1. Almaz Sharman, MD Sholpan Askarova, Ph.D. Faina Linkov, PhD Ronald LaPorte, PhD and the Supercourse team Development of Central Asian Supercourse in Kazakhstan Exchanging knowledge along the Silk Road Prepared by Dr. Linkov

2. What is the Supercourse? SUPERCOURSE-global library of 5150 PowerPoint lectures on prevention and public health, shared for free by over 50,000 faculty members in 174 countries. www.pitt.edu/~super1

3. Teacher in Alexandria Teacher in Kazakhstan Teacher in Havana Teacher in Pittsburgh Teacher in San Francisco Supercourse Model: lecture sharing Teacher in Bolivia

4. Large Multidisciplinary Network Open Source PowerPoint Lecture Library Distribution System to Educators Continuous Quality Improvement 9/14/20154

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6. Golden lecture of prevention: example of single lecture available in multiple languages

7. Science Supercourse at the Library of Alexandria is designed to expand beyond the topics of Health and Preventive Medicine, to encompass other areas of science: Environment Agriculture Computer Engineering Health Science Supercourse, Library of Alexandria

8. Gil Omenn Former President AAAS Vint Cerf, Father of Internet Ismail Sergeldan, Director Library of Alexandria Advisory Board Ron LaPorte, Professor, Supercourse Founder Francois Sauer CEO, Trans Am Group

9. Science Supercourse site

10. Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Continuing diffusion of innovation along the ancient silk road Reaching the unreached: Moving Science Supercourse Efforts to Central Asia.

12. Central Asian History: Silk Road

13. Silk Road and Diffusion of Innovation Samarkand, Uzbekistan Silk Road as a global network of people, goods, ideas, beliefs and inventions. Linking people together

14. KAZAKHSTAN HEALTH PROFILE year 2002 Kazakhstan and Supercourse’s Team Supercourse’s

15. Goals of the Central Asian Supercourse Empower teachers Development of Scientific Network Improve Scientific Productivity through the establishment of a new journal Improve access to free digital libraries Improve teleconferencing abilities Development of Lecture library Kazakhstan –US Science collaboration

16. Empowering Educators world wide with state of the art lecture content Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan

17. Nazarbayev University

18. Development of Scientific Network Karaganda University Tajik State Medical University

20. Central Asian Journal of Global Health

21. Linking with CAREN and DANTE? Thanks to the interconnection with its pan-European counterpart GÉANT, CAREN allows researchers, educators and students across the region not only to collaborate among each other but also to engage in exciting joint projects with their peers in Europe and in other parts of the world.

23. Improved access to digital libraries

24. Advantages of digital libraries No physical boundary. Multiple access Easy retrieval Preservation and conservation? Space Added value (such as quality images) Easily accessible.

25. Supercourse Network, Central Asia

26. CA and Kazakhstan Network (2011-2012)

27. Training workshop Astana, Kazakhstan July 9-13, 2012

28. Availability of lectures of the Supercourse, both online and CDs Offers a golden chance for both staff and students to access knowledge and available materials Professor Sulaiman, Khartoum, Sudan

29. 29 Numbers of People (billions)and Numbers of Cell Phones Tipping Point 6.7 B People = 6.7 B Cells 9/14/201529

30. Future directions: mHealth ?

31. Future steps Sustainable network in Central Asia Newly established collaborations between institutions in Central Asia and Library of Alexandria Incubation of new journals Joint research, publications, and teaching

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33. 33 Reaching the unreached 9/14/201533

34. 34 Reaching the unreached: Disabled 9/14/201534

35. Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela Prevention education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the Health of the world. Supercourse team 9/14/201535

36. This project is made possible by the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the sole responsibility of the University of Pittsburgh and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.