amoun of ime he GIS
uni - in uppor o he field offier - rowdoured ak ha were neiheronfidenial nor eniive A a reul a ubsanial number of overview
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map were reaed wih he help o loe o 250 online voluneer Theevoluneer helped o map previouly unmapped iie and road wihin
a few day and a a granular level mapping individual building Thee
overview map hen beame he foundaion of many map ha he GIS
offier reaed for he reone While he ooperaion wih he online
voluneer wa overall very poiive i alo howed ha oordinaion a
well a expecaion managemen an be improved
Given he univerally poiive eedbak abou he GIS offierrsquo deploymen
i i reommended ha headquarer make GIS offier available o fieldoffie where direc onac wih field operaion an bring lear benefiand where loe and imely monioring of he read of an epidemi i
eenial
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Executive Summary
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
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Logisic Department
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
INTRODUCTION
983089983089 BACKGROUND
In Marh 2014 viral haemorrhagi broke ou in ouhern Guinea near heiy o Gueacutekeacutedou The viru wa quikly idenified a Ebola haemorrhagiever and Meacutedein San Froniegravere (MSF) deployed a eam o ais heexising programme saff wih he reone MSF Swizerland (MSF-CH)
ha been running a malaria programme in he area ine 2010
In uppor of he epidemiologial eam MSF-CH deployed a dediaedGeographi Inormaion Sysem (GIS) offier While MSF saff have beenuing map and GIS ehnology or many year he ue o dediaed GISsaff in he field i sill very unommon
The deiion o end a dediaed GIS offier o Guinea wa inormed bya sudy1048625 on he ue o GIS wihin MSF whih had idenified1048626 epidemiologya ldquohe domain where GIS an bring he mos poiive evoluionrdquo I waurhermore baed on he newly developed GIS Sraegy1048627 or MSF-CH (ee
alo 3 Sraegi )
Thi ae sudy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo miion
to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny reone and
furhering he sraegi goal defined in he GIS Sraegy The finding ohi ae sudy are baed on oral and writen inerview wih 11 MSFCarONG
eam member who were eiher baed in Guinea or a headquarer i ialo baed on he end-o-miion repor by he GIS offier himel
Geographi Informaion Sysem (GIS)
The erm GIS in hi ae sudy enompae any ue of geographial
informaion or map ranging from he bai ue of map in he field o he
ue o Global Poiioning Sysem (GPS) remoe ening (aellie imagery)
and all kind of geo-referened informaion (loaion of paien pariular
inrasrucure e)
(ee Typology o GIS Appliaion GIS Sudy)
1048625ldquoSae o ar and opporuniie uing Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSFrdquo (983090983088983089983091) ndash reerred o a ldquoGIS
Sudyrdquo in hi doumen
1048626GIS-Sudy p 983091983092
1048627ldquoDevelopmen o he Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSF-CHrdquo (983090983088983089983092) - reerred o a ldquoGIS Sraegyrdquo
in hi doumen
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983089983090 MSF CH GIS UNIT
Analying GIS daa and produing deailed opial map i a ehnial killha i no readily available wihin MSF To explore he ue o GIS and o build
apaiy wihin he organiaion MSF-CH igned a ramework agreemenwih he Frenh NGO CarONG in lae 2013In addiion o building and mainaining ehnial inrasrucure or MSF-CH
hi agreemen inlude remoe mapping uppor a well a he proviionof CarONG saff embedded in MSF field miion The member of he
MSF GIS uni wear wo ha on he one hand hey are par o he inernalMSF-CH srucure and on he oher hand hey are employee of an
exernal ervie provider
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
1
I nt r o
d u ci on
2
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of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
983090 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS USED FOR THEEBOLA RESPONSE
The GIS offier wa deployed early on in he reone o he Ebola oubreak
in Guinea The firs MSF eam arrived in Gueacutekeacutedou on 19 Marh 2014 andhe GIS offier arrived hree day laer and sayed unil 15 May 2014 Himiion had originally been planned or our week bu wa exended onhe reques by field oordinaion
During he eigh-week miion he GIS offier produed 109 map Abou
a quarer of hee were reaed a a reul of reques from differenehnial deparmen in he field he res were baed on hi own iniiaiveand experie
The GIS offier benefied from he fac ha he Gueacutekeacutedou offie ha a
relaively fas inerne onnecion1048628 While ome of he map ould alo
have been produed wihou inerne ae having a good onnecion
ignifianly inreaed he range of produc ha he GIS offier ould
produe hank o ae o online ool and daa and remoe uppor
rom he GIS Uni
Whils he GIS offier wa offiially atahed o he epidemiologial eamhe alo produed map for he wider MSF eam In fac he GIS offier
esimaed ha he only en abou 10 per en of hi ime on map ha
were reaed eifially or he epidemiologial eam Abou 60 per eno hi ime wa en on produing map ha were o ue o all uni (baemap village idenifiaion) and abou 30 per en wa en on map orhe logisi and Waer Hygiene and Saniaion (WHS) eam
The laifiaion of he GIS produc deribed below follow he one
ued in he GIS sudy
1048628 Tes howed download eed beween 983088983092983093 and 983088983096983089 Mbp and upload eed beween 983088983091983095 and
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Table 1 Map o Gueacutekeacutedou preecure beore and a he end o he GISoffier miion
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983090983089 GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION
Sine epidemiologial daa wa no available when he GIS offier arrived(ee alo 22 Epidemiology) he iniially oued on produing bae mapo he region and i mos imporan own
A ha poin only very bai map exised o he preecure o Gueacutekeacutedouwhih had been idenified a he main field loaion or he Ebola reoneExising map lised main own loaion one major road and alo inluded
low-qualiy paper-drawn iy map (ee Table 1)
A firs bae map of he region had been produed remoely by he GIS
uni immediaely before he deploymen baed on informaion ha wa
available in online daabae However hee proved o be only parially
aurae
One inerviewee ommened ha i wa urpriing ha beter map wereno available onidering ha MSF-CH ha been working in he region orhree year and ha been preeded by MSF Belgium Anoher aid ha apoor sae o mapping wa quie ommon in many operaion deie he
year-on-year preene o humaniarian organiaion
Base maps are map howing a bae layer o inormaion Addiional layer
o inormaion an hen be added Common example o bae map inlude
opographial map relie map and road map
Village loalizaion
One he bigges hallenge he eam aed wa ha he name o manyvillage were unknown There were alo numerou village wih imilar or
idenial name For example he village name lsquoBendoursquo exis 14 imewihin he prefecure Thi wa hugely problemai a he eam had o
rely heavily on paien inerview o deide where o inervene Error in
idenifying loaion an lead o delay and a wase of reoure and
in an environmen where MSF vehile are no welome everywhere
unneeary rip o wrong loaion an expoe saff o addiional rik The bae map produed by he GIS offier were a oluion o hee iue
Wih he help o he map and a daabae o all idenified village namehe GIS offier wa quikly able o ideniy he exac loaion o village andwheher he name exised more han oneIdeniying village name wa omparaively reoure inenive ine i had
o be done on he ground In many ae loal saff had o vii village oonfirm name and ake GPS oordinae
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T a b l e
2 I n i i a l m a p p i n g o h r e e c i i e a c o m p l e e d b y
h e O S M v
o l u n e e r w i h i n
h r e e d a y
V o l u n e e r c
o n i n u e d o
w o r k
o n m a p o h e r e g i o n e v e n a f e r h a p e r i o d ( e e i m
a g e b o t o m r
i g h )
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Where poible saff who were viiing an area for oher reaon were
aked o veriy name bu requenly loal saff had o be en ou in aror on moorbike o eifially arry ou hi ak A he heigh of he
loalizaion aciviie five loal saff member en a leas ome o heirime on verifying village name hree permanen saff a well a wo
emporary saff member whom he GIS offier had hired or hi purpoe
All inerviewee menioned ha knowing wih onfidene ha hey were
ending heir eam o he righ loaion ignifianly improved heir abiliy
o arge heir aciviie effecively
One reonden alo emphaized ha in oher emergenie ehnial saff
had o ry and ideniy he name and loaion o village or example wihhe help o Google Earh Thi requenly had o be done a nigh afer a
long day o arrying ou regular duie Having a dediaed GIS offier inhe field had a hree-old benefi i inreaed he auray o he reulreuled in more uer-riendly map and aved ime or programme saff
Mapping Road Village amp Building
In order o quikly ge more deailed map of iie and major road in
he region he GIS Uni deided o rowdoure hi ak Through he
voluneer of he Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) aellie
image ha had been aquired by MSF-CH were quikly urned ino
digial map hosed on OpenSreeMap Three prioriy iie (GueacutekeacutedouMaena and Kiidougou) were mapped in le han hree day Wihinfive day 244 voluneer had mapped more han 90000 building
Many inerviewee ommened ha hey were lsquoamazedrsquo by he eed a
whih he area wa mapped wih he help o he voluneer On hi own heGIS offier would no have been able o produe hee bae map duringhi miion
OpenSreeMap (OSM) ndash wwwopensreemaporg
OpenSreeMap i ofen reerred o a he ldquoWikipedia o Maprdquo a anybodyan make hange o he map online OSM daa i mainained by voluneer
and releaed under an open oure liene In many developing ounrieOSM map are more deailed han Google map beaue Google ha noommerial inenive o improve i map in hee ounrie
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Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
1048629See htpemergenyoperniueumappingemwha-operniu
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
Waouto2
Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
Yedenin 3
Yedenin 1
Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
Km
Leacutegende
Densiteacute (habcarreacute)
0 - 8080 - 200
200 - 500
500 - 800
800 - 1219
Route principale
Route secondaire Autre route
Limite des quartiers
Batiments
Riviegravere
plusmn
1 carreacute 250 x 250m soit 62500 msup2 soit 00625 kmsup2
Sources
Gueckedou - Guineacutee - Densiteacute de population
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
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MacentaMacenta
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HermankonoHermankono
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Game
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Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
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Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
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0 400200
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Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
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983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Annex
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Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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ABBREVIATIONS
FTP File Traner ProoolHOT Humaniarian OpenSreeMap TeamGIS Geographi Inormaion SysemGPS Global Poiioning SysemMSF Meacutedein San FroniegravereMSF-CH Meacutedein San Froniegravere SwizerlandNGO Non-Governmenal OrganiaionOCG Operaional Cenre Geneva
OSM OpenSreeMapVampTC Voluneer and Teh CommuniyWHS Waer Hygiene and Saniaion
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Executive Summary
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In Marh 2014 MSF-Swizerland deployed a dediaed Geographi
Informaion Sysem (GIS) offier o Guinea in reone o he Ebola
oubreak in he ouh o he ounry In uppor o he epidemiologial eam
he GIS offier wa harged wih produing general overview map a wella opial map ha uppored differen aec o he operaion
During he eigh week o hi miion he GIS offier produed 109 mapfor hi previouly very poorly mapped area The map inluded bai
orienaion map ha howed road landmark and village bu aloeialied map ha viualized populaion deniy or he read of he
dieae
Boh field and headquarer saff inerviewed or hi ae sudy emphaized
ha having a dediaed GIS offier in he field wa a major ae ha hada ignifian poiive impac on he operaion
Univerally inerviewee idenified wo oupu a he mos ueul
bull Loalization Wih he help of a newly reaed daabae and
ubequenly produed map he GIS offier wa able o pinpoin he
exac loaion o village and ideniy village ha had he ame name
bu were in differen par o he preecure Baed on hi inormaion
MSF programme saff were able o reond o he oubreak aser ina more argeed way and wih ewer reoure
bull Viualizaion A weekly mapping o onfirmed and ueced Ebolaae helped ranlae he progreion o he epidemi rom ehnial
daa ino an eay-o-gra map A a reul saff a all level had a
beter undersanding o he emergeny
The inerview alo highlighed he ac ha mos MSF saff know very litleabou GIS in general le alone how a GIS offier ould uppor hem Thenewly ormed GIS uni a he Operaional Cenre Geneva (OCG) need odo more o eduae saff a headquarer and in he field abou how GISan uppor operaion For field deploymen hi mean ha GIS offier
need o be ervie-oriened el-sarer beaue only very ew saff willknow how o make bes ue o hi or her kill
To map he area of operaion in a reaonable amoun of ime he GIS
uni - in uppor o he field offier - rowdoured ak ha were neiheronfidenial nor eniive A a reul a ubsanial number of overview
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Logisic Department
map were reaed wih he help o loe o 250 online voluneer Theevoluneer helped o map previouly unmapped iie and road wihin
a few day and a a granular level mapping individual building Thee
overview map hen beame he foundaion of many map ha he GIS
offier reaed for he reone While he ooperaion wih he online
voluneer wa overall very poiive i alo howed ha oordinaion a
well a expecaion managemen an be improved
Given he univerally poiive eedbak abou he GIS offierrsquo deploymen
i i reommended ha headquarer make GIS offier available o fieldoffie where direc onac wih field operaion an bring lear benefiand where loe and imely monioring of he read of an epidemi i
eenial
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Executive Summary
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
INTRODUCTION
983089983089 BACKGROUND
In Marh 2014 viral haemorrhagi broke ou in ouhern Guinea near heiy o Gueacutekeacutedou The viru wa quikly idenified a Ebola haemorrhagiever and Meacutedein San Froniegravere (MSF) deployed a eam o ais heexising programme saff wih he reone MSF Swizerland (MSF-CH)
ha been running a malaria programme in he area ine 2010
In uppor of he epidemiologial eam MSF-CH deployed a dediaedGeographi Inormaion Sysem (GIS) offier While MSF saff have beenuing map and GIS ehnology or many year he ue o dediaed GISsaff in he field i sill very unommon
The deiion o end a dediaed GIS offier o Guinea wa inormed bya sudy1048625 on he ue o GIS wihin MSF whih had idenified1048626 epidemiologya ldquohe domain where GIS an bring he mos poiive evoluionrdquo I waurhermore baed on he newly developed GIS Sraegy1048627 or MSF-CH (ee
alo 3 Sraegi )
Thi ae sudy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo miion
to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny reone and
furhering he sraegi goal defined in he GIS Sraegy The finding ohi ae sudy are baed on oral and writen inerview wih 11 MSFCarONG
eam member who were eiher baed in Guinea or a headquarer i ialo baed on he end-o-miion repor by he GIS offier himel
Geographi Informaion Sysem (GIS)
The erm GIS in hi ae sudy enompae any ue of geographial
informaion or map ranging from he bai ue of map in he field o he
ue o Global Poiioning Sysem (GPS) remoe ening (aellie imagery)
and all kind of geo-referened informaion (loaion of paien pariular
inrasrucure e)
(ee Typology o GIS Appliaion GIS Sudy)
1048625ldquoSae o ar and opporuniie uing Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSFrdquo (983090983088983089983091) ndash reerred o a ldquoGIS
Sudyrdquo in hi doumen
1048626GIS-Sudy p 983091983092
1048627ldquoDevelopmen o he Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSF-CHrdquo (983090983088983089983092) - reerred o a ldquoGIS Sraegyrdquo
in hi doumen
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983089983090 MSF CH GIS UNIT
Analying GIS daa and produing deailed opial map i a ehnial killha i no readily available wihin MSF To explore he ue o GIS and o build
apaiy wihin he organiaion MSF-CH igned a ramework agreemenwih he Frenh NGO CarONG in lae 2013In addiion o building and mainaining ehnial inrasrucure or MSF-CH
hi agreemen inlude remoe mapping uppor a well a he proviionof CarONG saff embedded in MSF field miion The member of he
MSF GIS uni wear wo ha on he one hand hey are par o he inernalMSF-CH srucure and on he oher hand hey are employee of an
exernal ervie provider
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
983090 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS USED FOR THEEBOLA RESPONSE
The GIS offier wa deployed early on in he reone o he Ebola oubreak
in Guinea The firs MSF eam arrived in Gueacutekeacutedou on 19 Marh 2014 andhe GIS offier arrived hree day laer and sayed unil 15 May 2014 Himiion had originally been planned or our week bu wa exended onhe reques by field oordinaion
During he eigh-week miion he GIS offier produed 109 map Abou
a quarer of hee were reaed a a reul of reques from differenehnial deparmen in he field he res were baed on hi own iniiaiveand experie
The GIS offier benefied from he fac ha he Gueacutekeacutedou offie ha a
relaively fas inerne onnecion1048628 While ome of he map ould alo
have been produed wihou inerne ae having a good onnecion
ignifianly inreaed he range of produc ha he GIS offier ould
produe hank o ae o online ool and daa and remoe uppor
rom he GIS Uni
Whils he GIS offier wa offiially atahed o he epidemiologial eamhe alo produed map for he wider MSF eam In fac he GIS offier
esimaed ha he only en abou 10 per en of hi ime on map ha
were reaed eifially or he epidemiologial eam Abou 60 per eno hi ime wa en on produing map ha were o ue o all uni (baemap village idenifiaion) and abou 30 per en wa en on map orhe logisi and Waer Hygiene and Saniaion (WHS) eam
The laifiaion of he GIS produc deribed below follow he one
ued in he GIS sudy
1048628 Tes howed download eed beween 983088983092983093 and 983088983096983089 Mbp and upload eed beween 983088983091983095 and
983088983091983097 Mbp or one uer on hared onnecion
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Table 1 Map o Gueacutekeacutedou preecure beore and a he end o he GISoffier miion
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
983090983089 GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION
Sine epidemiologial daa wa no available when he GIS offier arrived(ee alo 22 Epidemiology) he iniially oued on produing bae mapo he region and i mos imporan own
A ha poin only very bai map exised o he preecure o Gueacutekeacutedouwhih had been idenified a he main field loaion or he Ebola reoneExising map lised main own loaion one major road and alo inluded
low-qualiy paper-drawn iy map (ee Table 1)
A firs bae map of he region had been produed remoely by he GIS
uni immediaely before he deploymen baed on informaion ha wa
available in online daabae However hee proved o be only parially
aurae
One inerviewee ommened ha i wa urpriing ha beter map wereno available onidering ha MSF-CH ha been working in he region orhree year and ha been preeded by MSF Belgium Anoher aid ha apoor sae o mapping wa quie ommon in many operaion deie he
year-on-year preene o humaniarian organiaion
Base maps are map howing a bae layer o inormaion Addiional layer
o inormaion an hen be added Common example o bae map inlude
opographial map relie map and road map
Village loalizaion
One he bigges hallenge he eam aed wa ha he name o manyvillage were unknown There were alo numerou village wih imilar or
idenial name For example he village name lsquoBendoursquo exis 14 imewihin he prefecure Thi wa hugely problemai a he eam had o
rely heavily on paien inerview o deide where o inervene Error in
idenifying loaion an lead o delay and a wase of reoure and
in an environmen where MSF vehile are no welome everywhere
unneeary rip o wrong loaion an expoe saff o addiional rik The bae map produed by he GIS offier were a oluion o hee iue
Wih he help o he map and a daabae o all idenified village namehe GIS offier wa quikly able o ideniy he exac loaion o village andwheher he name exised more han oneIdeniying village name wa omparaively reoure inenive ine i had
o be done on he ground In many ae loal saff had o vii village oonfirm name and ake GPS oordinae
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T a b l e
2 I n i i a l m a p p i n g o h r e e c i i e a c o m p l e e d b y
h e O S M v
o l u n e e r w i h i n
h r e e d a y
V o l u n e e r c
o n i n u e d o
w o r k
o n m a p o h e r e g i o n e v e n a f e r h a p e r i o d ( e e i m
a g e b o t o m r
i g h )
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
Where poible saff who were viiing an area for oher reaon were
aked o veriy name bu requenly loal saff had o be en ou in aror on moorbike o eifially arry ou hi ak A he heigh of he
loalizaion aciviie five loal saff member en a leas ome o heirime on verifying village name hree permanen saff a well a wo
emporary saff member whom he GIS offier had hired or hi purpoe
All inerviewee menioned ha knowing wih onfidene ha hey were
ending heir eam o he righ loaion ignifianly improved heir abiliy
o arge heir aciviie effecively
One reonden alo emphaized ha in oher emergenie ehnial saff
had o ry and ideniy he name and loaion o village or example wihhe help o Google Earh Thi requenly had o be done a nigh afer a
long day o arrying ou regular duie Having a dediaed GIS offier inhe field had a hree-old benefi i inreaed he auray o he reulreuled in more uer-riendly map and aved ime or programme saff
Mapping Road Village amp Building
In order o quikly ge more deailed map of iie and major road in
he region he GIS Uni deided o rowdoure hi ak Through he
voluneer of he Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) aellie
image ha had been aquired by MSF-CH were quikly urned ino
digial map hosed on OpenSreeMap Three prioriy iie (GueacutekeacutedouMaena and Kiidougou) were mapped in le han hree day Wihinfive day 244 voluneer had mapped more han 90000 building
Many inerviewee ommened ha hey were lsquoamazedrsquo by he eed a
whih he area wa mapped wih he help o he voluneer On hi own heGIS offier would no have been able o produe hee bae map duringhi miion
OpenSreeMap (OSM) ndash wwwopensreemaporg
