A region map allows our inference engine to learn the user’s most recent locations and identify any conditions related to those locations.
Implementing a region map is especially important for identifying region-related diseases, like malaria. Other benefits include:
- Improved user experience: by allowing users to use a map to easily identify the places they’ve visited recently;
- Higher accuracy on interview results: some regional risk factors, like tropical diseases, might drastically change an interview outcome;
- Shorter and more efficient interviews: by providing additional information about the user from the beginning, a region map may help create shorter, more efficient interviews.
How to implement a region map?
Implementing a region map in a symptom checker is generally pretty simple - it’s just a matter of matching our geographical risk factors with the maps (graphics) in the symptom checker.
Please refer to the list below when mapping the geographical risk factors to their respective countries:
p_13 - North America without Mexico
CA - Canada, US - United States, GL - Greenland
p_14 - Latin and South America
AI - Anguilla, AG - Antigua and Barb., AW - Aruba, BS - Bahamas, BB - Barbados, BZ - Belize, BM - Bermuda, VG - British Virgin Is., KY - Cayman Is., CR - Costa Rica, CU - Cuba, CW - Curaco, DM - Dominica, DO - Dominican Rep., SV - El Salvador, GD - Grenada, GP - Guadeloupe, GT - Guatemala, HT - Haiti, HN - Honduras, JM - Jamaica, MQ - Martinique, MX - Mexico, PM - Saint Pierre and Miquelon, MS - Montserrat, CW - Curacao, KN - St. Kitts and Nevis, NI - Nicaragua, PA - Panama, PR - Puerto Rico, SX - Sint Maarten, KN - Saint Kitts and Nevis, LC - Saint Lucia, PM - Saint Pierre and Miquelon, VC - St. Vin. and Gren., TT - Trinidad and Tobago, TC - Turks and Caicos Is., VI - U.S. Virgin Is., AR - Argentina, BO - Bolivia, BR - Brazil, CL - Chile, CO - Colombia, EC - Ecuador, FK - Falkland Is., GF - French Guiana, GY - Guyana, GY - Guyana, PY - Paraguay, PE - Peru, SR - Suriname, UY - Uruguay, VE - Venezuela
p_15 - Europe
AL - Albania, AD - Andorra, AT - Austria, BY - Belarus, BE - Belgium, BA - Bosnia and Herz., BG - Bulgaria, HR - Croatia, CZ - Czech Rep., DK - Denmark, EE - Estonia, FO - Faroe Is., FI - Finland, FR - France, DE - Germany, GI - Gibraltar, GR - Greece, HU - Hungary, IS - Iceland, IE - Ireland, IM - Isle of Man, IT - Italy, LV - Latvia, LI - Liechtenstein, LT - Lithuania, LU - Luxembourg, MK - Macedonia, MT - Malta, MD - Moldova, MC - Monaco , ME - Montenegro, NL - Netherlands, NO - Norway, PL - Poland, PT - Portugal, RO - Romania, SM - San Marino, RS - Serbia, SK - Slovakia, SI - Slovenia, ES - Spain, SE - Sweden, CH - Switzerland, UA - Ukraine, GB - United Kingdom, VA - Vatican, RS - Serbia
p_16 - North Africa
DZ - Algeria, EG - Egypt, LY - Libya, MA - Morocco, TN - Tunisia, IC - Canary Islands, EH - W. Sahara
p_17 - Central Africa
SH - Saint Helena, BJ - Benin, BF - Burkina Faso, BI - Burundi, CM - Cameroon, CV - Cape Verde, CF - Central African Rep., TD - Chad, CG - Congo, CD - Dem. Rep. Congo, DJ - Djibouti, GQ - Eq. Guinea, ER - Eritrea, ET - Ethiopia, GA - Gabon, GM - Gambia, GH - Ghana, GN - Guinea, GW - Guinea, CI - Côte d'Ivoire, KE - Kenya, LR - Liberia, ML - Mali, MR - Mauritania, NE - Niger, NG - Nigeria, ST - São Tomé and Principe, RW - Rwanda, ST - Sao Tome and Principe, SN - Senegal, SL - Sierra Leone, SO - Somalia, SS - S. Sudan, SH - Saint Helena, SD - Sudan, TZ - Tanzania, TG - Togo, UG - Uganda, CD - Democratic Republic of the Congo, TZ - Tanzania
p_18 - Southern Africa
AO - Angola, BW - Botswana, LS - Lesotho, MG - Madagascar, YT - Mayotte, MW - Malawi, MU - Mauritius, MZ - Mozambique, NA - Namibia, RE - Reunion, SC - Seychelles, KM - Comoros, SZ - Swaziland, ZA - South Africa, ZM - Zambia, ZW - Zimbabwe
p_19 - Australia and Oceania
AS - American Samoa, AU - Australia, NZ - New Zealand, CK - Cook Islands, TL - Timor, FM - Micronesia, FJ - Fiji, PF - French Polynesia, GU - Guam, KI - Kiribati, MP - Northern Mariana Islands, MH - Marshall Islands, NR - Nauru, NC - New Caledonia, NZ - New Zealand, NU - Niue, PW - Palau, PG - Papua New Guinea, MP - Northern Mariana Islands, WS - Samoa, SB - Solomon Is., TK - Tokelau, TO - Tonga, TV - Tuvalu, VU - Vanuatu, WF - Wallis and Futuna, PN - Pitcairn Is.
p_20 - Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia
RU - Russia, KZ - Kazakhstan, MN - Mongolia
p_21 - Middle East
SA - Saudi Arabia, BH - Bahrain, CY - Cyprus, IQ - Iraq, IR - Iran, IL - Israel, PS - Palestine, JO - Jordan, YE - Yemen, KW - Kuwait, QA - Qatar, OM - Oman, LB - Lebanon, SY - Syria, TR - Turkey, AE - United Arab Emirates
p_236 - Asia excluding Middle East, Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia
AF - Afghanistan, AM - Armenia, AZ - Azerbaijan, BD - Bangladesh, BT - Bhutan, BN - Brunei, KH - Cambodia, CN - China, CX - Christmas Island, CC - Cocos Islands, IO - British Indian Ocean Territory, GE - Georgia, HK - Hong Kong, IN - India, ID - Indonesia, JP - Japan, KG - Kyrgyzstan, LA - Lao PDR, MO - Macau, MY - Malaysia, MV - Maldives, MM - Myanmar, NP - Nepal, KP - Dem. Rep. Korea, PK - Pakistan, PH - Philippines, SG - Singapore, KR - Korea, LK - Sri Lanka, TW - Taiwan, TJ - Tajikistan, TH - Thailand, TM - Turkmenistan, UZ - Uzbekistan, VN - Vietnam
Why do we only check the general regions?
The exact location is not necessary to calculate the disease probability. We use general regions as it’s sufficient for the purposes of the interview and protects the exact location of the user, increasing privacy.
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