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1 1 IEA meeting, Aug. 2011 Edinburgh Scotland

2 2 The objectives of the IEA are to: … Promote the communication of epidemiological methods and findings amongst epidemiologists throughout the world as well as amongst all others concerned with health. - - Improve the dissemination of epidemiological findings nationally and internationally. - Improve the recruitment, education and training of epidemiologists….

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5 Janice Dorman, Ph.D. Director Molecular Epidemiology Ronald LaPorte, Ph.D. Director Disease Monitoring and Telecommunications WHO Collaborating Center

6 6 What do we need to improve global health? Effective Cheap Ubiquitous Acceptable Sustainable

7 7 Effective Cheap Ubiquitous Acceptable Sustainable

8 8 Large Multidisciplinary Network Open Source PowerPoint Lecture Library Distribution System to Educators Continuous Quality Improvement

9 9 Lectures Network: 46,000 in 172 countries

10 10 Global Training in Public Health Number trained/ year in SPHs <10,000 Supercourse trained last year = 6,000,000 H1N1 lecture = 50,000,000

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12 12 nanos gigantum humeris insidentes Standing on the shoulders of Giants

13 13 For every Epidemiologist there are 240 Clinicians

14 14 For every epidemiologist there are 24 Morticians

15 15 JHU Tokyo U. MOH Mexico LaPlata Chenni Moscow State. Beijing Cambridge Uni South Carolina Theran U Medical Schools Public Health Nursing Agriculture Ministries of Health National Libraries

16 16 What is the most important educational Technology of the 21 st century? On the web

17 17 Institute of Public Health Research Tehran University of Medical Sciences Disaster Supercourse Ali Ardalan For the Supercourse Team

18 18 Lectures in 10 hrs, Translated Into Japanese and 11 other languages Earthquake, Tsunami, Nuclear lectures First Scientific lecture on disaster Leading Japan Disaster lecture Japan JIT

19 19 Supercourse Mirror Sites Mirrored Servers in 86 countries Egypt, Mozambique, Iran, China, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Israel

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22 22 Numbers of People (billions)and Numbers of Cell Phones Tipping Point People = Cells

23 23 Mobile-Global Health = Reaching of Billions of people world wide to improve Global health and prevention using Mobile technology, and education

24 24 There are 1.5 cell phones for every European There is one cell phone for every 2.4 people in Africa There are more cell phones then toothbrushes

25 25 Eugene Shubnikov, M.D. Russia Skype Snapshot

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27 27 Reaching the unreached

28 28 Reaching the unreached: Disabled

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31 31 http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/globalhealth/mobileGHScourse.htm

32 32 Directory of Apps for Global Health and Science http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/globalhealth/appsMobilePhones.htm

33 33 EPIDEMIOLOGY.url Apple App Store Downloads on iTunes-- Medical - A thru Z.url http://itunes.apple.com/us/genre/ios-medical/id6020?mt=8&letter=E&page=1#page e.g. Epidemic: the Past, Present and Future of the Diseases that Made Us Epidemiology and Biostatistics Epidemiology Glossary EpidemRisk Epidemiology and Biostatistics - iPhone Apps Plus.url iPhone Apps - Epidemiology and Biostatistics.url Top 25 BlackBerry Apps for Public Health Professionals.url Top 25 Google Android Apps for Public Health Professionals.url 50 Excellent Public Health Web Sites Worth Bookmarking.url Department of Health and Human Services releases first Public Health app for patients iMedicalApps.url Ushahidi apps uses Crowdmapping to collect instant public health data iMedicalApps.url Public Health News for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store.url Track bed bugs with new iPhone app ajc.com.url 5-Minute Colon Test Slashes Deaths - Courant.com.url Api-demiology

34 34 Mobile Global Health Components Supercourse App, lecture to Mobile and world Mobile-Global Surveillance I-Phones and Pico Projectors Expert Knowledge Reachback Global Telehouse Inspection Supercourse-Media link Teaching the world about global health JIT Disaster Knowledge Academic-Industry partnerships Global Surveys

35 35 Ali Ardaldin Iran Sunita Dodani US/Pakistan Jesse Hung China Ronald LaPorte US Mita Lovalekar US/India Faina Linkov US/Ukraine Eric Marler US Nicholas Padilla Mexico Kawkab Shishani Jordan Francois Sauer US Eugene Shubnikov Russia Ali Soni Jesse Ron Faina Mita Nicholas Kawkab Francois Eugene Eric

36 36 Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela

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38 38 www.pitt.edu/~super1/ super1@Pitt.edu


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