OpenSreeMap i ofen reerred o a he ldquoWikipedia o Maprdquo a anybodyan make hange o he map online OSM daa i mainained by voluneer
and releaed under an open oure liene In many developing ounrieOSM map are more deailed han Google map beaue Google ha noommerial inenive o improve i map in hee ounrie
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Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Overview of GIS Producs used
Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
1048629See htpemergenyoperniueumappingemwha-operniu
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
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Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
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Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
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Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
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B
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C
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This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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Centre
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Secteur 2
Secteur 3
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MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
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Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983097
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Executive Summary
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In Marh 2014 MSF-Swizerland deployed a dediaed Geographi
Informaion Sysem (GIS) offier o Guinea in reone o he Ebola
oubreak in he ouh o he ounry In uppor o he epidemiologial eam
he GIS offier wa harged wih produing general overview map a wella opial map ha uppored differen aec o he operaion
During he eigh week o hi miion he GIS offier produed 109 mapfor hi previouly very poorly mapped area The map inluded bai
orienaion map ha howed road landmark and village bu aloeialied map ha viualized populaion deniy or he read of he
dieae
Boh field and headquarer saff inerviewed or hi ae sudy emphaized
ha having a dediaed GIS offier in he field wa a major ae ha hada ignifian poiive impac on he operaion
Univerally inerviewee idenified wo oupu a he mos ueul
bull Loalization Wih he help of a newly reaed daabae and
ubequenly produed map he GIS offier wa able o pinpoin he
exac loaion o village and ideniy village ha had he ame name
bu were in differen par o he preecure Baed on hi inormaion
MSF programme saff were able o reond o he oubreak aser ina more argeed way and wih ewer reoure
bull Viualizaion A weekly mapping o onfirmed and ueced Ebolaae helped ranlae he progreion o he epidemi rom ehnial
daa ino an eay-o-gra map A a reul saff a all level had a
beter undersanding o he emergeny
The inerview alo highlighed he ac ha mos MSF saff know very litleabou GIS in general le alone how a GIS offier ould uppor hem Thenewly ormed GIS uni a he Operaional Cenre Geneva (OCG) need odo more o eduae saff a headquarer and in he field abou how GISan uppor operaion For field deploymen hi mean ha GIS offier
need o be ervie-oriened el-sarer beaue only very ew saff willknow how o make bes ue o hi or her kill
To map he area of operaion in a reaonable amoun of ime he GIS
uni - in uppor o he field offier - rowdoured ak ha were neiheronfidenial nor eniive A a reul a ubsanial number of overview
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map were reaed wih he help o loe o 250 online voluneer Theevoluneer helped o map previouly unmapped iie and road wihin
a few day and a a granular level mapping individual building Thee
overview map hen beame he foundaion of many map ha he GIS
offier reaed for he reone While he ooperaion wih he online
voluneer wa overall very poiive i alo howed ha oordinaion a
well a expecaion managemen an be improved
Given he univerally poiive eedbak abou he GIS offierrsquo deploymen
i i reommended ha headquarer make GIS offier available o fieldoffie where direc onac wih field operaion an bring lear benefiand where loe and imely monioring of he read of an epidemi i
eenial
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Executive Summary
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
INTRODUCTION
983089983089 BACKGROUND
In Marh 2014 viral haemorrhagi broke ou in ouhern Guinea near heiy o Gueacutekeacutedou The viru wa quikly idenified a Ebola haemorrhagiever and Meacutedein San Froniegravere (MSF) deployed a eam o ais heexising programme saff wih he reone MSF Swizerland (MSF-CH)
ha been running a malaria programme in he area ine 2010
In uppor of he epidemiologial eam MSF-CH deployed a dediaedGeographi Inormaion Sysem (GIS) offier While MSF saff have beenuing map and GIS ehnology or many year he ue o dediaed GISsaff in he field i sill very unommon
The deiion o end a dediaed GIS offier o Guinea wa inormed bya sudy1048625 on he ue o GIS wihin MSF whih had idenified1048626 epidemiologya ldquohe domain where GIS an bring he mos poiive evoluionrdquo I waurhermore baed on he newly developed GIS Sraegy1048627 or MSF-CH (ee
alo 3 Sraegi )
Thi ae sudy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo miion
to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny reone and
furhering he sraegi goal defined in he GIS Sraegy The finding ohi ae sudy are baed on oral and writen inerview wih 11 MSFCarONG
eam member who were eiher baed in Guinea or a headquarer i ialo baed on he end-o-miion repor by he GIS offier himel
Geographi Informaion Sysem (GIS)
The erm GIS in hi ae sudy enompae any ue of geographial
informaion or map ranging from he bai ue of map in he field o he
ue o Global Poiioning Sysem (GPS) remoe ening (aellie imagery)
and all kind of geo-referened informaion (loaion of paien pariular
inrasrucure e)
(ee Typology o GIS Appliaion GIS Sudy)
1048625ldquoSae o ar and opporuniie uing Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSFrdquo (983090983088983089983091) ndash reerred o a ldquoGIS
Sudyrdquo in hi doumen
1048626GIS-Sudy p 983091983092
1048627ldquoDevelopmen o he Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSF-CHrdquo (983090983088983089983092) - reerred o a ldquoGIS Sraegyrdquo
in hi doumen
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983089983090 MSF CH GIS UNIT
Analying GIS daa and produing deailed opial map i a ehnial killha i no readily available wihin MSF To explore he ue o GIS and o build
apaiy wihin he organiaion MSF-CH igned a ramework agreemenwih he Frenh NGO CarONG in lae 2013In addiion o building and mainaining ehnial inrasrucure or MSF-CH
hi agreemen inlude remoe mapping uppor a well a he proviionof CarONG saff embedded in MSF field miion The member of he
MSF GIS uni wear wo ha on he one hand hey are par o he inernalMSF-CH srucure and on he oher hand hey are employee of an
exernal ervie provider
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Introducion
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
983090 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS USED FOR THEEBOLA RESPONSE
The GIS offier wa deployed early on in he reone o he Ebola oubreak
in Guinea The firs MSF eam arrived in Gueacutekeacutedou on 19 Marh 2014 andhe GIS offier arrived hree day laer and sayed unil 15 May 2014 Himiion had originally been planned or our week bu wa exended onhe reques by field oordinaion
During he eigh-week miion he GIS offier produed 109 map Abou
a quarer of hee were reaed a a reul of reques from differenehnial deparmen in he field he res were baed on hi own iniiaiveand experie
The GIS offier benefied from he fac ha he Gueacutekeacutedou offie ha a
relaively fas inerne onnecion1048628 While ome of he map ould alo
have been produed wihou inerne ae having a good onnecion
ignifianly inreaed he range of produc ha he GIS offier ould
produe hank o ae o online ool and daa and remoe uppor
rom he GIS Uni
Whils he GIS offier wa offiially atahed o he epidemiologial eamhe alo produed map for he wider MSF eam In fac he GIS offier
esimaed ha he only en abou 10 per en of hi ime on map ha
were reaed eifially or he epidemiologial eam Abou 60 per eno hi ime wa en on produing map ha were o ue o all uni (baemap village idenifiaion) and abou 30 per en wa en on map orhe logisi and Waer Hygiene and Saniaion (WHS) eam
The laifiaion of he GIS produc deribed below follow he one
ued in he GIS sudy
1048628 Tes howed download eed beween 983088983092983093 and 983088983096983089 Mbp and upload eed beween 983088983091983095 and
983088983091983097 Mbp or one uer on hared onnecion
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Table 1 Map o Gueacutekeacutedou preecure beore and a he end o he GISoffier miion
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
983090983089 GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION
Sine epidemiologial daa wa no available when he GIS offier arrived(ee alo 22 Epidemiology) he iniially oued on produing bae mapo he region and i mos imporan own
A ha poin only very bai map exised o he preecure o Gueacutekeacutedouwhih had been idenified a he main field loaion or he Ebola reoneExising map lised main own loaion one major road and alo inluded
low-qualiy paper-drawn iy map (ee Table 1)
A firs bae map of he region had been produed remoely by he GIS
uni immediaely before he deploymen baed on informaion ha wa
available in online daabae However hee proved o be only parially
aurae
One inerviewee ommened ha i wa urpriing ha beter map wereno available onidering ha MSF-CH ha been working in he region orhree year and ha been preeded by MSF Belgium Anoher aid ha apoor sae o mapping wa quie ommon in many operaion deie he
year-on-year preene o humaniarian organiaion
Base maps are map howing a bae layer o inormaion Addiional layer
o inormaion an hen be added Common example o bae map inlude
opographial map relie map and road map
Village loalizaion
One he bigges hallenge he eam aed wa ha he name o manyvillage were unknown There were alo numerou village wih imilar or
idenial name For example he village name lsquoBendoursquo exis 14 imewihin he prefecure Thi wa hugely problemai a he eam had o
rely heavily on paien inerview o deide where o inervene Error in
idenifying loaion an lead o delay and a wase of reoure and
in an environmen where MSF vehile are no welome everywhere
unneeary rip o wrong loaion an expoe saff o addiional rik The bae map produed by he GIS offier were a oluion o hee iue
Wih he help o he map and a daabae o all idenified village namehe GIS offier wa quikly able o ideniy he exac loaion o village andwheher he name exised more han oneIdeniying village name wa omparaively reoure inenive ine i had
o be done on he ground In many ae loal saff had o vii village oonfirm name and ake GPS oordinae
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T a b l e
2 I n i i a l m a p p i n g o h r e e c i i e a c o m p l e e d b y
h e O S M v
o l u n e e r w i h i n
h r e e d a y
V o l u n e e r c
o n i n u e d o
w o r k
o n m a p o h e r e g i o n e v e n a f e r h a p e r i o d ( e e i m
a g e b o t o m r
i g h )
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Where poible saff who were viiing an area for oher reaon were
aked o veriy name bu requenly loal saff had o be en ou in aror on moorbike o eifially arry ou hi ak A he heigh of he
loalizaion aciviie five loal saff member en a leas ome o heirime on verifying village name hree permanen saff a well a wo
emporary saff member whom he GIS offier had hired or hi purpoe
All inerviewee menioned ha knowing wih onfidene ha hey were
ending heir eam o he righ loaion ignifianly improved heir abiliy
o arge heir aciviie effecively
One reonden alo emphaized ha in oher emergenie ehnial saff
had o ry and ideniy he name and loaion o village or example wihhe help o Google Earh Thi requenly had o be done a nigh afer a
long day o arrying ou regular duie Having a dediaed GIS offier inhe field had a hree-old benefi i inreaed he auray o he reulreuled in more uer-riendly map and aved ime or programme saff
Mapping Road Village amp Building
In order o quikly ge more deailed map of iie and major road in
he region he GIS Uni deided o rowdoure hi ak Through he
voluneer of he Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) aellie
image ha had been aquired by MSF-CH were quikly urned ino
digial map hosed on OpenSreeMap Three prioriy iie (GueacutekeacutedouMaena and Kiidougou) were mapped in le han hree day Wihinfive day 244 voluneer had mapped more han 90000 building
Many inerviewee ommened ha hey were lsquoamazedrsquo by he eed a
whih he area wa mapped wih he help o he voluneer On hi own heGIS offier would no have been able o produe hee bae map duringhi miion
OpenSreeMap (OSM) ndash wwwopensreemaporg
OpenSreeMap i ofen reerred o a he ldquoWikipedia o Maprdquo a anybodyan make hange o he map online OSM daa i mainained by voluneer
and releaed under an open oure liene In many developing ounrieOSM map are more deailed han Google map beaue Google ha noommerial inenive o improve i map in hee ounrie
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Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
1048629See htpemergenyoperniueumappingemwha-operniu
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
Waouto2
Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
Yedenin 3
Yedenin 1
Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
Km
Leacutegende
Densiteacute (habcarreacute)
0 - 8080 - 200
200 - 500
500 - 800
800 - 1219
Route principale
Route secondaire Autre route
Limite des quartiers
Batiments
Riviegravere
plusmn
1 carreacute 250 x 250m soit 62500 msup2 soit 00625 kmsup2
Sources
Gueckedou - Guineacutee - Densiteacute de population
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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Logisic Department
983091983088
MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
CityCity
MacentaMacenta
KouraKoura
BouzieBouzie
Bowa 2Bowa 2
Bowa 1Bowa 1
KamadouKamadou
KouraKoura
MohammedVMohammedV
HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
BanizeBanize
MoilaminidouMoilaminidou
ZezebokuniMadinaZezebokuniMadina
BamalaBamala
GnoumamoridoGnoumamorido
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Tribune
Bakaridou
Woulaninkoma
Commanyada
Bouzie
Centre
Gare
Waziama
Bereghebezou
Silikidou
Game
WebagalaMouktar
Secteur2
Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Chapter 983091
Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Strategi Objecives
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
983091983093
983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983097
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Annex
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Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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map were reaed wih he help o loe o 250 online voluneer Theevoluneer helped o map previouly unmapped iie and road wihin
a few day and a a granular level mapping individual building Thee
overview map hen beame he foundaion of many map ha he GIS
offier reaed for he reone While he ooperaion wih he online
voluneer wa overall very poiive i alo howed ha oordinaion a
well a expecaion managemen an be improved
Given he univerally poiive eedbak abou he GIS offierrsquo deploymen
i i reommended ha headquarer make GIS offier available o fieldoffie where direc onac wih field operaion an bring lear benefiand where loe and imely monioring of he read of an epidemi i
eenial
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Executive Summary
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Logisic Department
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
INTRODUCTION
983089983089 BACKGROUND
In Marh 2014 viral haemorrhagi broke ou in ouhern Guinea near heiy o Gueacutekeacutedou The viru wa quikly idenified a Ebola haemorrhagiever and Meacutedein San Froniegravere (MSF) deployed a eam o ais heexising programme saff wih he reone MSF Swizerland (MSF-CH)
ha been running a malaria programme in he area ine 2010
In uppor of he epidemiologial eam MSF-CH deployed a dediaedGeographi Inormaion Sysem (GIS) offier While MSF saff have beenuing map and GIS ehnology or many year he ue o dediaed GISsaff in he field i sill very unommon
The deiion o end a dediaed GIS offier o Guinea wa inormed bya sudy1048625 on he ue o GIS wihin MSF whih had idenified1048626 epidemiologya ldquohe domain where GIS an bring he mos poiive evoluionrdquo I waurhermore baed on he newly developed GIS Sraegy1048627 or MSF-CH (ee
alo 3 Sraegi )
Thi ae sudy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo miion
to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny reone and
furhering he sraegi goal defined in he GIS Sraegy The finding ohi ae sudy are baed on oral and writen inerview wih 11 MSFCarONG
eam member who were eiher baed in Guinea or a headquarer i ialo baed on he end-o-miion repor by he GIS offier himel
Geographi Informaion Sysem (GIS)
The erm GIS in hi ae sudy enompae any ue of geographial
informaion or map ranging from he bai ue of map in he field o he
ue o Global Poiioning Sysem (GPS) remoe ening (aellie imagery)
and all kind of geo-referened informaion (loaion of paien pariular
inrasrucure e)
(ee Typology o GIS Appliaion GIS Sudy)
1048625ldquoSae o ar and opporuniie uing Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSFrdquo (983090983088983089983091) ndash reerred o a ldquoGIS
Sudyrdquo in hi doumen
1048626GIS-Sudy p 983091983092
1048627ldquoDevelopmen o he Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSF-CHrdquo (983090983088983089983092) - reerred o a ldquoGIS Sraegyrdquo
in hi doumen
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983089983090 MSF CH GIS UNIT
Analying GIS daa and produing deailed opial map i a ehnial killha i no readily available wihin MSF To explore he ue o GIS and o build
apaiy wihin he organiaion MSF-CH igned a ramework agreemenwih he Frenh NGO CarONG in lae 2013In addiion o building and mainaining ehnial inrasrucure or MSF-CH
hi agreemen inlude remoe mapping uppor a well a he proviionof CarONG saff embedded in MSF field miion The member of he
MSF GIS uni wear wo ha on he one hand hey are par o he inernalMSF-CH srucure and on he oher hand hey are employee of an
exernal ervie provider
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
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983090 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS USED FOR THEEBOLA RESPONSE
The GIS offier wa deployed early on in he reone o he Ebola oubreak
in Guinea The firs MSF eam arrived in Gueacutekeacutedou on 19 Marh 2014 andhe GIS offier arrived hree day laer and sayed unil 15 May 2014 Himiion had originally been planned or our week bu wa exended onhe reques by field oordinaion
During he eigh-week miion he GIS offier produed 109 map Abou
a quarer of hee were reaed a a reul of reques from differenehnial deparmen in he field he res were baed on hi own iniiaiveand experie
The GIS offier benefied from he fac ha he Gueacutekeacutedou offie ha a
relaively fas inerne onnecion1048628 While ome of he map ould alo
have been produed wihou inerne ae having a good onnecion
ignifianly inreaed he range of produc ha he GIS offier ould
produe hank o ae o online ool and daa and remoe uppor
rom he GIS Uni
Whils he GIS offier wa offiially atahed o he epidemiologial eamhe alo produed map for he wider MSF eam In fac he GIS offier
esimaed ha he only en abou 10 per en of hi ime on map ha
were reaed eifially or he epidemiologial eam Abou 60 per eno hi ime wa en on produing map ha were o ue o all uni (baemap village idenifiaion) and abou 30 per en wa en on map orhe logisi and Waer Hygiene and Saniaion (WHS) eam
The laifiaion of he GIS produc deribed below follow he one
ued in he GIS sudy
1048628 Tes howed download eed beween 983088983092983093 and 983088983096983089 Mbp and upload eed beween 983088983091983095 and
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Table 1 Map o Gueacutekeacutedou preecure beore and a he end o he GISoffier miion
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983090983089 GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION
Sine epidemiologial daa wa no available when he GIS offier arrived(ee alo 22 Epidemiology) he iniially oued on produing bae mapo he region and i mos imporan own
A ha poin only very bai map exised o he preecure o Gueacutekeacutedouwhih had been idenified a he main field loaion or he Ebola reoneExising map lised main own loaion one major road and alo inluded
low-qualiy paper-drawn iy map (ee Table 1)
A firs bae map of he region had been produed remoely by he GIS
uni immediaely before he deploymen baed on informaion ha wa
available in online daabae However hee proved o be only parially
aurae
One inerviewee ommened ha i wa urpriing ha beter map wereno available onidering ha MSF-CH ha been working in he region orhree year and ha been preeded by MSF Belgium Anoher aid ha apoor sae o mapping wa quie ommon in many operaion deie he
year-on-year preene o humaniarian organiaion
Base maps are map howing a bae layer o inormaion Addiional layer
o inormaion an hen be added Common example o bae map inlude
opographial map relie map and road map
Village loalizaion
One he bigges hallenge he eam aed wa ha he name o manyvillage were unknown There were alo numerou village wih imilar or
idenial name For example he village name lsquoBendoursquo exis 14 imewihin he prefecure Thi wa hugely problemai a he eam had o
rely heavily on paien inerview o deide where o inervene Error in
idenifying loaion an lead o delay and a wase of reoure and
in an environmen where MSF vehile are no welome everywhere
unneeary rip o wrong loaion an expoe saff o addiional rik The bae map produed by he GIS offier were a oluion o hee iue
Wih he help o he map and a daabae o all idenified village namehe GIS offier wa quikly able o ideniy he exac loaion o village andwheher he name exised more han oneIdeniying village name wa omparaively reoure inenive ine i had
o be done on he ground In many ae loal saff had o vii village oonfirm name and ake GPS oordinae
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T a b l e
2 I n i i a l m a p p i n g o h r e e c i i e a c o m p l e e d b y
h e O S M v
o l u n e e r w i h i n
h r e e d a y
V o l u n e e r c
o n i n u e d o
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o n m a p o h e r e g i o n e v e n a f e r h a p e r i o d ( e e i m
a g e b o t o m r
i g h )
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Where poible saff who were viiing an area for oher reaon were
aked o veriy name bu requenly loal saff had o be en ou in aror on moorbike o eifially arry ou hi ak A he heigh of he
loalizaion aciviie five loal saff member en a leas ome o heirime on verifying village name hree permanen saff a well a wo
emporary saff member whom he GIS offier had hired or hi purpoe
All inerviewee menioned ha knowing wih onfidene ha hey were
ending heir eam o he righ loaion ignifianly improved heir abiliy
