medbr: Geographic Health Data Sets of Brazil

medbr is a computational package for visualizing public health data in Brazil in geospatial format. The package includes a geospatial data functions available with variable parameters to obtain a geospatial visualization of the data.

The package is currently available in Python. (Arrumar links)

Python	Repo

Installation Python

pip install medbr

Windows users:

conda create -n geo_env
conda activate geo_env  
conda config --env --add channels conda-forge  
conda config --env --set channel_priority strict  
conda install python=3 geopandas
conda install python=3 folium  
pip install medbr

Basic Usage

The syntax of all medbr functions operates on the same logic, making it intuitive to generate views. See some examples here.

Functions

Function	Group	Description	Source
medbr.facilities(cidade, type)	Health Infrastructure	National Registry of Health Establishments (CNES). You can parameterize the city (default: Brazil) and the type of establishment (default: all)	CNES
medbr.beds(state)	Health Infrastructure	Plots the locations with hospital beds (2023) and their quantities. You can parameterize the state (default: Brazil)	Open Data Portal
medbr.heatmap.covid(city, date initial, date final)	COVID	Plot the heat map for the COVID vaccination campaign. Being able to parameterize the city (default: Brazil) and the time interval (default: the entire base)	Open Data Portal
medbr.heatmap.vaccine.covid(city, date initial, date final, brand)	COVID	Plot the heat map for the COVID vaccination campaign. Being able to parameterize the vaccine brand, the city (default: Brazil) and the time interval (default: the entire base)	Open Data Portal
medbr.heatmap.vaccine.fm(city, date initial, date final, sex)	COVID	Plot the heat map for the COVID vaccination campaign. Being able to parameterize the gender (female or male), the city (default: Brazil) and the time interval (default: the entire base)	Open Data Portal
medbr.mortality(state, date initial, date final)	Population Health	Plots the intensity map by city for the mortality rate. Being able to parameterize the state (default: Brazil) and the time interval (default: the entire base)	Open Data Portal
medbr.birth(state, date initial, date final)	Population Health	Plot the intensity map by city for the birth rate. Being able to parameterize the state (default: Brazil) and the time interval (default: the entire base)	Open Data Portal
medbr.sanitation(state, illness)	Population Health	Plots the intensity map by city for the National Basic Sanitation Survey (PNSB). Being able to parameterize the state (default: Brazil) and the type of disease affected (default: all)	Open Data Portal
medbr.plancoverage(state, provider)	Complementary Health	Plots the cities where the providers have coverage. Parameterize the state (default: Brazil) and the provider (default: all)	Open Data Portal
medbr.beneficiaries(state, provider)	Complementary Health	Plot the intensity map by city according to the concentration of beneficiaries. Parameterize the state (default: Brazil) and the provider (default: all)	Open Data Portal

Contributing to medbr

If you would like to contribute to medbr and add new functions or data sets, please check this guide to propose your contribution.