Nuestro colega Pablo Cabrera Barona, profesor del módulo ‘Estadística Espacial’ del Programa de Maestría en SIG de UNIGIS América Latina, participó exitosamente en el AGIT 2014- Simposio y Exposición de Geoinformática Aplicada, que tuvo lugar del 2 al 4 de julio en la Universidad de Salzburgo, Austria. Felicitamos a Pablo por su gran representación y compartimos a continuación el artículo completo que dio origen a su ponencia: "A Multiple Deprivation Index and Its Relation to Health Services Accessibility in a Rural Area of Ecuador". 
Abstract: This study produced a Multiple Deprivation Index (MDI) from census information in a rural area, north-west of the Metropolitan District of Quito (MDQ), Ecuador. The index developed uses selected socio-demographic information that represents social deprivation. First, a set of indicators was chosen, and then an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was applied to calculate weights for each indicator. The MDI was calculated using an additive linear combination of the weighted indicators. Finally, using ordinary least squares (OLS), the index values were related to
distances from each census area to the nearest health service to find
relations between deprivation and distances to these kinds of services. Results showed that health services are located in less deprived areas, nevertheless no complete relation was founded between the index and distances to health services. En octubre la cita es en el FORO MUNDO UniGIS 2014. Conozca las pautas de participación en su país y vincúlese a la Comunidad de la Geoinformación y los SIG más activa en América Latina.