o arge heir aciviie effecively
One reonden alo emphaized ha in oher emergenie ehnial saff
had o ry and ideniy he name and loaion o village or example wihhe help o Google Earh Thi requenly had o be done a nigh afer a
long day o arrying ou regular duie Having a dediaed GIS offier inhe field had a hree-old benefi i inreaed he auray o he reulreuled in more uer-riendly map and aved ime or programme saff
Mapping Road Village amp Building
In order o quikly ge more deailed map of iie and major road in
he region he GIS Uni deided o rowdoure hi ak Through he
voluneer of he Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) aellie
image ha had been aquired by MSF-CH were quikly urned ino
digial map hosed on OpenSreeMap Three prioriy iie (GueacutekeacutedouMaena and Kiidougou) were mapped in le han hree day Wihinfive day 244 voluneer had mapped more han 90000 building
Many inerviewee ommened ha hey were lsquoamazedrsquo by he eed a
whih he area wa mapped wih he help o he voluneer On hi own heGIS offier would no have been able o produe hee bae map duringhi miion
OpenSreeMap (OSM) ndash wwwopensreemaporg
OpenSreeMap i ofen reerred o a he ldquoWikipedia o Maprdquo a anybodyan make hange o he map online OSM daa i mainained by voluneer
and releaed under an open oure liene In many developing ounrieOSM map are more deailed han Google map beaue Google ha noommerial inenive o improve i map in hee ounrie
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Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
1048629See htpemergenyoperniueumappingemwha-operniu
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
Waouto2
Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
Yedenin 3
Yedenin 1
Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
Km
Leacutegende
Densiteacute (habcarreacute)
0 - 8080 - 200
200 - 500
500 - 800
800 - 1219
Route principale
Route secondaire Autre route
Limite des quartiers
Batiments
Riviegravere
plusmn
1 carreacute 250 x 250m soit 62500 msup2 soit 00625 kmsup2
Sources
Gueckedou - Guineacutee - Densiteacute de population
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
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MacentaMacenta
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HermankonoHermankono
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GnoumamoridoGnoumamorido
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Commanyada
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Centre
Gare
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Silikidou
Game
WebagalaMouktar
Secteur2
Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
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uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Executive Summary
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
INTRODUCTION
983089983089 BACKGROUND
In Marh 2014 viral haemorrhagi broke ou in ouhern Guinea near heiy o Gueacutekeacutedou The viru wa quikly idenified a Ebola haemorrhagiever and Meacutedein San Froniegravere (MSF) deployed a eam o ais heexising programme saff wih he reone MSF Swizerland (MSF-CH)
ha been running a malaria programme in he area ine 2010
In uppor of he epidemiologial eam MSF-CH deployed a dediaedGeographi Inormaion Sysem (GIS) offier While MSF saff have beenuing map and GIS ehnology or many year he ue o dediaed GISsaff in he field i sill very unommon
The deiion o end a dediaed GIS offier o Guinea wa inormed bya sudy1048625 on he ue o GIS wihin MSF whih had idenified1048626 epidemiologya ldquohe domain where GIS an bring he mos poiive evoluionrdquo I waurhermore baed on he newly developed GIS Sraegy1048627 or MSF-CH (ee
alo 3 Sraegi )
Thi ae sudy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo miion
to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny reone and
furhering he sraegi goal defined in he GIS Sraegy The finding ohi ae sudy are baed on oral and writen inerview wih 11 MSFCarONG
eam member who were eiher baed in Guinea or a headquarer i ialo baed on he end-o-miion repor by he GIS offier himel
Geographi Informaion Sysem (GIS)
The erm GIS in hi ae sudy enompae any ue of geographial
informaion or map ranging from he bai ue of map in he field o he
ue o Global Poiioning Sysem (GPS) remoe ening (aellie imagery)
and all kind of geo-referened informaion (loaion of paien pariular
inrasrucure e)
(ee Typology o GIS Appliaion GIS Sudy)
1048625ldquoSae o ar and opporuniie uing Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSFrdquo (983090983088983089983091) ndash reerred o a ldquoGIS
Sudyrdquo in hi doumen
1048626GIS-Sudy p 983091983092
1048627ldquoDevelopmen o he Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSF-CHrdquo (983090983088983089983092) - reerred o a ldquoGIS Sraegyrdquo
in hi doumen
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983089983090 MSF CH GIS UNIT
Analying GIS daa and produing deailed opial map i a ehnial killha i no readily available wihin MSF To explore he ue o GIS and o build
apaiy wihin he organiaion MSF-CH igned a ramework agreemenwih he Frenh NGO CarONG in lae 2013In addiion o building and mainaining ehnial inrasrucure or MSF-CH
hi agreemen inlude remoe mapping uppor a well a he proviionof CarONG saff embedded in MSF field miion The member of he
MSF GIS uni wear wo ha on he one hand hey are par o he inernalMSF-CH srucure and on he oher hand hey are employee of an
exernal ervie provider
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
983090 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS USED FOR THEEBOLA RESPONSE
The GIS offier wa deployed early on in he reone o he Ebola oubreak
in Guinea The firs MSF eam arrived in Gueacutekeacutedou on 19 Marh 2014 andhe GIS offier arrived hree day laer and sayed unil 15 May 2014 Himiion had originally been planned or our week bu wa exended onhe reques by field oordinaion
During he eigh-week miion he GIS offier produed 109 map Abou
a quarer of hee were reaed a a reul of reques from differenehnial deparmen in he field he res were baed on hi own iniiaiveand experie
The GIS offier benefied from he fac ha he Gueacutekeacutedou offie ha a
relaively fas inerne onnecion1048628 While ome of he map ould alo
have been produed wihou inerne ae having a good onnecion
ignifianly inreaed he range of produc ha he GIS offier ould
produe hank o ae o online ool and daa and remoe uppor
rom he GIS Uni
Whils he GIS offier wa offiially atahed o he epidemiologial eamhe alo produed map for he wider MSF eam In fac he GIS offier
esimaed ha he only en abou 10 per en of hi ime on map ha
were reaed eifially or he epidemiologial eam Abou 60 per eno hi ime wa en on produing map ha were o ue o all uni (baemap village idenifiaion) and abou 30 per en wa en on map orhe logisi and Waer Hygiene and Saniaion (WHS) eam
The laifiaion of he GIS produc deribed below follow he one
ued in he GIS sudy
1048628 Tes howed download eed beween 983088983092983093 and 983088983096983089 Mbp and upload eed beween 983088983091983095 and
983088983091983097 Mbp or one uer on hared onnecion
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Table 1 Map o Gueacutekeacutedou preecure beore and a he end o he GISoffier miion
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983090983089 GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION
Sine epidemiologial daa wa no available when he GIS offier arrived(ee alo 22 Epidemiology) he iniially oued on produing bae mapo he region and i mos imporan own
A ha poin only very bai map exised o he preecure o Gueacutekeacutedouwhih had been idenified a he main field loaion or he Ebola reoneExising map lised main own loaion one major road and alo inluded
low-qualiy paper-drawn iy map (ee Table 1)
A firs bae map of he region had been produed remoely by he GIS
uni immediaely before he deploymen baed on informaion ha wa
available in online daabae However hee proved o be only parially
aurae
One inerviewee ommened ha i wa urpriing ha beter map wereno available onidering ha MSF-CH ha been working in he region orhree year and ha been preeded by MSF Belgium Anoher aid ha apoor sae o mapping wa quie ommon in many operaion deie he
year-on-year preene o humaniarian organiaion
Base maps are map howing a bae layer o inormaion Addiional layer
o inormaion an hen be added Common example o bae map inlude
opographial map relie map and road map
Village loalizaion
One he bigges hallenge he eam aed wa ha he name o manyvillage were unknown There were alo numerou village wih imilar or
idenial name For example he village name lsquoBendoursquo exis 14 imewihin he prefecure Thi wa hugely problemai a he eam had o
rely heavily on paien inerview o deide where o inervene Error in
idenifying loaion an lead o delay and a wase of reoure and
in an environmen where MSF vehile are no welome everywhere
unneeary rip o wrong loaion an expoe saff o addiional rik The bae map produed by he GIS offier were a oluion o hee iue
Wih he help o he map and a daabae o all idenified village namehe GIS offier wa quikly able o ideniy he exac loaion o village andwheher he name exised more han oneIdeniying village name wa omparaively reoure inenive ine i had
o be done on he ground In many ae loal saff had o vii village oonfirm name and ake GPS oordinae
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T a b l e
2 I n i i a l m a p p i n g o h r e e c i i e a c o m p l e e d b y
h e O S M v
o l u n e e r w i h i n
h r e e d a y
V o l u n e e r c
o n i n u e d o
w o r k
o n m a p o h e r e g i o n e v e n a f e r h a p e r i o d ( e e i m
a g e b o t o m r
i g h )
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Chapter 983090
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Where poible saff who were viiing an area for oher reaon were
aked o veriy name bu requenly loal saff had o be en ou in aror on moorbike o eifially arry ou hi ak A he heigh of he
loalizaion aciviie five loal saff member en a leas ome o heirime on verifying village name hree permanen saff a well a wo
emporary saff member whom he GIS offier had hired or hi purpoe
All inerviewee menioned ha knowing wih onfidene ha hey were
ending heir eam o he righ loaion ignifianly improved heir abiliy
o arge heir aciviie effecively
One reonden alo emphaized ha in oher emergenie ehnial saff
had o ry and ideniy he name and loaion o village or example wihhe help o Google Earh Thi requenly had o be done a nigh afer a
long day o arrying ou regular duie Having a dediaed GIS offier inhe field had a hree-old benefi i inreaed he auray o he reulreuled in more uer-riendly map and aved ime or programme saff
Mapping Road Village amp Building
In order o quikly ge more deailed map of iie and major road in
he region he GIS Uni deided o rowdoure hi ak Through he
voluneer of he Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) aellie
image ha had been aquired by MSF-CH were quikly urned ino
digial map hosed on OpenSreeMap Three prioriy iie (GueacutekeacutedouMaena and Kiidougou) were mapped in le han hree day Wihinfive day 244 voluneer had mapped more han 90000 building
Many inerviewee ommened ha hey were lsquoamazedrsquo by he eed a
whih he area wa mapped wih he help o he voluneer On hi own heGIS offier would no have been able o produe hee bae map duringhi miion
OpenSreeMap (OSM) ndash wwwopensreemaporg
OpenSreeMap i ofen reerred o a he ldquoWikipedia o Maprdquo a anybodyan make hange o he map online OSM daa i mainained by voluneer
and releaed under an open oure liene In many developing ounrieOSM map are more deailed han Google map beaue Google ha noommerial inenive o improve i map in hee ounrie
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Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
1048629See htpemergenyoperniueumappingemwha-operniu
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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Chapter 983090
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A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
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Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
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Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
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Yende Gnama
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Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
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C
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This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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HermankonoHermankono
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Centre
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HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
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MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983097
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Logisic Department
983092983088
Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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Logisic Department
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Logisic Department
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
INTRODUCTION
983089983089 BACKGROUND
In Marh 2014 viral haemorrhagi broke ou in ouhern Guinea near heiy o Gueacutekeacutedou The viru wa quikly idenified a Ebola haemorrhagiever and Meacutedein San Froniegravere (MSF) deployed a eam o ais heexising programme saff wih he reone MSF Swizerland (MSF-CH)
ha been running a malaria programme in he area ine 2010
In uppor of he epidemiologial eam MSF-CH deployed a dediaedGeographi Inormaion Sysem (GIS) offier While MSF saff have beenuing map and GIS ehnology or many year he ue o dediaed GISsaff in he field i sill very unommon
The deiion o end a dediaed GIS offier o Guinea wa inormed bya sudy1048625 on he ue o GIS wihin MSF whih had idenified1048626 epidemiologya ldquohe domain where GIS an bring he mos poiive evoluionrdquo I waurhermore baed on he newly developed GIS Sraegy1048627 or MSF-CH (ee
alo 3 Sraegi )
Thi ae sudy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo miion
to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny reone and
furhering he sraegi goal defined in he GIS Sraegy The finding ohi ae sudy are baed on oral and writen inerview wih 11 MSFCarONG
eam member who were eiher baed in Guinea or a headquarer i ialo baed on he end-o-miion repor by he GIS offier himel
Geographi Informaion Sysem (GIS)
The erm GIS in hi ae sudy enompae any ue of geographial
informaion or map ranging from he bai ue of map in he field o he
ue o Global Poiioning Sysem (GPS) remoe ening (aellie imagery)
and all kind of geo-referened informaion (loaion of paien pariular
inrasrucure e)
(ee Typology o GIS Appliaion GIS Sudy)
1048625ldquoSae o ar and opporuniie uing Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSFrdquo (983090983088983089983091) ndash reerred o a ldquoGIS
Sudyrdquo in hi doumen
1048626GIS-Sudy p 983091983092
1048627ldquoDevelopmen o he Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSF-CHrdquo (983090983088983089983092) - reerred o a ldquoGIS Sraegyrdquo
in hi doumen
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Logisic Department
983089983090 MSF CH GIS UNIT
Analying GIS daa and produing deailed opial map i a ehnial killha i no readily available wihin MSF To explore he ue o GIS and o build
apaiy wihin he organiaion MSF-CH igned a ramework agreemenwih he Frenh NGO CarONG in lae 2013In addiion o building and mainaining ehnial inrasrucure or MSF-CH
hi agreemen inlude remoe mapping uppor a well a he proviionof CarONG saff embedded in MSF field miion The member of he
MSF GIS uni wear wo ha on he one hand hey are par o he inernalMSF-CH srucure and on he oher hand hey are employee of an
exernal ervie provider
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
983090 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS USED FOR THEEBOLA RESPONSE
The GIS offier wa deployed early on in he reone o he Ebola oubreak
in Guinea The firs MSF eam arrived in Gueacutekeacutedou on 19 Marh 2014 andhe GIS offier arrived hree day laer and sayed unil 15 May 2014 Himiion had originally been planned or our week bu wa exended onhe reques by field oordinaion
During he eigh-week miion he GIS offier produed 109 map Abou
a quarer of hee were reaed a a reul of reques from differenehnial deparmen in he field he res were baed on hi own iniiaiveand experie
The GIS offier benefied from he fac ha he Gueacutekeacutedou offie ha a
relaively fas inerne onnecion1048628 While ome of he map ould alo
have been produed wihou inerne ae having a good onnecion
ignifianly inreaed he range of produc ha he GIS offier ould
produe hank o ae o online ool and daa and remoe uppor
rom he GIS Uni
Whils he GIS offier wa offiially atahed o he epidemiologial eamhe alo produed map for he wider MSF eam In fac he GIS offier
esimaed ha he only en abou 10 per en of hi ime on map ha
were reaed eifially or he epidemiologial eam Abou 60 per eno hi ime wa en on produing map ha were o ue o all uni (baemap village idenifiaion) and abou 30 per en wa en on map orhe logisi and Waer Hygiene and Saniaion (WHS) eam
The laifiaion of he GIS produc deribed below follow he one
ued in he GIS sudy
1048628 Tes howed download eed beween 983088983092983093 and 983088983096983089 Mbp and upload eed beween 983088983091983095 and
983088983091983097 Mbp or one uer on hared onnecion
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Table 1 Map o Gueacutekeacutedou preecure beore and a he end o he GISoffier miion
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
983090983089 GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION
Sine epidemiologial daa wa no available when he GIS offier arrived(ee alo 22 Epidemiology) he iniially oued on produing bae mapo he region and i mos imporan own
A ha poin only very bai map exised o he preecure o Gueacutekeacutedouwhih had been idenified a he main field loaion or he Ebola reoneExising map lised main own loaion one major road and alo inluded
low-qualiy paper-drawn iy map (ee Table 1)
A firs bae map of he region had been produed remoely by he GIS
uni immediaely before he deploymen baed on informaion ha wa
available in online daabae However hee proved o be only parially
aurae
One inerviewee ommened ha i wa urpriing ha beter map wereno available onidering ha MSF-CH ha been working in he region orhree year and ha been preeded by MSF Belgium Anoher aid ha apoor sae o mapping wa quie ommon in many operaion deie he
year-on-year preene o humaniarian organiaion
Base maps are map howing a bae layer o inormaion Addiional layer
o inormaion an hen be added Common example o bae map inlude
opographial map relie map and road map
Village loalizaion
One he bigges hallenge he eam aed wa ha he name o manyvillage were unknown There were alo numerou village wih imilar or
idenial name For example he village name lsquoBendoursquo exis 14 imewihin he prefecure Thi wa hugely problemai a he eam had o
rely heavily on paien inerview o deide where o inervene Error in
idenifying loaion an lead o delay and a wase of reoure and
in an environmen where MSF vehile are no welome everywhere
unneeary rip o wrong loaion an expoe saff o addiional rik The bae map produed by he GIS offier were a oluion o hee iue
Wih he help o he map and a daabae o all idenified village namehe GIS offier wa quikly able o ideniy he exac loaion o village andwheher he name exised more han oneIdeniying village name wa omparaively reoure inenive ine i had
o be done on he ground In many ae loal saff had o vii village oonfirm name and ake GPS oordinae
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T a b l e
2 I n i i a l m a p p i n g o h r e e c i i e a c o m p l e e d b y
h e O S M v
o l u n e e r w i h i n
h r e e d a y
V o l u n e e r c
o n i n u e d o
w o r k
o n m a p o h e r e g i o n e v e n a f e r h a p e r i o d ( e e i m
a g e b o t o m r
i g h )
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
Where poible saff who were viiing an area for oher reaon were
aked o veriy name bu requenly loal saff had o be en ou in aror on moorbike o eifially arry ou hi ak A he heigh of he
loalizaion aciviie five loal saff member en a leas ome o heirime on verifying village name hree permanen saff a well a wo
emporary saff member whom he GIS offier had hired or hi purpoe
All inerviewee menioned ha knowing wih onfidene ha hey were
ending heir eam o he righ loaion ignifianly improved heir abiliy
o arge heir aciviie effecively
One reonden alo emphaized ha in oher emergenie ehnial saff
had o ry and ideniy he name and loaion o village or example wihhe help o Google Earh Thi requenly had o be done a nigh afer a
long day o arrying ou regular duie Having a dediaed GIS offier inhe field had a hree-old benefi i inreaed he auray o he reulreuled in more uer-riendly map and aved ime or programme saff
Mapping Road Village amp Building
In order o quikly ge more deailed map of iie and major road in
he region he GIS Uni deided o rowdoure hi ak Through he
voluneer of he Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) aellie
image ha had been aquired by MSF-CH were quikly urned ino
digial map hosed on OpenSreeMap Three prioriy iie (GueacutekeacutedouMaena and Kiidougou) were mapped in le han hree day Wihinfive day 244 voluneer had mapped more han 90000 building
Many inerviewee ommened ha hey were lsquoamazedrsquo by he eed a
whih he area wa mapped wih he help o he voluneer On hi own heGIS offier would no have been able o produe hee bae map duringhi miion
OpenSreeMap (OSM) ndash wwwopensreemaporg
OpenSreeMap i ofen reerred o a he ldquoWikipedia o Maprdquo a anybodyan make hange o he map online OSM daa i mainained by voluneer
and releaed under an open oure liene In many developing ounrieOSM map are more deailed han Google map beaue Google ha noommerial inenive o improve i map in hee ounrie
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Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
Waouto2
Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
Yedenin 3
Yedenin 1
Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
Km
Leacutegende
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0 - 8080 - 200
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800 - 1219
Route principale
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
CityCity
MacentaMacenta
KouraKoura
BouzieBouzie
Bowa 2Bowa 2
Bowa 1Bowa 1
KamadouKamadou
KouraKoura
MohammedVMohammedV
HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
BanizeBanize
MoilaminidouMoilaminidou
ZezebokuniMadinaZezebokuniMadina
BamalaBamala
GnoumamoridoGnoumamorido
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Tribune
Bakaridou
Woulaninkoma
Commanyada
Bouzie
Centre
Gare
Waziama
Bereghebezou
Silikidou
Game
WebagalaMouktar
Secteur2
Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983091
Strategi Objecives
983091983091
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
983091983093
983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Logisic Department
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
1
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983091983096
Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983097
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MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
INTRODUCTION
983089983089 BACKGROUND
In Marh 2014 viral haemorrhagi broke ou in ouhern Guinea near heiy o Gueacutekeacutedou The viru wa quikly idenified a Ebola haemorrhagiever and Meacutedein San Froniegravere (MSF) deployed a eam o ais heexising programme saff wih he reone MSF Swizerland (MSF-CH)
ha been running a malaria programme in he area ine 2010
In uppor of he epidemiologial eam MSF-CH deployed a dediaedGeographi Inormaion Sysem (GIS) offier While MSF saff have beenuing map and GIS ehnology or many year he ue o dediaed GISsaff in he field i sill very unommon
The deiion o end a dediaed GIS offier o Guinea wa inormed bya sudy1048625 on he ue o GIS wihin MSF whih had idenified1048626 epidemiologya ldquohe domain where GIS an bring he mos poiive evoluionrdquo I waurhermore baed on he newly developed GIS Sraegy1048627 or MSF-CH (ee
alo 3 Sraegi )
Thi ae sudy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo miion
to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny reone and
furhering he sraegi goal defined in he GIS Sraegy The finding ohi ae sudy are baed on oral and writen inerview wih 11 MSFCarONG
eam member who were eiher baed in Guinea or a headquarer i ialo baed on he end-o-miion repor by he GIS offier himel
Geographi Informaion Sysem (GIS)
The erm GIS in hi ae sudy enompae any ue of geographial
informaion or map ranging from he bai ue of map in he field o he
ue o Global Poiioning Sysem (GPS) remoe ening (aellie imagery)
and all kind of geo-referened informaion (loaion of paien pariular
inrasrucure e)
(ee Typology o GIS Appliaion GIS Sudy)
1048625ldquoSae o ar and opporuniie uing Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSFrdquo (983090983088983089983091) ndash reerred o a ldquoGIS
Sudyrdquo in hi doumen
1048626GIS-Sudy p 983091983092
1048627ldquoDevelopmen o he Geographi Inormaion Sysem in MSF-CHrdquo (983090983088983089983092) - reerred o a ldquoGIS Sraegyrdquo
in hi doumen
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Logisic Department
983089983090 MSF CH GIS UNIT
Analying GIS daa and produing deailed opial map i a ehnial killha i no readily available wihin MSF To explore he ue o GIS and o build
apaiy wihin he organiaion MSF-CH igned a ramework agreemenwih he Frenh NGO CarONG in lae 2013In addiion o building and mainaining ehnial inrasrucure or MSF-CH
hi agreemen inlude remoe mapping uppor a well a he proviionof CarONG saff embedded in MSF field miion The member of he
MSF GIS uni wear wo ha on he one hand hey are par o he inernalMSF-CH srucure and on he oher hand hey are employee of an
exernal ervie provider
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
983090 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS USED FOR THEEBOLA RESPONSE
The GIS offier wa deployed early on in he reone o he Ebola oubreak
in Guinea The firs MSF eam arrived in Gueacutekeacutedou on 19 Marh 2014 andhe GIS offier arrived hree day laer and sayed unil 15 May 2014 Himiion had originally been planned or our week bu wa exended onhe reques by field oordinaion
During he eigh-week miion he GIS offier produed 109 map Abou
a quarer of hee were reaed a a reul of reques from differenehnial deparmen in he field he res were baed on hi own iniiaiveand experie
The GIS offier benefied from he fac ha he Gueacutekeacutedou offie ha a
relaively fas inerne onnecion1048628 While ome of he map ould alo
have been produed wihou inerne ae having a good onnecion
ignifianly inreaed he range of produc ha he GIS offier ould
produe hank o ae o online ool and daa and remoe uppor
rom he GIS Uni
Whils he GIS offier wa offiially atahed o he epidemiologial eamhe alo produed map for he wider MSF eam In fac he GIS offier
esimaed ha he only en abou 10 per en of hi ime on map ha
were reaed eifially or he epidemiologial eam Abou 60 per eno hi ime wa en on produing map ha were o ue o all uni (baemap village idenifiaion) and abou 30 per en wa en on map orhe logisi and Waer Hygiene and Saniaion (WHS) eam
The laifiaion of he GIS produc deribed below follow he one
ued in he GIS sudy
1048628 Tes howed download eed beween 983088983092983093 and 983088983096983089 Mbp and upload eed beween 983088983091983095 and
983088983091983097 Mbp or one uer on hared onnecion
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Table 1 Map o Gueacutekeacutedou preecure beore and a he end o he GISoffier miion
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983090983089 GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION
Sine epidemiologial daa wa no available when he GIS offier arrived(ee alo 22 Epidemiology) he iniially oued on produing bae mapo he region and i mos imporan own
A ha poin only very bai map exised o he preecure o Gueacutekeacutedouwhih had been idenified a he main field loaion or he Ebola reoneExising map lised main own loaion one major road and alo inluded
low-qualiy paper-drawn iy map (ee Table 1)
A firs bae map of he region had been produed remoely by he GIS
uni immediaely before he deploymen baed on informaion ha wa
available in online daabae However hee proved o be only parially
aurae
One inerviewee ommened ha i wa urpriing ha beter map wereno available onidering ha MSF-CH ha been working in he region orhree year and ha been preeded by MSF Belgium Anoher aid ha apoor sae o mapping wa quie ommon in many operaion deie he
year-on-year preene o humaniarian organiaion
Base maps are map howing a bae layer o inormaion Addiional layer
o inormaion an hen be added Common example o bae map inlude
opographial map relie map and road map
Village loalizaion
One he bigges hallenge he eam aed wa ha he name o manyvillage were unknown There were alo numerou village wih imilar or
idenial name For example he village name lsquoBendoursquo exis 14 imewihin he prefecure Thi wa hugely problemai a he eam had o
rely heavily on paien inerview o deide where o inervene Error in
idenifying loaion an lead o delay and a wase of reoure and
in an environmen where MSF vehile are no welome everywhere
unneeary rip o wrong loaion an expoe saff o addiional rik The bae map produed by he GIS offier were a oluion o hee iue
Wih he help o he map and a daabae o all idenified village namehe GIS offier wa quikly able o ideniy he exac loaion o village andwheher he name exised more han oneIdeniying village name wa omparaively reoure inenive ine i had
o be done on he ground In many ae loal saff had o vii village oonfirm name and ake GPS oordinae
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T a b l e
2 I n i i a l m a p p i n g o h r e e c i i e a c o m p l e e d b y
h e O S M v
o l u n e e r w i h i n
h r e e d a y
V o l u n e e r c
o n i n u e d o
w o r k
o n m a p o h e r e g i o n e v e n a f e r h a p e r i o d ( e e i m
a g e b o t o m r
i g h )
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Where poible saff who were viiing an area for oher reaon were
aked o veriy name bu requenly loal saff had o be en ou in aror on moorbike o eifially arry ou hi ak A he heigh of he
loalizaion aciviie five loal saff member en a leas ome o heirime on verifying village name hree permanen saff a well a wo
emporary saff member whom he GIS offier had hired or hi purpoe
All inerviewee menioned ha knowing wih onfidene ha hey were
ending heir eam o he righ loaion ignifianly improved heir abiliy
o arge heir aciviie effecively
One reonden alo emphaized ha in oher emergenie ehnial saff
had o ry and ideniy he name and loaion o village or example wihhe help o Google Earh Thi requenly had o be done a nigh afer a
long day o arrying ou regular duie Having a dediaed GIS offier inhe field had a hree-old benefi i inreaed he auray o he reulreuled in more uer-riendly map and aved ime or programme saff
Mapping Road Village amp Building
In order o quikly ge more deailed map of iie and major road in
he region he GIS Uni deided o rowdoure hi ak Through he
voluneer of he Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) aellie
image ha had been aquired by MSF-CH were quikly urned ino
digial map hosed on OpenSreeMap Three prioriy iie (GueacutekeacutedouMaena and Kiidougou) were mapped in le han hree day Wihinfive day 244 voluneer had mapped more han 90000 building
Many inerviewee ommened ha hey were lsquoamazedrsquo by he eed a
whih he area wa mapped wih he help o he voluneer On hi own heGIS offier would no have been able o produe hee bae map duringhi miion
OpenSreeMap (OSM) ndash wwwopensreemaporg
OpenSreeMap i ofen reerred o a he ldquoWikipedia o Maprdquo a anybodyan make hange o he map online OSM daa i mainained by voluneer
and releaed under an open oure liene In many developing ounrieOSM map are more deailed han Google map beaue Google ha noommerial inenive o improve i map in hee ounrie
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Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
1048629See htpemergenyoperniueumappingemwha-operniu
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
Waouto2
Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
Yedenin 3
Yedenin 1
Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
Km
Leacutegende
Densiteacute (habcarreacute)
0 - 8080 - 200
200 - 500
500 - 800
800 - 1219
Route principale
Route secondaire Autre route
Limite des quartiers
Batiments
Riviegravere
plusmn
1 carreacute 250 x 250m soit 62500 msup2 soit 00625 kmsup2
Sources
Gueckedou - Guineacutee - Densiteacute de population
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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DPS
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Stade
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Secteur
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Secteur
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Konimai
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Centre
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Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
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Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
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Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
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Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
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Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
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Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
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0 400200
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Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
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disponibilite et de fiabilite
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
1
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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983089983090 MSF CH GIS UNIT
Analying GIS daa and produing deailed opial map i a ehnial killha i no readily available wihin MSF To explore he ue o GIS and o build
apaiy wihin he organiaion MSF-CH igned a ramework agreemenwih he Frenh NGO CarONG in lae 2013In addiion o building and mainaining ehnial inrasrucure or MSF-CH
hi agreemen inlude remoe mapping uppor a well a he proviionof CarONG saff embedded in MSF field miion The member of he
MSF GIS uni wear wo ha on he one hand hey are par o he inernalMSF-CH srucure and on he oher hand hey are employee of an
exernal ervie provider
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Introducion
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983090 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS USED FOR THEEBOLA RESPONSE
The GIS offier wa deployed early on in he reone o he Ebola oubreak
in Guinea The firs MSF eam arrived in Gueacutekeacutedou on 19 Marh 2014 andhe GIS offier arrived hree day laer and sayed unil 15 May 2014 Himiion had originally been planned or our week bu wa exended onhe reques by field oordinaion
During he eigh-week miion he GIS offier produed 109 map Abou
a quarer of hee were reaed a a reul of reques from differenehnial deparmen in he field he res were baed on hi own iniiaiveand experie
The GIS offier benefied from he fac ha he Gueacutekeacutedou offie ha a
relaively fas inerne onnecion1048628 While ome of he map ould alo
have been produed wihou inerne ae having a good onnecion
ignifianly inreaed he range of produc ha he GIS offier ould
produe hank o ae o online ool and daa and remoe uppor
rom he GIS Uni
Whils he GIS offier wa offiially atahed o he epidemiologial eamhe alo produed map for he wider MSF eam In fac he GIS offier
esimaed ha he only en abou 10 per en of hi ime on map ha
were reaed eifially or he epidemiologial eam Abou 60 per eno hi ime wa en on produing map ha were o ue o all uni (baemap village idenifiaion) and abou 30 per en wa en on map orhe logisi and Waer Hygiene and Saniaion (WHS) eam
The laifiaion of he GIS produc deribed below follow he one
ued in he GIS sudy
1048628 Tes howed download eed beween 983088983092983093 and 983088983096983089 Mbp and upload eed beween 983088983091983095 and
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Table 1 Map o Gueacutekeacutedou preecure beore and a he end o he GISoffier miion
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983090983089 GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION
Sine epidemiologial daa wa no available when he GIS offier arrived(ee alo 22 Epidemiology) he iniially oued on produing bae mapo he region and i mos imporan own
A ha poin only very bai map exised o he preecure o Gueacutekeacutedouwhih had been idenified a he main field loaion or he Ebola reoneExising map lised main own loaion one major road and alo inluded
low-qualiy paper-drawn iy map (ee Table 1)
A firs bae map of he region had been produed remoely by he GIS
uni immediaely before he deploymen baed on informaion ha wa
available in online daabae However hee proved o be only parially
aurae
One inerviewee ommened ha i wa urpriing ha beter map wereno available onidering ha MSF-CH ha been working in he region orhree year and ha been preeded by MSF Belgium Anoher aid ha apoor sae o mapping wa quie ommon in many operaion deie he
year-on-year preene o humaniarian organiaion
Base maps are map howing a bae layer o inormaion Addiional layer
o inormaion an hen be added Common example o bae map inlude
opographial map relie map and road map
Village loalizaion
One he bigges hallenge he eam aed wa ha he name o manyvillage were unknown There were alo numerou village wih imilar or
idenial name For example he village name lsquoBendoursquo exis 14 imewihin he prefecure Thi wa hugely problemai a he eam had o
rely heavily on paien inerview o deide where o inervene Error in
idenifying loaion an lead o delay and a wase of reoure and
in an environmen where MSF vehile are no welome everywhere
unneeary rip o wrong loaion an expoe saff o addiional rik The bae map produed by he GIS offier were a oluion o hee iue
Wih he help o he map and a daabae o all idenified village namehe GIS offier wa quikly able o ideniy he exac loaion o village andwheher he name exised more han oneIdeniying village name wa omparaively reoure inenive ine i had
o be done on he ground In many ae loal saff had o vii village oonfirm name and ake GPS oordinae
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2 I n i i a l m a p p i n g o h r e e c i i e a c o m p l e e d b y
h e O S M v
o l u n e e r w i h i n
h r e e d a y
V o l u n e e r c
o n i n u e d o
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a g e b o t o m r
i g h )
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Where poible saff who were viiing an area for oher reaon were
aked o veriy name bu requenly loal saff had o be en ou in aror on moorbike o eifially arry ou hi ak A he heigh of he
loalizaion aciviie five loal saff member en a leas ome o heirime on verifying village name hree permanen saff a well a wo
emporary saff member whom he GIS offier had hired or hi purpoe
All inerviewee menioned ha knowing wih onfidene ha hey were
ending heir eam o he righ loaion ignifianly improved heir abiliy
o arge heir aciviie effecively
One reonden alo emphaized ha in oher emergenie ehnial saff
had o ry and ideniy he name and loaion o village or example wihhe help o Google Earh Thi requenly had o be done a nigh afer a
long day o arrying ou regular duie Having a dediaed GIS offier inhe field had a hree-old benefi i inreaed he auray o he reulreuled in more uer-riendly map and aved ime or programme saff
Mapping Road Village amp Building
In order o quikly ge more deailed map of iie and major road in
he region he GIS Uni deided o rowdoure hi ak Through he
voluneer of he Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) aellie
image ha had been aquired by MSF-CH were quikly urned ino
digial map hosed on OpenSreeMap Three prioriy iie (GueacutekeacutedouMaena and Kiidougou) were mapped in le han hree day Wihinfive day 244 voluneer had mapped more han 90000 building
Many inerviewee ommened ha hey were lsquoamazedrsquo by he eed a
whih he area wa mapped wih he help o he voluneer On hi own heGIS offier would no have been able o produe hee bae map duringhi miion
OpenSreeMap (OSM) ndash wwwopensreemaporg
OpenSreeMap i ofen reerred o a he ldquoWikipedia o Maprdquo a anybodyan make hange o he map online OSM daa i mainained by voluneer
and releaed under an open oure liene In many developing ounrieOSM map are more deailed han Google map beaue Google ha noommerial inenive o improve i map in hee ounrie
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Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
1048629See htpemergenyoperniueumappingemwha-operniu
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
Waouto2
Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
Yedenin 3
Yedenin 1
Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
Km
Leacutegende
Densiteacute (habcarreacute)
0 - 8080 - 200
200 - 500
500 - 800
800 - 1219
Route principale
Route secondaire Autre route
Limite des quartiers
Batiments
Riviegravere
plusmn
1 carreacute 250 x 250m soit 62500 msup2 soit 00625 kmsup2
Sources
Gueckedou - Guineacutee - Densiteacute de population
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
CityCity
MacentaMacenta
KouraKoura
BouzieBouzie
Bowa 2Bowa 2
Bowa 1Bowa 1
KamadouKamadou
KouraKoura
MohammedVMohammedV
HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
BanizeBanize
MoilaminidouMoilaminidou
ZezebokuniMadinaZezebokuniMadina
BamalaBamala
GnoumamoridoGnoumamorido
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Tribune
Bakaridou
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Commanyada
Bouzie
Centre
Gare
Waziama
Bereghebezou
Silikidou
Game
WebagalaMouktar
Secteur2
Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
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Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Chapter 983089
Introducion
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983090 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS USED FOR THEEBOLA RESPONSE
The GIS offier wa deployed early on in he reone o he Ebola oubreak
in Guinea The firs MSF eam arrived in Gueacutekeacutedou on 19 Marh 2014 andhe GIS offier arrived hree day laer and sayed unil 15 May 2014 Himiion had originally been planned or our week bu wa exended onhe reques by field oordinaion
During he eigh-week miion he GIS offier produed 109 map Abou
a quarer of hee were reaed a a reul of reques from differenehnial deparmen in he field he res were baed on hi own iniiaiveand experie
The GIS offier benefied from he fac ha he Gueacutekeacutedou offie ha a
relaively fas inerne onnecion1048628 While ome of he map ould alo
have been produed wihou inerne ae having a good onnecion
ignifianly inreaed he range of produc ha he GIS offier ould
produe hank o ae o online ool and daa and remoe uppor
rom he GIS Uni
Whils he GIS offier wa offiially atahed o he epidemiologial eamhe alo produed map for he wider MSF eam In fac he GIS offier
esimaed ha he only en abou 10 per en of hi ime on map ha
were reaed eifially or he epidemiologial eam Abou 60 per eno hi ime wa en on produing map ha were o ue o all uni (baemap village idenifiaion) and abou 30 per en wa en on map orhe logisi and Waer Hygiene and Saniaion (WHS) eam
The laifiaion of he GIS produc deribed below follow he one
ued in he GIS sudy
1048628 Tes howed download eed beween 983088983092983093 and 983088983096983089 Mbp and upload eed beween 983088983091983095 and
983088983091983097 Mbp or one uer on hared onnecion
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Table 1 Map o Gueacutekeacutedou preecure beore and a he end o he GISoffier miion
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983090983089 GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION
Sine epidemiologial daa wa no available when he GIS offier arrived(ee alo 22 Epidemiology) he iniially oued on produing bae mapo he region and i mos imporan own
A ha poin only very bai map exised o he preecure o Gueacutekeacutedouwhih had been idenified a he main field loaion or he Ebola reoneExising map lised main own loaion one major road and alo inluded
low-qualiy paper-drawn iy map (ee Table 1)
A firs bae map of he region had been produed remoely by he GIS
uni immediaely before he deploymen baed on informaion ha wa
available in online daabae However hee proved o be only parially
aurae
One inerviewee ommened ha i wa urpriing ha beter map wereno available onidering ha MSF-CH ha been working in he region orhree year and ha been preeded by MSF Belgium Anoher aid ha apoor sae o mapping wa quie ommon in many operaion deie he
year-on-year preene o humaniarian organiaion
Base maps are map howing a bae layer o inormaion Addiional layer
o inormaion an hen be added Common example o bae map inlude
opographial map relie map and road map
Village loalizaion
One he bigges hallenge he eam aed wa ha he name o manyvillage were unknown There were alo numerou village wih imilar or
idenial name For example he village name lsquoBendoursquo exis 14 imewihin he prefecure Thi wa hugely problemai a he eam had o
rely heavily on paien inerview o deide where o inervene Error in
idenifying loaion an lead o delay and a wase of reoure and
in an environmen where MSF vehile are no welome everywhere
unneeary rip o wrong loaion an expoe saff o addiional rik The bae map produed by he GIS offier were a oluion o hee iue
Wih he help o he map and a daabae o all idenified village namehe GIS offier wa quikly able o ideniy he exac loaion o village andwheher he name exised more han oneIdeniying village name wa omparaively reoure inenive ine i had
o be done on he ground In many ae loal saff had o vii village oonfirm name and ake GPS oordinae
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T a b l e
2 I n i i a l m a p p i n g o h r e e c i i e a c o m p l e e d b y
h e O S M v
o l u n e e r w i h i n
h r e e d a y
V o l u n e e r c
o n i n u e d o
w o r k
o n m a p o h e r e g i o n e v e n a f e r h a p e r i o d ( e e i m
a g e b o t o m r
i g h )
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Where poible saff who were viiing an area for oher reaon were
aked o veriy name bu requenly loal saff had o be en ou in aror on moorbike o eifially arry ou hi ak A he heigh of he
loalizaion aciviie five loal saff member en a leas ome o heirime on verifying village name hree permanen saff a well a wo
emporary saff member whom he GIS offier had hired or hi purpoe
All inerviewee menioned ha knowing wih onfidene ha hey were
ending heir eam o he righ loaion ignifianly improved heir abiliy
o arge heir aciviie effecively
One reonden alo emphaized ha in oher emergenie ehnial saff
had o ry and ideniy he name and loaion o village or example wihhe help o Google Earh Thi requenly had o be done a nigh afer a
long day o arrying ou regular duie Having a dediaed GIS offier inhe field had a hree-old benefi i inreaed he auray o he reulreuled in more uer-riendly map and aved ime or programme saff
Mapping Road Village amp Building
In order o quikly ge more deailed map of iie and major road in
he region he GIS Uni deided o rowdoure hi ak Through he
voluneer of he Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) aellie
image ha had been aquired by MSF-CH were quikly urned ino
digial map hosed on OpenSreeMap Three prioriy iie (GueacutekeacutedouMaena and Kiidougou) were mapped in le han hree day Wihinfive day 244 voluneer had mapped more han 90000 building
Many inerviewee ommened ha hey were lsquoamazedrsquo by he eed a
whih he area wa mapped wih he help o he voluneer On hi own heGIS offier would no have been able o produe hee bae map duringhi miion
OpenSreeMap (OSM) ndash wwwopensreemaporg
OpenSreeMap i ofen reerred o a he ldquoWikipedia o Maprdquo a anybodyan make hange o he map online OSM daa i mainained by voluneer
and releaed under an open oure liene In many developing ounrieOSM map are more deailed han Google map beaue Google ha noommerial inenive o improve i map in hee ounrie
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Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
1048629See htpemergenyoperniueumappingemwha-operniu
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
Waouto2
Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
Yedenin 3
Yedenin 1
Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
Km
Leacutegende
Densiteacute (habcarreacute)
0 - 8080 - 200
200 - 500
500 - 800
800 - 1219
Route principale
Route secondaire Autre route
Limite des quartiers
Batiments
Riviegravere
plusmn
1 carreacute 250 x 250m soit 62500 msup2 soit 00625 kmsup2
Sources
Gueckedou - Guineacutee - Densiteacute de population
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
CityCity
MacentaMacenta
KouraKoura
BouzieBouzie
Bowa 2Bowa 2
Bowa 1Bowa 1
KamadouKamadou
KouraKoura
MohammedVMohammedV
HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
BanizeBanize
MoilaminidouMoilaminidou
ZezebokuniMadinaZezebokuniMadina
BamalaBamala
GnoumamoridoGnoumamorido
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Tribune
Bakaridou
Woulaninkoma
Commanyada
Bouzie
Centre
Gare
Waziama
Bereghebezou
Silikidou
Game
WebagalaMouktar
Secteur2
Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
983090 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS USED FOR THEEBOLA RESPONSE
The GIS offier wa deployed early on in he reone o he Ebola oubreak
in Guinea The firs MSF eam arrived in Gueacutekeacutedou on 19 Marh 2014 andhe GIS offier arrived hree day laer and sayed unil 15 May 2014 Himiion had originally been planned or our week bu wa exended onhe reques by field oordinaion
During he eigh-week miion he GIS offier produed 109 map Abou
a quarer of hee were reaed a a reul of reques from differenehnial deparmen in he field he res were baed on hi own iniiaiveand experie
The GIS offier benefied from he fac ha he Gueacutekeacutedou offie ha a
relaively fas inerne onnecion1048628 While ome of he map ould alo
have been produed wihou inerne ae having a good onnecion
ignifianly inreaed he range of produc ha he GIS offier ould
produe hank o ae o online ool and daa and remoe uppor
rom he GIS Uni
Whils he GIS offier wa offiially atahed o he epidemiologial eamhe alo produed map for he wider MSF eam In fac he GIS offier
esimaed ha he only en abou 10 per en of hi ime on map ha
were reaed eifially or he epidemiologial eam Abou 60 per eno hi ime wa en on produing map ha were o ue o all uni (baemap village idenifiaion) and abou 30 per en wa en on map orhe logisi and Waer Hygiene and Saniaion (WHS) eam
The laifiaion of he GIS produc deribed below follow he one
ued in he GIS sudy
1048628 Tes howed download eed beween 983088983092983093 and 983088983096983089 Mbp and upload eed beween 983088983091983095 and
983088983091983097 Mbp or one uer on hared onnecion
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Table 1 Map o Gueacutekeacutedou preecure beore and a he end o he GISoffier miion
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983090983089 GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION
Sine epidemiologial daa wa no available when he GIS offier arrived(ee alo 22 Epidemiology) he iniially oued on produing bae mapo he region and i mos imporan own
A ha poin only very bai map exised o he preecure o Gueacutekeacutedouwhih had been idenified a he main field loaion or he Ebola reoneExising map lised main own loaion one major road and alo inluded
low-qualiy paper-drawn iy map (ee Table 1)
A firs bae map of he region had been produed remoely by he GIS
uni immediaely before he deploymen baed on informaion ha wa
available in online daabae However hee proved o be only parially
aurae
One inerviewee ommened ha i wa urpriing ha beter map wereno available onidering ha MSF-CH ha been working in he region orhree year and ha been preeded by MSF Belgium Anoher aid ha apoor sae o mapping wa quie ommon in many operaion deie he
year-on-year preene o humaniarian organiaion
Base maps are map howing a bae layer o inormaion Addiional layer
o inormaion an hen be added Common example o bae map inlude
opographial map relie map and road map
Village loalizaion
One he bigges hallenge he eam aed wa ha he name o manyvillage were unknown There were alo numerou village wih imilar or
idenial name For example he village name lsquoBendoursquo exis 14 imewihin he prefecure Thi wa hugely problemai a he eam had o
rely heavily on paien inerview o deide where o inervene Error in
idenifying loaion an lead o delay and a wase of reoure and
in an environmen where MSF vehile are no welome everywhere
unneeary rip o wrong loaion an expoe saff o addiional rik The bae map produed by he GIS offier were a oluion o hee iue
Wih he help o he map and a daabae o all idenified village namehe GIS offier wa quikly able o ideniy he exac loaion o village andwheher he name exised more han oneIdeniying village name wa omparaively reoure inenive ine i had
o be done on he ground In many ae loal saff had o vii village oonfirm name and ake GPS oordinae
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T a b l e
2 I n i i a l m a p p i n g o h r e e c i i e a c o m p l e e d b y
h e O S M v
o l u n e e r w i h i n
h r e e d a y
V o l u n e e r c
o n i n u e d o
w o r k
o n m a p o h e r e g i o n e v e n a f e r h a p e r i o d ( e e i m
a g e b o t o m r
i g h )
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Where poible saff who were viiing an area for oher reaon were
aked o veriy name bu requenly loal saff had o be en ou in aror on moorbike o eifially arry ou hi ak A he heigh of he
loalizaion aciviie five loal saff member en a leas ome o heirime on verifying village name hree permanen saff a well a wo
emporary saff member whom he GIS offier had hired or hi purpoe
All inerviewee menioned ha knowing wih onfidene ha hey were
ending heir eam o he righ loaion ignifianly improved heir abiliy
o arge heir aciviie effecively
One reonden alo emphaized ha in oher emergenie ehnial saff
had o ry and ideniy he name and loaion o village or example wihhe help o Google Earh Thi requenly had o be done a nigh afer a
long day o arrying ou regular duie Having a dediaed GIS offier inhe field had a hree-old benefi i inreaed he auray o he reulreuled in more uer-riendly map and aved ime or programme saff
Mapping Road Village amp Building
In order o quikly ge more deailed map of iie and major road in
he region he GIS Uni deided o rowdoure hi ak Through he
voluneer of he Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) aellie
image ha had been aquired by MSF-CH were quikly urned ino
digial map hosed on OpenSreeMap Three prioriy iie (GueacutekeacutedouMaena and Kiidougou) were mapped in le han hree day Wihinfive day 244 voluneer had mapped more han 90000 building
Many inerviewee ommened ha hey were lsquoamazedrsquo by he eed a
whih he area wa mapped wih he help o he voluneer On hi own heGIS offier would no have been able o produe hee bae map duringhi miion
OpenSreeMap (OSM) ndash wwwopensreemaporg
OpenSreeMap i ofen reerred o a he ldquoWikipedia o Maprdquo a anybodyan make hange o he map online OSM daa i mainained by voluneer
and releaed under an open oure liene In many developing ounrieOSM map are more deailed han Google map beaue Google ha noommerial inenive o improve i map in hee ounrie
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Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
1048629See htpemergenyoperniueumappingemwha-operniu
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
Waouto2
Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
Yedenin 3
Yedenin 1
Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
5 5
4 4
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This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
Km
Leacutegende
Densiteacute (habcarreacute)
0 - 8080 - 200
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Route principale
Route secondaire Autre route
Limite des quartiers
Batiments
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Sources
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Overview of GIS Producs used
Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
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Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
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MacentaMacenta
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HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
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Bakary 3
Bakary 2
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Kaissadou
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Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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983090 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS USED FOR THEEBOLA RESPONSE
The GIS offier wa deployed early on in he reone o he Ebola oubreak
in Guinea The firs MSF eam arrived in Gueacutekeacutedou on 19 Marh 2014 andhe GIS offier arrived hree day laer and sayed unil 15 May 2014 Himiion had originally been planned or our week bu wa exended onhe reques by field oordinaion
During he eigh-week miion he GIS offier produed 109 map Abou
a quarer of hee were reaed a a reul of reques from differenehnial deparmen in he field he res were baed on hi own iniiaiveand experie
The GIS offier benefied from he fac ha he Gueacutekeacutedou offie ha a
relaively fas inerne onnecion1048628 While ome of he map ould alo
have been produed wihou inerne ae having a good onnecion
ignifianly inreaed he range of produc ha he GIS offier ould
produe hank o ae o online ool and daa and remoe uppor
rom he GIS Uni
Whils he GIS offier wa offiially atahed o he epidemiologial eamhe alo produed map for he wider MSF eam In fac he GIS offier
esimaed ha he only en abou 10 per en of hi ime on map ha
were reaed eifially or he epidemiologial eam Abou 60 per eno hi ime wa en on produing map ha were o ue o all uni (baemap village idenifiaion) and abou 30 per en wa en on map orhe logisi and Waer Hygiene and Saniaion (WHS) eam
The laifiaion of he GIS produc deribed below follow he one
ued in he GIS sudy
1048628 Tes howed download eed beween 983088983092983093 and 983088983096983089 Mbp and upload eed beween 983088983091983095 and
983088983091983097 Mbp or one uer on hared onnecion
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Table 1 Map o Gueacutekeacutedou preecure beore and a he end o he GISoffier miion
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983090983089 GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION
Sine epidemiologial daa wa no available when he GIS offier arrived(ee alo 22 Epidemiology) he iniially oued on produing bae mapo he region and i mos imporan own
A ha poin only very bai map exised o he preecure o Gueacutekeacutedouwhih had been idenified a he main field loaion or he Ebola reoneExising map lised main own loaion one major road and alo inluded
low-qualiy paper-drawn iy map (ee Table 1)
A firs bae map of he region had been produed remoely by he GIS
uni immediaely before he deploymen baed on informaion ha wa
available in online daabae However hee proved o be only parially
aurae
One inerviewee ommened ha i wa urpriing ha beter map wereno available onidering ha MSF-CH ha been working in he region orhree year and ha been preeded by MSF Belgium Anoher aid ha apoor sae o mapping wa quie ommon in many operaion deie he
year-on-year preene o humaniarian organiaion
Base maps are map howing a bae layer o inormaion Addiional layer
o inormaion an hen be added Common example o bae map inlude
opographial map relie map and road map
Village loalizaion
One he bigges hallenge he eam aed wa ha he name o manyvillage were unknown There were alo numerou village wih imilar or
idenial name For example he village name lsquoBendoursquo exis 14 imewihin he prefecure Thi wa hugely problemai a he eam had o
rely heavily on paien inerview o deide where o inervene Error in
idenifying loaion an lead o delay and a wase of reoure and
in an environmen where MSF vehile are no welome everywhere
unneeary rip o wrong loaion an expoe saff o addiional rik The bae map produed by he GIS offier were a oluion o hee iue
Wih he help o he map and a daabae o all idenified village namehe GIS offier wa quikly able o ideniy he exac loaion o village andwheher he name exised more han oneIdeniying village name wa omparaively reoure inenive ine i had
o be done on he ground In many ae loal saff had o vii village oonfirm name and ake GPS oordinae
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T a b l e
2 I n i i a l m a p p i n g o h r e e c i i e a c o m p l e e d b y
h e O S M v
o l u n e e r w i h i n
h r e e d a y
V o l u n e e r c
o n i n u e d o
w o r k
o n m a p o h e r e g i o n e v e n a f e r h a p e r i o d ( e e i m
a g e b o t o m r
i g h )
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Where poible saff who were viiing an area for oher reaon were
aked o veriy name bu requenly loal saff had o be en ou in aror on moorbike o eifially arry ou hi ak A he heigh of he
loalizaion aciviie five loal saff member en a leas ome o heirime on verifying village name hree permanen saff a well a wo
emporary saff member whom he GIS offier had hired or hi purpoe
All inerviewee menioned ha knowing wih onfidene ha hey were
ending heir eam o he righ loaion ignifianly improved heir abiliy
o arge heir aciviie effecively
One reonden alo emphaized ha in oher emergenie ehnial saff
had o ry and ideniy he name and loaion o village or example wihhe help o Google Earh Thi requenly had o be done a nigh afer a
long day o arrying ou regular duie Having a dediaed GIS offier inhe field had a hree-old benefi i inreaed he auray o he reulreuled in more uer-riendly map and aved ime or programme saff
Mapping Road Village amp Building
In order o quikly ge more deailed map of iie and major road in
he region he GIS Uni deided o rowdoure hi ak Through he
voluneer of he Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) aellie
image ha had been aquired by MSF-CH were quikly urned ino
digial map hosed on OpenSreeMap Three prioriy iie (GueacutekeacutedouMaena and Kiidougou) were mapped in le han hree day Wihinfive day 244 voluneer had mapped more han 90000 building
Many inerviewee ommened ha hey were lsquoamazedrsquo by he eed a
whih he area wa mapped wih he help o he voluneer On hi own heGIS offier would no have been able o produe hee bae map duringhi miion
OpenSreeMap (OSM) ndash wwwopensreemaporg
OpenSreeMap i ofen reerred o a he ldquoWikipedia o Maprdquo a anybodyan make hange o he map online OSM daa i mainained by voluneer
and releaed under an open oure liene In many developing ounrieOSM map are more deailed han Google map beaue Google ha noommerial inenive o improve i map in hee ounrie
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Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
1048629See htpemergenyoperniueumappingemwha-operniu
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
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Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
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Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
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Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
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Boyada
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Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
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Bomdodou
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Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
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Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
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Cente
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Gnalenko 3
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Koumbidou
Kounandou
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Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
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TP
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Woya Hermankono
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This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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Centre
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Secteur 3
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MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
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plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
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Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Table 1 Map o Gueacutekeacutedou preecure beore and a he end o he GISoffier miion
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983090983089 GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION
Sine epidemiologial daa wa no available when he GIS offier arrived(ee alo 22 Epidemiology) he iniially oued on produing bae mapo he region and i mos imporan own
A ha poin only very bai map exised o he preecure o Gueacutekeacutedouwhih had been idenified a he main field loaion or he Ebola reoneExising map lised main own loaion one major road and alo inluded
low-qualiy paper-drawn iy map (ee Table 1)
A firs bae map of he region had been produed remoely by he GIS
uni immediaely before he deploymen baed on informaion ha wa
available in online daabae However hee proved o be only parially
aurae
One inerviewee ommened ha i wa urpriing ha beter map wereno available onidering ha MSF-CH ha been working in he region orhree year and ha been preeded by MSF Belgium Anoher aid ha apoor sae o mapping wa quie ommon in many operaion deie he
year-on-year preene o humaniarian organiaion
Base maps are map howing a bae layer o inormaion Addiional layer
o inormaion an hen be added Common example o bae map inlude
opographial map relie map and road map
Village loalizaion
One he bigges hallenge he eam aed wa ha he name o manyvillage were unknown There were alo numerou village wih imilar or
idenial name For example he village name lsquoBendoursquo exis 14 imewihin he prefecure Thi wa hugely problemai a he eam had o
rely heavily on paien inerview o deide where o inervene Error in
idenifying loaion an lead o delay and a wase of reoure and
in an environmen where MSF vehile are no welome everywhere
unneeary rip o wrong loaion an expoe saff o addiional rik The bae map produed by he GIS offier were a oluion o hee iue
Wih he help o he map and a daabae o all idenified village namehe GIS offier wa quikly able o ideniy he exac loaion o village andwheher he name exised more han oneIdeniying village name wa omparaively reoure inenive ine i had
o be done on he ground In many ae loal saff had o vii village oonfirm name and ake GPS oordinae
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T a b l e
2 I n i i a l m a p p i n g o h r e e c i i e a c o m p l e e d b y
h e O S M v
o l u n e e r w i h i n
h r e e d a y
V o l u n e e r c
o n i n u e d o
w o r k
o n m a p o h e r e g i o n e v e n a f e r h a p e r i o d ( e e i m
a g e b o t o m r
i g h )
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Where poible saff who were viiing an area for oher reaon were
aked o veriy name bu requenly loal saff had o be en ou in aror on moorbike o eifially arry ou hi ak A he heigh of he
loalizaion aciviie five loal saff member en a leas ome o heirime on verifying village name hree permanen saff a well a wo
emporary saff member whom he GIS offier had hired or hi purpoe
All inerviewee menioned ha knowing wih onfidene ha hey were
ending heir eam o he righ loaion ignifianly improved heir abiliy
o arge heir aciviie effecively
One reonden alo emphaized ha in oher emergenie ehnial saff
had o ry and ideniy he name and loaion o village or example wihhe help o Google Earh Thi requenly had o be done a nigh afer a
long day o arrying ou regular duie Having a dediaed GIS offier inhe field had a hree-old benefi i inreaed he auray o he reulreuled in more uer-riendly map and aved ime or programme saff
Mapping Road Village amp Building
In order o quikly ge more deailed map of iie and major road in
he region he GIS Uni deided o rowdoure hi ak Through he
voluneer of he Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) aellie
image ha had been aquired by MSF-CH were quikly urned ino
digial map hosed on OpenSreeMap Three prioriy iie (GueacutekeacutedouMaena and Kiidougou) were mapped in le han hree day Wihinfive day 244 voluneer had mapped more han 90000 building
Many inerviewee ommened ha hey were lsquoamazedrsquo by he eed a
whih he area wa mapped wih he help o he voluneer On hi own heGIS offier would no have been able o produe hee bae map duringhi miion
OpenSreeMap (OSM) ndash wwwopensreemaporg
OpenSreeMap i ofen reerred o a he ldquoWikipedia o Maprdquo a anybodyan make hange o he map online OSM daa i mainained by voluneer
and releaed under an open oure liene In many developing ounrieOSM map are more deailed han Google map beaue Google ha noommerial inenive o improve i map in hee ounrie
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Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
1048629See htpemergenyoperniueumappingemwha-operniu
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
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Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
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Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
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Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
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Boyada
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Bambo Centre
Banbino
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Bendou-Bengou
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Bomdodou
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Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
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Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
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Cente
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Gnalenko 3
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Karamo Yolla
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Koumbidou
Kounandou
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KwameKourouma
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Massadou
Missirra
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Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
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TP
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Woya Hermankono
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This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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Bas-Fond
Patrice
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copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
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Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
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plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
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Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
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Logisic Department
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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Logisic Department
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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983090983089 GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION
Sine epidemiologial daa wa no available when he GIS offier arrived(ee alo 22 Epidemiology) he iniially oued on produing bae mapo he region and i mos imporan own
A ha poin only very bai map exised o he preecure o Gueacutekeacutedouwhih had been idenified a he main field loaion or he Ebola reoneExising map lised main own loaion one major road and alo inluded
low-qualiy paper-drawn iy map (ee Table 1)
A firs bae map of he region had been produed remoely by he GIS
uni immediaely before he deploymen baed on informaion ha wa
available in online daabae However hee proved o be only parially
aurae
One inerviewee ommened ha i wa urpriing ha beter map wereno available onidering ha MSF-CH ha been working in he region orhree year and ha been preeded by MSF Belgium Anoher aid ha apoor sae o mapping wa quie ommon in many operaion deie he
year-on-year preene o humaniarian organiaion
Base maps are map howing a bae layer o inormaion Addiional layer
o inormaion an hen be added Common example o bae map inlude
opographial map relie map and road map
Village loalizaion
One he bigges hallenge he eam aed wa ha he name o manyvillage were unknown There were alo numerou village wih imilar or
idenial name For example he village name lsquoBendoursquo exis 14 imewihin he prefecure Thi wa hugely problemai a he eam had o
rely heavily on paien inerview o deide where o inervene Error in
idenifying loaion an lead o delay and a wase of reoure and
in an environmen where MSF vehile are no welome everywhere
unneeary rip o wrong loaion an expoe saff o addiional rik The bae map produed by he GIS offier were a oluion o hee iue
Wih he help o he map and a daabae o all idenified village namehe GIS offier wa quikly able o ideniy he exac loaion o village andwheher he name exised more han oneIdeniying village name wa omparaively reoure inenive ine i had
o be done on he ground In many ae loal saff had o vii village oonfirm name and ake GPS oordinae
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T a b l e
2 I n i i a l m a p p i n g o h r e e c i i e a c o m p l e e d b y
h e O S M v
o l u n e e r w i h i n
h r e e d a y
V o l u n e e r c
o n i n u e d o
w o r k
o n m a p o h e r e g i o n e v e n a f e r h a p e r i o d ( e e i m
a g e b o t o m r
i g h )
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Where poible saff who were viiing an area for oher reaon were
aked o veriy name bu requenly loal saff had o be en ou in aror on moorbike o eifially arry ou hi ak A he heigh of he
loalizaion aciviie five loal saff member en a leas ome o heirime on verifying village name hree permanen saff a well a wo
emporary saff member whom he GIS offier had hired or hi purpoe
All inerviewee menioned ha knowing wih onfidene ha hey were
ending heir eam o he righ loaion ignifianly improved heir abiliy
o arge heir aciviie effecively
One reonden alo emphaized ha in oher emergenie ehnial saff
had o ry and ideniy he name and loaion o village or example wihhe help o Google Earh Thi requenly had o be done a nigh afer a
long day o arrying ou regular duie Having a dediaed GIS offier inhe field had a hree-old benefi i inreaed he auray o he reulreuled in more uer-riendly map and aved ime or programme saff
Mapping Road Village amp Building
In order o quikly ge more deailed map of iie and major road in
he region he GIS Uni deided o rowdoure hi ak Through he
voluneer of he Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) aellie
image ha had been aquired by MSF-CH were quikly urned ino
digial map hosed on OpenSreeMap Three prioriy iie (GueacutekeacutedouMaena and Kiidougou) were mapped in le han hree day Wihinfive day 244 voluneer had mapped more han 90000 building
Many inerviewee ommened ha hey were lsquoamazedrsquo by he eed a
whih he area wa mapped wih he help o he voluneer On hi own heGIS offier would no have been able o produe hee bae map duringhi miion
OpenSreeMap (OSM) ndash wwwopensreemaporg
OpenSreeMap i ofen reerred o a he ldquoWikipedia o Maprdquo a anybodyan make hange o he map online OSM daa i mainained by voluneer
and releaed under an open oure liene In many developing ounrieOSM map are more deailed han Google map beaue Google ha noommerial inenive o improve i map in hee ounrie
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Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
1048629See htpemergenyoperniueumappingemwha-operniu
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
Waouto2
Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
Yedenin 3
Yedenin 1
Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
5 5
4 4
3 3
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1 1
This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
Km
Leacutegende
Densiteacute (habcarreacute)
0 - 8080 - 200
200 - 500
500 - 800
800 - 1219
Route principale
Route secondaire Autre route
Limite des quartiers
Batiments
Riviegravere
plusmn
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Sources
Gueckedou - Guineacutee - Densiteacute de population
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
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Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
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Bowa 1Bowa 1
KamadouKamadou
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HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
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Bakary 2
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Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
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TP
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Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
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983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983097
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Logisic Department
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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Logisic Department
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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T a b l e
2 I n i i a l m a p p i n g o h r e e c i i e a c o m p l e e d b y
h e O S M v
o l u n e e r w i h i n
h r e e d a y
V o l u n e e r c
o n i n u e d o
w o r k
o n m a p o h e r e g i o n e v e n a f e r h a p e r i o d ( e e i m
a g e b o t o m r
i g h )
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Where poible saff who were viiing an area for oher reaon were
aked o veriy name bu requenly loal saff had o be en ou in aror on moorbike o eifially arry ou hi ak A he heigh of he
loalizaion aciviie five loal saff member en a leas ome o heirime on verifying village name hree permanen saff a well a wo
emporary saff member whom he GIS offier had hired or hi purpoe
All inerviewee menioned ha knowing wih onfidene ha hey were
ending heir eam o he righ loaion ignifianly improved heir abiliy
o arge heir aciviie effecively
One reonden alo emphaized ha in oher emergenie ehnial saff
had o ry and ideniy he name and loaion o village or example wihhe help o Google Earh Thi requenly had o be done a nigh afer a
long day o arrying ou regular duie Having a dediaed GIS offier inhe field had a hree-old benefi i inreaed he auray o he reulreuled in more uer-riendly map and aved ime or programme saff
Mapping Road Village amp Building
In order o quikly ge more deailed map of iie and major road in
he region he GIS Uni deided o rowdoure hi ak Through he
voluneer of he Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) aellie
image ha had been aquired by MSF-CH were quikly urned ino
digial map hosed on OpenSreeMap Three prioriy iie (GueacutekeacutedouMaena and Kiidougou) were mapped in le han hree day Wihinfive day 244 voluneer had mapped more han 90000 building
Many inerviewee ommened ha hey were lsquoamazedrsquo by he eed a
whih he area wa mapped wih he help o he voluneer On hi own heGIS offier would no have been able o produe hee bae map duringhi miion
OpenSreeMap (OSM) ndash wwwopensreemaporg
OpenSreeMap i ofen reerred o a he ldquoWikipedia o Maprdquo a anybodyan make hange o he map online OSM daa i mainained by voluneer
and releaed under an open oure liene In many developing ounrieOSM map are more deailed han Google map beaue Google ha noommerial inenive o improve i map in hee ounrie
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Logisic Department
Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
1048629See htpemergenyoperniueumappingemwha-operniu
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
Waouto2
Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
Yedenin 3
Yedenin 1
Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
Km
Leacutegende
Densiteacute (habcarreacute)
0 - 8080 - 200
200 - 500
500 - 800
800 - 1219
Route principale
Route secondaire Autre route
Limite des quartiers
Batiments
Riviegravere
plusmn
1 carreacute 250 x 250m soit 62500 msup2 soit 00625 kmsup2
Sources
Gueckedou - Guineacutee - Densiteacute de population
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Overview of GIS Producs used
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Overview of GIS Producs used
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MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
CityCity
MacentaMacenta
KouraKoura
BouzieBouzie
Bowa 2Bowa 2
Bowa 1Bowa 1
KamadouKamadou
KouraKoura
MohammedVMohammedV
HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
BanizeBanize
MoilaminidouMoilaminidou
ZezebokuniMadinaZezebokuniMadina
BamalaBamala
GnoumamoridoGnoumamorido
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Tribune
Bakaridou
Woulaninkoma
Commanyada
Bouzie
Centre
Gare
Waziama
Bereghebezou
Silikidou
Game
WebagalaMouktar
Secteur2
Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
983091983093
983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Overview of GIS Producs used
Where poible saff who were viiing an area for oher reaon were
aked o veriy name bu requenly loal saff had o be en ou in aror on moorbike o eifially arry ou hi ak A he heigh of he
loalizaion aciviie five loal saff member en a leas ome o heirime on verifying village name hree permanen saff a well a wo
emporary saff member whom he GIS offier had hired or hi purpoe
All inerviewee menioned ha knowing wih onfidene ha hey were
ending heir eam o he righ loaion ignifianly improved heir abiliy
o arge heir aciviie effecively
One reonden alo emphaized ha in oher emergenie ehnial saff
had o ry and ideniy he name and loaion o village or example wihhe help o Google Earh Thi requenly had o be done a nigh afer a
long day o arrying ou regular duie Having a dediaed GIS offier inhe field had a hree-old benefi i inreaed he auray o he reulreuled in more uer-riendly map and aved ime or programme saff
Mapping Road Village amp Building
In order o quikly ge more deailed map of iie and major road in
he region he GIS Uni deided o rowdoure hi ak Through he
voluneer of he Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) aellie
image ha had been aquired by MSF-CH were quikly urned ino
digial map hosed on OpenSreeMap Three prioriy iie (GueacutekeacutedouMaena and Kiidougou) were mapped in le han hree day Wihinfive day 244 voluneer had mapped more han 90000 building
Many inerviewee ommened ha hey were lsquoamazedrsquo by he eed a
whih he area wa mapped wih he help o he voluneer On hi own heGIS offier would no have been able o produe hee bae map duringhi miion
OpenSreeMap (OSM) ndash wwwopensreemaporg
OpenSreeMap i ofen reerred o a he ldquoWikipedia o Maprdquo a anybodyan make hange o he map online OSM daa i mainained by voluneer
and releaed under an open oure liene In many developing ounrieOSM map are more deailed han Google map beaue Google ha noommerial inenive o improve i map in hee ounrie
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MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
1048629See htpemergenyoperniueumappingemwha-operniu
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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Overview of GIS Producs used
A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
Waouto2
Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
Yedenin 3
Yedenin 1
Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
Km
Leacutegende
Densiteacute (habcarreacute)
0 - 8080 - 200
200 - 500
500 - 800
800 - 1219
Route principale
Route secondaire Autre route
Limite des quartiers
Batiments
Riviegravere
plusmn
1 carreacute 250 x 250m soit 62500 msup2 soit 00625 kmsup2
Sources
Gueckedou - Guineacutee - Densiteacute de population
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Secteur 1
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Patrice
Centre
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Legende
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Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
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Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Humaniarian OpenSreeMap Team (HOT) ndash hoopensreemaporg
HOT i a group of OSM voluneer ha ac a an inerfae beween
humaniarian organiaion and he OSM voluneer nework a a whole
Humaniarian organiaion an end mapping reques o HOT whih
hen manage he voluneer reonding o he reques Thi redue heworkload or he requesing organiaion HOT alo uncion a firs-leveluppor or all ehnial quesion while he requesing organiaion hao be able o anwer quesion abou he projec iel
The bae map ha were reaed wih he help o he OSF voluneeralo erved a he foundaion of many oher map In fac many of he
inernal MSF map ha were reaed by he GIS offier ould no have been
produed wihou hee bae map
The OSM voluneer alo idenified ome village on he aellie imageha had previouly no been menioned on map a all Thi proe eddirecly ino he village loalizaion workflow (ee 21 Village loalizaion)
Irsquo imporan o noe ha hee bae map onained no eniiveor paien inormaion and were limied o road name o villagelandmark e MSF eam ould hare hem ndash digially or on paper ndash wihoher humaniarian organiaion and loal auhoriie Thi wa grealy
appreiaed and helped build relaionhip wih wider sakeholder
Engaging he Voluneer and Teh Communiy (VampTC)
Mos online voluneer onribue heir ime and experie beaue heywan o make a differene The flipide of hi i ha hey alo expec
feedbak on how heir work i being ued and how heir onribuion
helped ndash hi i he ldquopaymenrdquo hey reeive in exhange or heir ervie
Some reonden aid hey were urpried hey had o provide hi kindo eedbak and were alo upried ha HOT had ommuniaed publilyabou heir involvemen whih reuled in ignifian media overage
Some inerviewee alo fel ha he mediarsquo fou on rowdoured
mapping almos disraced rom he lie-aving work being arried ou byhe medial saff
In he uure MSF hould diu uh iue wih HOT in order o esablih
a e o proedure and manage expecaion or example o define heype and frequeny of feedbak he exen of publi ommuniaion a
well a when he ak ha been ompleed (deacivaion)
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Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
1048629See htpemergenyoperniueumappingemwha-operniu
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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Overview of GIS Producs used
A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
Waouto2
Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
Yedenin 3
Yedenin 1
Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
Km
Leacutegende
Densiteacute (habcarreacute)
0 - 8080 - 200
200 - 500
500 - 800
800 - 1219
Route principale
Route secondaire Autre route
Limite des quartiers
Batiments
Riviegravere
plusmn
1 carreacute 250 x 250m soit 62500 msup2 soit 00625 kmsup2
Sources
Gueckedou - Guineacutee - Densiteacute de population
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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983091983088
MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
CityCity
MacentaMacenta
KouraKoura
BouzieBouzie
Bowa 2Bowa 2
Bowa 1Bowa 1
KamadouKamadou
KouraKoura
MohammedVMohammedV
HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
BanizeBanize
MoilaminidouMoilaminidou
ZezebokuniMadinaZezebokuniMadina
BamalaBamala
GnoumamoridoGnoumamorido
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Tribune
Bakaridou
Woulaninkoma
Commanyada
Bouzie
Centre
Gare
Waziama
Bereghebezou
Silikidou
Game
WebagalaMouktar
Secteur2
Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Chapter 983091
Strategi Objecives
983091983089
983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983091
Strategi Objecives
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Logisic Department
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
983091983093
983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Logisic Department
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983097
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Logisic Department
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
Mapki
The GIS offier produed a ldquoMapkirdquo ha inluded he mos imporan bae
map a well a opial map Thi ollecion o 10ndash12 map wa given oall inoming saff a par o heir briefing on arrival Thee briefing werealo an imporan opporuniy or he GIS offier o explain hi role a mossaff member were no amiliar wih i
983090983090 EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deie he fac ha he GIS offier wa ldquoatahedrdquo o he epidemiology
eam he en omparaively litle ime working on produc dediaed
olely o epidemiology The main reaon or hi wa ha mos map hadro-uting ue The map howing he weekly evoluion o ae i he
example ha wa mos ofen ied by inerviewee (ee Figure 2)
A oon a epidemiologial daa beame available he GIS offier saredo produe weekly updae o Ebola hoo ha howed boh he number
of new ae in he previou week a well a he oal number of ae
ine he beginning of he epidemi Thi weekly viual overview wa
appreiaed by all he field and headquarer saff who were inerviewedA one reonden pu i ldquoTha map ranlaed he ienifi ino he
operaionalrdquo
Sine he end o he GIS offierrsquo miion hee map have oninued obe produed remoely by he MSF-CH GIS uni
One o he ew GIS produc ha wa produed olely or he epidemiologyeam wa a Google Earh layer howing palm ree deniy loe o he
ueced poin o he oubreakrsquo origin Thi helped he epidemiologises heir hypohei ha ba living in erain ype o palm migh havebeen he oure raher han ba living in ave
The palm ree deniy map wa reaed by Coperniu1048629 an emergeny
mapping ervie provided by he European Commiion wih pariularlysrong analyial apaiy A an aoiaed uer MSF wa able o end areques o Coperniu whih ompleed he analyi wihin 24 hour baed
on exising aellie image (o alled ruh-mode)
One o he onsrain ha he GIS offier had o deal wih wa ha regularepidemiologial daa only beame available from mid-April onward On
he oher hand hi enabled him o iniially ou on bae map and imilar
produc ha were ueul or all uni
1048629See htpemergenyoperniueumappingemwha-operniu
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
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Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
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Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
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Yende Gnama
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Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
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B
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C
C
D
D
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E
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This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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Bakary 3
Bakary 2
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Konimai
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Centre
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Secteur 3
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Patrice
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copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
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plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
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Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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F i g u r e 2 R e g u l a r l y u p d a e m
a p l i k e h e e h e l p e d s a ff u n d e r s a n d h e i u a i o n b e t e r
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A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
Waouto2
Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
Yedenin 3
Yedenin 1
Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
Km
Leacutegende
Densiteacute (habcarreacute)
0 - 8080 - 200
200 - 500
500 - 800
800 - 1219
Route principale
Route secondaire Autre route
Limite des quartiers
Batiments
Riviegravere
plusmn
1 carreacute 250 x 250m soit 62500 msup2 soit 00625 kmsup2
Sources
Gueckedou - Guineacutee - Densiteacute de population
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
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MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
CityCity
MacentaMacenta
KouraKoura
BouzieBouzie
Bowa 2Bowa 2
Bowa 1Bowa 1
KamadouKamadou
KouraKoura
MohammedVMohammedV
HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
BanizeBanize
MoilaminidouMoilaminidou
ZezebokuniMadinaZezebokuniMadina
BamalaBamala
GnoumamoridoGnoumamorido
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Tribune
Bakaridou
Woulaninkoma
Commanyada
Bouzie
Centre
Gare
Waziama
Bereghebezou
Silikidou
Game
WebagalaMouktar
Secteur2
Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Strategi Objecives
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
983091983093
983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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A he ame ime here i alo reaon o believe ha he res of he
epidemiology eam would have been able o ake beter advanage o heGIS offierrsquo kill i he had a wih he res o he eam One reaon or hiphyial eparaion wa ha he A3 olour priner wa no in he buildingwhere he epidemiology eam wa baed bu wa loaed wih oordinaion
and logisi
However he GIS offier alo fel srongly ha a leas a he beginning
here wa a lak o rus in hi abiliy o operae onfidenially beaue heGIS uni i managed hrough an exernal ervie provider I wa no learo everyone wheher he GIS offier wa a member o MSF-CH or CarONG
saff However when aked abou hee pereived iue when inerviewed
member o he epidemiology eam aid ha here were no rus iue
Whihever i he ae in uure i would be helpul o ommuniae he roleand he poiion o he GIS uni more learly a par o MSF-CH in order oavoid hee real or pereived iue Among oher hing hi mean haGIS offier hould ue an MSF e-mail addre
983090983091 REPORTING amp COMMUNICATION
All inerviewee ommened poiively on he ranformaive funcion
of map ha manage o ranlae daa ha exis in readhee ino
omehing viual ha an be undersood more eaily Thi applie o bohhe geographi and he emporal dimenion o map when muliple mapan how hange over ime
The mos ueful produc in ha reec wa he weekly napho of
new and oal Ebola ae (ee 22 Epidemiology) Boh field-baed and
headquarer-baed saff remarked ha having hee map helped hemundersand he iuaion beter and headquarer in pariular appreiaed
ha i provided hem wih a quik overview
983090983092 POPULATION COUNT amp MOVEMENTS
Unlike in loed eting he movemen of individual were oo
unpredicable o be mapped Thi mean ha geographi inormaion ould
no be ued o ry o oreas he read o he dieae Thi mean ha GIS
wa only an analyial reacive ool raher han a predicive one a mighbe he ae in oher emergenie uh a Cholera
While GIS ould no help o predic where new ae migh our i waueul in ideniying area ha hould be prioriized or healh promoionaciviie baed on populaion deniy
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
Waouto2
Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
Yedenin 3
Yedenin 1
Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
Km
Leacutegende
Densiteacute (habcarreacute)
0 - 8080 - 200
200 - 500
500 - 800
800 - 1219
Route principale
Route secondaire Autre route
Limite des quartiers
Batiments
Riviegravere
plusmn
1 carreacute 250 x 250m soit 62500 msup2 soit 00625 kmsup2
Sources
Gueckedou - Guineacutee - Densiteacute de population
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
CityCity
MacentaMacenta
KouraKoura
BouzieBouzie
Bowa 2Bowa 2
Bowa 1Bowa 1
KamadouKamadou
KouraKoura
MohammedVMohammedV
HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
BanizeBanize
MoilaminidouMoilaminidou
ZezebokuniMadinaZezebokuniMadina
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GnoumamoridoGnoumamorido
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Secteur 3
Tribune
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Woulaninkoma
Commanyada
Bouzie
Centre
Gare
Waziama
Bereghebezou
Silikidou
Game
WebagalaMouktar
Secteur2
Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Figure 3 Populaion deniy map like hee an help prioriize area oinervenion or healh promoion or oureah aciviie
GuineaMadina
Gnoumoulou
GueckedouLele
Nongolo
Balladou
Nyalenko
Waouto
Sokoro
Kisseneye
Kango
Yendenin
MacentaKoura
Hermankono
Gbangbaissa
Farako
Mangalla
Bambo
Bafilanben
Carriere
Sandia
Boyada
Ecole(Bambo)
BalladouCentre
Sokouranin
Bambo Centre
Banbino
BandaBengou 1
BandaBengou 2
Bandallo
Bellevue
Bendou-Bengou
BernardTogbodouno
Bomdodou
Boyada 2
Boyada 3
Boyada 1
Carriere 1(mosquee)
MacentaEcole
Energie
EtienneKamano
FarakoEcole
Farako Woya
Farako Pharmacie
Gbangbaissa 1
Gbangbaissa 2
Gbangbaissa 3
Gkd Lele
Cente
Wakoma
Gnalenko 3
Gnalenko 2
Gnalenko 1
Gbelendalla
Karamo Yolla
Yoro Keita
Horofelo
Houidou
Houndoba
KaramokoKourouma
Kagbadou 1
Kagbadou 2
Kamallo 1
Kamallo 2
Kango 1
Kango 2
Kouake
Koumbidou
Kounandou
Koyata
KwameKourouma
Madina 3
Madina 1Madina 2
Mangalla 1
Mangalla 2
Marche
Massadou
Missirra
MacentaMosquee
Mosquee
Nongolo Centre
Peyembou
Sandia Pharmacie
Poobengou
Sayllannin
Solondonin 1Solondonin 2
TambaYaradou
Tokowo
Tongoma
TP
Villa
Waouto2
Woya Hermankono
Waouto 1
Yaradou 1
Yaradou 2
Yedenin 2
Yedenin 3
Yedenin 1
Yende Gnama
GueckedouLele Centre
Nafa
Hafia
Sandia
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
This map is for information purposes only and has no political significanceThe boundaries and names shown and the designations used
on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by MSF
Borders Administrative levels GADM Diva-gisRoads OSM
Places GeonamesHydrography NaturalEarth
Document Name GIN_Gueckedou_DensityDate 01042014Realised by CartONG for MSF-CHPrint dimensions ISO A3 size 0 1 2
Km
Leacutegende
Densiteacute (habcarreacute)
0 - 8080 - 200
200 - 500
500 - 800
800 - 1219
Route principale
Route secondaire Autre route
Limite des quartiers
Batiments
Riviegravere
plusmn
1 carreacute 250 x 250m soit 62500 msup2 soit 00625 kmsup2
Sources
Gueckedou - Guineacutee - Densiteacute de population
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Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
CityCity
MacentaMacenta
KouraKoura
BouzieBouzie
Bowa 2Bowa 2
Bowa 1Bowa 1
KamadouKamadou
KouraKoura
MohammedVMohammedV
HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
BanizeBanize
MoilaminidouMoilaminidou
ZezebokuniMadinaZezebokuniMadina
BamalaBamala
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Plaine
Secteur 1
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Secteur 3
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Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
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Autres labels
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Routes
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
Thi inormaion alo helped ae poenial euriy rik ine eamworking in rowded area an be more vulnerable pariularly where hepopulaion i inhoiable
The populaion deniy map (ee Figure 3) were produed baed on hefield eamrsquo knowledge o average amily ize and a oun o building ha
had been mapped by he OSM voluneer
A hee map ould be eaily produed remoely hey were reaed by
he GIS uni
Reacive veru predicive ue o GIS
Sine Ebola i read rom human-o-human and beaue people in heaffeced region are highly mobile GIS ould no help o predic where
new ae migh our However populaion deniy map were able o
ideniy area ha hould be prioriized or oureah and healh promoionaciviie In emergenie where he read o he epidemi an be moreeaily modelled ndash uh a Cholera - GIS ould alo be ued o predic where
new ae migh appear
983090983093 ACTIVITY PLANNING
Inerviewee from all ehnial deparmen aid ha he dediaed
mapping uppor provided by he GIS offier helped hem perform heir
ak more quikly Even eemingly mall hing ould make a differene a
healh promoer or example emphaized ha having a map on one heeo paper ha howed he exac area where he eam wa working ha daywa muh eaier han having larger map ha were read over muliplehee Being field-baed he GIS offier wa able o ulfil imple requeslike hee on he fly
Logisi
The logisi deparmen benefied rom he GIS offierrsquo aciviie hrough
a wide range of produc The improved road map for example helped
he logisiian know who wa working where and allowed hem o limi
he number o movemen and ar o he bare minimum Thi wa aloignifian rom a euriy poin o view
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Overview of GIS Producs used
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MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
CityCity
MacentaMacenta
KouraKoura
BouzieBouzie
Bowa 2Bowa 2
Bowa 1Bowa 1
KamadouKamadou
KouraKoura
MohammedVMohammedV
HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
BanizeBanize
MoilaminidouMoilaminidou
ZezebokuniMadinaZezebokuniMadina
BamalaBamala
GnoumamoridoGnoumamorido
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Tribune
Bakaridou
Woulaninkoma
Commanyada
Bouzie
Centre
Gare
Waziama
Bereghebezou
Silikidou
Game
WebagalaMouktar
Secteur2
Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
983091983093
983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
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Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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In addiion he GIS offier produed he following map for he logisi
deparmenbull Disane mapbull Map wih main inervenion poin or MSFbull Map or helioper landing areabull Preipiaion mapbull A grid ysem or improved radio ommuniaion
Irsquo worh noing here ha he logisi eam leader wa a rained geologisand wa hereore probably more aware o he apabiliie o GIS
Coordinaion
The oordinaor mainly benefited from he map ha howed he
loaion of he differen MSF aciviie In he sraegy meeing he alo
ook advanage o he village loalizaion in order o plan aciviie ogeherwih he head o he ehnial deparmen Alhough he GIS offier i no
par o he field oordinaion mehanim he wa normally preen duringhee meeing in order o upply geographi inormaion when needed
A diued he GIS offier en a large par o hi ime reaing mapha were of ommon ue o all uni and uppored heir planning and
oordinaion a ome level Some reonden hereore el ha he GISoffier hould no be atahed o he epidemiology eam bu o logisi or
oordinaion However here wa no onenu on hi and he oordinaorel srongly ha a GIS offier hould no be an addiional direc repor ohim and hould remain atahed o a ehnial uni imilar o he srucurea HQ where GIS i hosed by he ehnial uppor o operaion uni
Seuriy
During a euriy iniden he GIS offier wa able o how he loaion omoving MSF saff on a map He alo reaed a onfidenial pos-inidenmap o help wih he analyi of he iniden Following he iniden he
reaed a e o dediaed euriy map ha howed no-go area MSFae and evauaion roue
Medial
The GIS offier alo produed deailed inerior map of he wo iolaion
ward Thi wa helpful for saff working in he ward a he peronal
proecive equipmen made ommuniaion diffiul
Building-level map amp sigma
A menioned previouly he bae map available hrough he OSM
ollaboraion were available a building-level granulariy a leas in he
hree main iie of he affeced area However he uni did no require
hi level o deail or heir work and inerviewee univerally aid ha hiwa probably he leas relevan aec o he map or hem
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Overview of GIS Producs used
A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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Overview of GIS Producs used
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MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
CityCity
MacentaMacenta
KouraKoura
BouzieBouzie
Bowa 2Bowa 2
Bowa 1Bowa 1
KamadouKamadou
KouraKoura
MohammedVMohammedV
HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
BanizeBanize
MoilaminidouMoilaminidou
ZezebokuniMadinaZezebokuniMadina
BamalaBamala
GnoumamoridoGnoumamorido
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Tribune
Bakaridou
Woulaninkoma
Commanyada
Bouzie
Centre
Gare
Waziama
Bereghebezou
Silikidou
Game
WebagalaMouktar
Secteur2
Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
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983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Strategi Objecives
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
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983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Annex
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Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
A a es ae he GIS offier produed a e of building-level map o
ee wheher hey ould help he waer and aniaion eam ideniy morequikly hoe home ha needed o be diinfeced On hee map he
houe o be rayed were learly marked However afer onidering heamoun o sigma ha i atahed o Ebola i wa deemed oo riky o uehee map afer hi iniial rial due o onern ha hey migh ge losduring field rip and end up in unauhorized hand Insead he eam
oninued o rely on GPS poin alone ine hee are harder or ouidero inerpre
Nowihsanding hee onern many reonden menioned ha
building-level map ould poenially be very ueul boh or analyi andaciviy planning in oher enario
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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Overview of GIS Producs used
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MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
CityCity
MacentaMacenta
KouraKoura
BouzieBouzie
Bowa 2Bowa 2
Bowa 1Bowa 1
KamadouKamadou
KouraKoura
MohammedVMohammedV
HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
BanizeBanize
MoilaminidouMoilaminidou
ZezebokuniMadinaZezebokuniMadina
BamalaBamala
GnoumamoridoGnoumamorido
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Tribune
Bakaridou
Woulaninkoma
Commanyada
Bouzie
Centre
Gare
Waziama
Bereghebezou
Silikidou
Game
WebagalaMouktar
Secteur2
Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
983091983089
983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
983091983093
983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
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Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Table 3 Page 28 o 31 - Urban sree map wih landmark Iolaion ward Road Disane map Helipad
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
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Logisic Department
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MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
CityCity
MacentaMacenta
KouraKoura
BouzieBouzie
Bowa 2Bowa 2
Bowa 1Bowa 1
KamadouKamadou
KouraKoura
MohammedVMohammedV
HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
BanizeBanize
MoilaminidouMoilaminidou
ZezebokuniMadinaZezebokuniMadina
BamalaBamala
GnoumamoridoGnoumamorido
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Tribune
Bakaridou
Woulaninkoma
Commanyada
Bouzie
Centre
Gare
Waziama
Bereghebezou
Silikidou
Game
WebagalaMouktar
Secteur2
Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Chapter 983091
Strategi Objecives
983091983089
983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Strategi Objecives
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
983091983093
983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
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983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Annex
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Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Overview of GIS Producs used
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Overview of GIS Producs used
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MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
CityCity
MacentaMacenta
KouraKoura
BouzieBouzie
Bowa 2Bowa 2
Bowa 1Bowa 1
KamadouKamadou
KouraKoura
MohammedVMohammedV
HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
BanizeBanize
MoilaminidouMoilaminidou
ZezebokuniMadinaZezebokuniMadina
BamalaBamala
GnoumamoridoGnoumamorido
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Tribune
Bakaridou
Woulaninkoma
Commanyada
Bouzie
Centre
Gare
Waziama
Bereghebezou
Silikidou
Game
WebagalaMouktar
Secteur2
Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Strategi Objecives
983091983089
983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
983091983093
983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
1
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Logisic Department
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Annex
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Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
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MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
CityCity
MacentaMacenta
KouraKoura
BouzieBouzie
Bowa 2Bowa 2
Bowa 1Bowa 1
KamadouKamadou
KouraKoura
MohammedVMohammedV
HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
BanizeBanize
MoilaminidouMoilaminidou
ZezebokuniMadinaZezebokuniMadina
BamalaBamala
GnoumamoridoGnoumamorido
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Tribune
Bakaridou
Woulaninkoma
Commanyada
Bouzie
Centre
Gare
Waziama
Bereghebezou
Silikidou
Game
WebagalaMouktar
Secteur2
Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Chapter 983091
Strategi Objecives
983091983089
983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Strategi Objecives
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
983091983093
983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Logisic Department
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Logisic Department
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983097
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Logisic Department
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Chapter 983090
Overview of GIS Producs used
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Logisic Department
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MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
CityCity
MacentaMacenta
KouraKoura
BouzieBouzie
Bowa 2Bowa 2
Bowa 1Bowa 1
KamadouKamadou
KouraKoura
MohammedVMohammedV
HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
BanizeBanize
MoilaminidouMoilaminidou
ZezebokuniMadinaZezebokuniMadina
BamalaBamala
GnoumamoridoGnoumamorido
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Tribune
Bakaridou
Woulaninkoma
Commanyada
Bouzie
Centre
Gare
Waziama
Bereghebezou
Silikidou
Game
WebagalaMouktar
Secteur2
Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Chapter 983091
Strategi Objecives
983091983089
983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Strategi Objecives
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
983091983093
983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
1
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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MSF
DPS
Prefecture
Hopital Prefectoral
Isolation
Stade
Plan Guinee
MissionPhilafricaine
KamadouKamadou
CityCity
MacentaMacenta
KouraKoura
BouzieBouzie
Bowa 2Bowa 2
Bowa 1Bowa 1
KamadouKamadou
KouraKoura
MohammedVMohammedV
HermankonoHermankono
PatricePatrice
BanizeBanize
MoilaminidouMoilaminidou
ZezebokuniMadinaZezebokuniMadina
BamalaBamala
GnoumamoridoGnoumamorido
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Tribune
Bakaridou
Woulaninkoma
Commanyada
Bouzie
Centre
Gare
Waziama
Bereghebezou
Silikidou
Game
WebagalaMouktar
Secteur2
Bakary 3
Bakary 2
Secteur
Kaissadou
Secteur
Centrede Sante
Konimai
DjegbedouKekouradou
Fansankoni
TP
Bamala
Centre
Bamala Plateau Gnomamoridou
Koura
Zimodou
HopitalSte-Therese
Gnoumamoridou Centre
Plaine
Secteur 1
Secteur 2
Secteur 3
Secteur
MissionCatholique
Bas-Fond
Patrice
Centre
copy OpenStreetMap (and) contributors CC-BY-SA
Legende
Reperes
GF DPS
G Hopital Prefectoral
GF MSF
Isolation
Autres labels
Secteurs et lieux-dits
Secteurs
Routes
Route principale
Route secondaire
Autre route Piste
Batiments
Batiments
plusmnToponymie MSF-CH OSM
Routes Naturel Bati OSMZonages MSF-CH
DPS Macenta
Sources
Nom de documentSecteursMacentaCentre_A3LDate 03042014
Produit par GIS Field Officer CartONG pour MSF-CH
Impression ISO A3 size
Secteurs et lieux-dits - quartiers et peripherie de Macenta - Sud
0 400200
metres
Les quartiers delimites sur cette cartecorrespondent aux quartiers operationnels
MSF 2014 Ils different des zonagesadministratifs usuels
Cette carte est a usage informatif
uniquement Les limites et noms employesnimpliquent pas une reconnaissanceofficielle de la part de MSF Informationspatiale presentee sous toute reserve de
disponibilite et de fiabilite
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Chapter 983091
Strategi Objecives
983091983089
983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
983091983093
983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Recommendations
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Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
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983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Chapter 983091
Strategi Objecives
983091983089
983091 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
The deiion o deploy a dediaed GIS offier wa baed on he newly
developed GIS Sraegy or MSF-CH whih define our organiaion-widesraegi objecive
Promoe he ue of map and oher GIS produc in he organiaion
Prior o hi miion mos reonden did no know how a field-baed
GIS offier ould effecively uppor hem in he onex of an evolving
emergeny reone in pariular during he oubreak of an epidemi
While all inerviewee were aware of he imporane of map in generalhey did no realize how quikly a field baed GIS offier ould produe
deailed usomized and opial map ha direcly uppored heir work Ii reommended ha MSF-CH doe more o eduae saff abou he range
o GIS produc and he ype o uppor ha he GIS uni and field-baedGIS offier an provide However i wa alo lear ha mos reondenel ha eeing GIS in acion in he field wa wha onvined hem and haa preenaion a headquarer would have had ar le impac
All field baed MSF-saff emphaized ha in addiion o hi ehnial killi wa alo he GIS offierrsquo peronal ommuniaion kill and atiude ha
helped promoe he ue o GIS in he eam
Conolidae exising GIS apaiy in MSF
The GIS uni provided uppor o he field-baed GIS offier for ak
ha ould be done remoely Thi inluded uppor o produe map for
preipiaion ehniiy and populaion deniy Sine he GIS offierrsquo
miion ha ended he GIS uni ha produed he weekly napho o newae remoely
Enure good apaiy o hare informaion wihin MSF-CH and
poenially aro he organiaion
Aording o all inerviewee map haring worked very well in he field
offie MSF saff a headquarer alo el ha hey reeived he map heyneeded or heir work A he ame ime reonden menioned ha herewa very litle awarene o he map in Conakry and ha hey only oundou abou hee map when viiing Gueacutekeacutedou One of he reaon for
hi migh be ha he urren ysem or haring map i hrough an FTP
erver ha i no uer-riendly and via e-mail
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Strategi Objecives
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
983091983093
983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
1
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Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983097
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983088
Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
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Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983090
983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983092
Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Logisic Department
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A new web-baed lsquoMap Cenrersquo wa launhed in July 20141048630 One inerviewee
uggesed ha hi map enre hould have muliple layer o ae Thaway map ha do no onain eniive inormaion ould be hared moreeaily wih oher sakeholder while eniive daa ould remain inernaland be proeced by an addiional paword or ome
Enure pariipaion and apaiy-building wihin he organiaion
In he beginning he GIS offier had o proacively ideniy area where heould add he mos value Thi wa largely baed on onveraion he hadwih oher MSF saff in he field a well a on hi own knowledge Thi mean
ha hoe uni ha were haring more deail abou heir work were morelikely o benefi rom hi uppor
A saff beame more familiar wih GIS hey sared o reques eifi
produc more ofen By he end o he miion he GIS offier had reeived16 reques or eifi map ome o whih onised o muliple mapMos reques ame rom he logisi deparmen ha inlude he WHSecor
The GIS offier rained our loal saff on GPS and provided inernaionalsaff wih a bai inroducion on reques To furher build apaiy ha
remain in-ounry he epidemiology reearh aisan wa rained in
bai GIS ool A he end o he miion all GIS maerial were handed
over o saff from he MSF-CH malaria projec ha ha been acive inGueacutekeacutedou ine 2010 The GIS uni oninue o uppor he Gueacutekeacutedoufield eam remoely
1048630mapenremorg
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Chapter 983091
Strategi Objecives
983091983091
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Logisic Department
983091983092
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
983091983093
983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
1
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
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MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983091983094
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
1
I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
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of
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b ol aR
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MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983091983096
Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983097
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of
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983088
Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
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er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
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3
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4
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u i on
5
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983090
983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983092
Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Chapter 983091
Strategi Objecives
983091983091
1
I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r a
t e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983091983092
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
983091983093
983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
1
I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r a
t e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983091983094
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
1
I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983091983096
Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983097
1
I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983088
Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983090
983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983092
Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4646
Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983091983092
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
983091983093
983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
1
I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r a
t e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983091983094
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
1
I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
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en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983091983096
Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983097
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of
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983088
Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
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3
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4
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983090
983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983092
Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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Chapter 983092
Conclusion amp Discussion
983091983093
983092 CONCLUSION amp DISCUSSION
bull All inerviewee emphaized ha he GIS offier wa able o add
ignifian value o he operaion
bull Beyond he general noion ha map are ueful here i very litle
awarene of wha a GIS offier an do and how quikly new and
opial map an be produed Thi lak o knowledge lead o heaumpion ha map producion i ompliaed and mos saff would
never hink of requesing usom map Seeing he GIS offier in
he field hanged hi perepion Many inerviewee ommenedha hey were ldquoamazed by he eedrdquo wih whih he map were
produed
bull Conidering ha mos MSF saff did no know how he GIS offier
ould uppor hem i wa eenial or him o be a el-sarer Unilhe poin where GIS i widely known wihin he organiaion GIS fieldsaff hould be parly eleced baed on hi atribue
bull The bae map and he loalizaion o village were univerally eena he mos ueul oupu
bull The fac ha he GIS offier en he majoriy of hi ime working
wih he oordinaion and logisi eam raie he quesion
wheher he GIS offier hould be par o he epidemiology eam orno Reonden had differen opinion on he mater However heoordinaor el srongly ha he GIS offier hould be wih a ehnial
deparmen and hould no be an addiional direc repor
bull Inerviewee had differen perepion on wheher he GIS offier wa
aeped a par o he eam rom he beginning o he reone orwheher he wa iniially onidered o be an exernal ervie providerWha i lear i ha he GIS offier managed o overome hee
reervaion during hi miion Clearer ommuniaion explainingha GIS uni saff are par o MSF-CH would be helpul
bull One reonden idenified knowledge managemen a one of he
hallenge o making GIS produc usainable While ueful ool
exis on he inrane mos saff donrsquo know abou hem Howeverhi i an overall organiaional hallenge raher han one ha i
eifially relaed o he GIS uni
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983091983094
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
1
I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
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u i on
5
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6
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983091983096
Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983097
1
I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
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3
S t r at
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5
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983088
Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983090
983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983092
Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 3746
GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983091983094
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
1
I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983091983096
Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983097
1
I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983088
Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983090
983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983092
Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4646
Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 3846
Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983095
983093 RECOMMENDATIONS
General
bull Headquarer hould deploy dediaed GIS saff o he field more
ofen in onex where direc onac wih field operaion add realvalue and where loe and imely monioring of he read of an
epidemi i eenial Sine GIS i sill relaively litle undersood
i i unlikely ha field saff will reques a GIS offier Thi proe
hereore need be driven by headquarer
bull Deie he ac ha MSF had been operaional in he affeced regionfor year bae map of aepable qualiy did no exis Given he
uefulne of hee map MSF hould idenify urren area of
operaion where he organiaion expec o oninue o work and
ry o produe bae map or hee area A ubsanial par o hiwork an be done remoely by he GIS uni hrough he new onlineMap Cenre
bull Phyial proximiy inreae informaion exhange formal and
inormal ommuniaion and eamwork Where poible GIS offier
hould hare he ae wih he uni ha need heir ervie mosThi an alo mean ha GIS offier roae depending on where GISan add he mos value depending on he phae of he operaion
Thi i independen o he quesion o line managemen
bull In an area wih poor map good map are valuable o all sakeholder
Where poible eam hould ake prined opie o bae map omeeing wih loal governmen offiial and oher NGO Thi anhelp build relaion a leas in non-onflic area In onflic area he
goodwill ha an be generaed by haring map ha o be weighedagains he rik ha GIS ehnology ould be misaken a ying
Human reoure
bull People kill and a elf-sarer menaliy are a leas a imporan
or he aepane o hi new role a he ehnial kill Unil GISi beter undersood GIS offier need o be advoae a muh aervie provider Reruimen hould ake hi ino aoun
1
I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983091983096
Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4046
Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983097
1
I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983088
Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983090
983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4546
GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983092
Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4646
Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 3946
GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983091983096
Organiaional
bull The GIS uni hould inreae awarene of i ervie during
raining for field saff eiher prior o deploymen or when field saff
ome o headquarer or raining and diuion
bull There are indiaion ha he dual ideniy of he GSI uni ndash par of
MSF-CH bu alo an exernal NGO ndash aued ome onfuion The
unirsquo role and inernal branding need o be beter ommuniaed
Among oher hing he GIS uni hould ue an MSF e-mail addreno hoe o CarONG Thi would alo help oher MSF saff find heGIS uni in he inernal e-mail addre book GIS uni saff hould begiven guidane on how o preen he GIS uni inernally and exernally
bull MSF hould oninue o ake advanage of rowdouring for he
reaion of bae map To failiae hi proe he GIS uni on
behal o MSF-CH hould engage in a dialogue wih he Humaniarian
OpenSreeMap eam o beter define he expecaion from boh
ide Iue o over inlude he availabiliy o GIS uni saff o anwer
quesion and provide feedbak publi ommuniaion and a how
o ormally end he ooperaion one he reques ha been ulfilled(deacivaion) Any diuion hould involve a leas he GIS uni
and he publi inormaion eam
Infrasrucurebull While inerne ae i no eenial for all aec of he work of
he GIS offier many map an only be produed wih uffiien
bandwidh Lak of a good onnecion alo mean ha remoe
uppor beome diffiul or even impoible
bull The GIS offier hould download all available map daa or he area oroperaion beore deploying a he inerne onnecion migh be oolow - or very expenive o ue - or large file raner
bull GIS offier hould deploy wih a dediaed A3 olour priner (a a
minimum ize) a well a ink arridge While A2 i beter or omemap A3 deliver he bes ompromie beween perormane andweigh Before deploying he GIS uni hould evaluae wheher A2
and A1 map an be produed elewhere in he ounry
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Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983097
1
I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4146
GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983088
Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
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Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4346
GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983090
983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4446
Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4546
GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983092
Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4646
Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4046
Chapter 983093
Recommendations
983091983097
1
I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4146
GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983088
Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4246
Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4346
GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983090
983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4446
Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4546
GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983092
Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4646
Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4146
GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983088
Headquarer
Bae map a differen reoluion
or Guinea Gueacutekeacutedou Kindia
and adjaen area in Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Guinea Tranor axi
Guinea Land ue map Guinea Foresiegravere Preene o
ave
Orienaion map
Bae map or Gueacutekeacutedou a well a
he border area
Variou road map for area of
operaion
Adminisraive map a preecure level
Terrain map Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Urban sree map inluding
building or differen par o he
iie a well a or he iie a
a whole
Populaion deniy baed on
building oun and differen
houehold ize
Map howing he differen axi of
inervenion inluding road
Disribuion o ehniiie
Loaion o ommuniy healh
worker
Saellie view
Epidemiology
New and oal number o ae
(weekly)
Loaion o deah in February
and Marh
New and updaed hoo Map o palm ree deniy in
MelliandouLogisi and euriy
Road disane map Seuriy map
Pos-iniden mapping of euriy
iniden
Helioper landing area
Plan
Indoor plan o he iolaion ward in Gueacutekeacutedou and Maena
Oher
Map wih new village o ideniy Variou bae map o Conakry
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4246
Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4346
GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983090
983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4446
Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4546
GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983092
Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4646
Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4246
Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983089
983094 ANNEX
983094983089 OVERVIEW OF GIS PRODUCTS
The GIS offier uppored by he GIS uni produed 109 map during heeigh week he wa deployed o Guinea Mos map an be ound in henew Map Cenre mapenremforg
(See able page 40)
983094983090 LIST OF INTERVIEWEES
Name Funcion
Audeoud Jean-Guy GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Annaud Louie Communiaion Offier MSF-CH
Deroo Tom Program Offier LuxembourgOperaional Reearh Uni
Dr Van Herp Mihel Epidemiologis MSF-B
Laha Sarah Communiaion ManagerMSF-CH
Laborderie Sylvie GIS Offier MSF-CH GIS Uni
Lugli Mariano Depuy Direcor o OperaionMSF-CH
Pigue Paal Logisi Team Leader MSF-CH
Soupar Mahieu GIS oal poin Logisi DirecorMSF-CH
Dr Serk Esher Tropial Mediine Reeren HQEmergeny Medial Coordinaor
during 1s phae o he oubreakMSF-CH
Tiffany Amanda Epidemiologis Epienre orMSF-CH
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4346
GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983090
983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4446
Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4546
GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983092
Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4646
Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4346
GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983090
983094983091 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Time rameMay 20 ndash June 30 2014 (15 day of work)
Cae Sudy o doumen he GIS uppor provided o he MSF emergenyreone operaion o he Ebola rii of Marh 2014 in Guinea
(CONSULTANT)
A Conex
In Marh 2014 ae of haemorrhagi fever were oberved around he
Guekedou region in Guinea Fearing he laer onfirmed poibiliy of
an Ebola oubreak MSF quikly deployed inernaional saff o reondo he poible emergeny During he firs day of he reone before
onfirmaion ha he dieae wa acually Ebola i wa deided ha a GISoffier would be deployed o uppor he medial eam and work loely
ogeher wih he epidemiologis Thi wa he firs ime ha MSF-CH
deployed a GIS exper o he field
The region mos affeced in Guinea had no been mapped previouly AloMSF-CH only sared developing i GIS apaiy le han a year ago heue o ailored map i sill new or he NGO Thi mean everyhing hado be done rom rah during hi emergeny rom mapping he regiono puting ino plae proedure and learning o work wih MSFrsquo alreadyexising proedure and building onfidene over medial daa being ued
by non-medial saff
Beaue MSF wan and need o learn from hi firs GIS Emergeny
Deploymen hi firs deploymen i o be urned ino a ae sudy reviewing
he GIS reone how i wa pereivedreeived by MSF and in whih
onex i hould be repeaed in he uure
B Time Frame
The Conulan hall perorm he ervie or a period o 15 day over heperiod ommening day 20h May 2014 o 30h June 2014
C Oupu and aciviie
In oordinaion wih CarONG projec manager or MSF and MSF oal poin
he ae sudy wrier will ahieve he ollowing aciviie
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4446
Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
D Qualifiaion and profeional experiene
REQUIRED
Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
1 I nt r o
d u ci on
2
Ov
er v i ew
of
GI S P r o
d u c u e d
f or t h eE
b ol aR
e s on
e
3
S t r at
e gi O b j e ci v e
4
C on
l u
i on
amp Di
u i on
5
R e omm
en d at i on
6
A nn
ex
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4546
GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983092
Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4646
Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4446
Chapter 983094
Annex
983092983091
Aciviy 1 Inerview a lis o peron ha were direcly or indirecly involvedin he GIS reone in Guinea mainly MSF worker CarONGrsquo GIS saffdeployed o Guinea CarONG ehnial saff from HQ and one member
of OSM-FrHOT The name and onac deail of hee peron will be
provided by CarONG
Acivity 2 Wrie a ae sudy on he GIS reone The ae sudy will
need o ake ino aoun he variou aec o hi deploymen bu roma deiion maker poin of view insead of a ehnial poin of view The
purpoe of he doumen i o help he deiion maker undersand he
pro and on o having a field-baed GIS offier and when he organizaion
hould onider deploying one in an emergeny eting baed on he
Guinea experiene Alo he ueulne o he produc ompiled and heapaiy building onduced hould be examined
Repor lengh hould be around 1 page exeuive ummary + repor (5-15)+ annexe (a needed) Report mus follow MSF srucure whih will be
provided o he onulanFormatingLayou will be aken are o by MSF he oupu orma needo differeniae differen level o ile All viual maerial ha need o beinluded hould be provided o MSF in high reoluion
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Aademi Univeriy degree preferably in oial iene relaed wih
ommuniaion or advoay
Experienebull A leas en year relevan experiene in differen inernaional
organizaion (eg UN agenie INGO IO Donor IFRC or ICRC)
bull Exellen ommuniaion oordinaion and inormaion managemenkill
bull Exenive knowledge o urren humaniarian iue wih a pariularou on onflic-relaed emergenie
bull Experie in planning ormulaion implemenaion monioring andreporing on humaniarian operaion
Core Compeenie
bull Communiaion and oordinaionbull Planning and organizaionbull Judgmen and deiion makingbull Analyial hinkingbull Innovaion and reaiviybull Poliial awarene
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7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4546
GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983092
Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4646
Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4546
GIS Support for MSF Ebola
Reone in Guinea 2014
MSF-OCG
Logisic Department
983092983092
Language Good knowledge o Englih i eenial Some knowledge oFrenh i a requiremen
DESIRABLE
bull Experiene working in publi relaion reporing or journalimbull Knowledge o layou deign and preenaion ofware
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4646
Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo
7172019 GIS Support for the MSF Ebola Response in Guinea_Case Study
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullgis-support-for-the-msf-ebola-response-in-guineacase-study 4646
Meacutedecin San Frontiegravere Suie
In Marh 2014 MSF deployed a dediated Geographi
Information Syem (GIS) offier to Guinea in resone to the
Ebola outbreak In upport of the epidemiologial team the GIS
offier wa harged with produing general overview map a
well a topial map that upported different asec of the
operation
Thi ae udy aim to elaborate whether the GIS offierrsquo
miion to Guinea ha ueeded in upporting the emergeny
resone and furthering the rategi goal defined in the
Strategi Paper ldquoDevelopment of the GIS in MSF-CHrdquo