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Global Health Network

Global Health Network. Ronald LaPorte for the GHNet. Reading. 1990 Paradigm Shifts. Molecular Biology- PCR Transfer of Information-. The Internet. HISTORY. Time Trends Vint Cerf , one of the fathers of the Internet. Time to Reach 50 million people. 38 Years, Radio

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Global Health Network

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  1. Global Health Network Ronald LaPorte for the GHNet Reading

  2. 1990 Paradigm Shifts • Molecular Biology- PCR • Transfer of Information- The Internet

  3. HISTORY • Time Trends • Vint Cerf, one of the fathers of the Internet

  4. Time to Reach 50 million people • 38 Years, Radio • 13 Years, Television • 10 Years, Cable Television • 5 Years, Internet

  5. Global Health Network Connect Everyone in Prevention Worldwide

  6. Telepreventive Medicine Low band width, inexpensive, Information sharing, reaching large number of well people for preventing disease Telemedicine High band width, expensive, information transmission, reaching small number of sick people for curing disease

  7. Changing Uses of Computers Traditional Data Analysis and Word Processing Communication

  8. The Computer Network Collective Intelligence

  9. Top 100 PC Magazine, 1996 Top 6 Global Information Infrastructure Awards 55 Publications

  10. The Future of Prevention • Ability to find information • Collecting of Data in Many Places • Communication with resource people • Networking with people in and out of public health • Global health network

  11. NASA and NASDA Technology Transfer to Global Health • Global Expertise • Secure Networks • Satellite connectivity

  12. Global Health Network Components • Connectivity • Telemonitoring of Diseases • Global Health Network University • Networking NGOs • Cyber-docs • GHNet • Homepage • Global Health Network Information Server

  13. African Connectivity 5 Countries 1995 20 Countries 1998

  14. Global Disease Telemonitoring

  15. Capture- Recapture Internet Rapid, Accurate Monitoring of Communicable and NCDs

  16. “Distance education programs are usually much less expensive than conventional university programs” World Bank Report, 1994 GHN-U

  17. The Death of Biomedical Journals Readings: 1, 2 British Medical Journal

  18. Public MS Labs Diabetes Health Lupus Cancer GHNet Home Page: One-Stop shopping for Public Health

  19. Cyberdocs • Trained in telepreventive medicine. • Go to areas to set up prevention networks

  20. Targeted Access Server • Science -- Uganda, Chile, China • NEJM -- Thailand, Georgia, parts of Mongolia • BMJ -- Canary Islands, Tunisia, and my house • Who will have access is the decision of the Journals

  21. The Future?

  22. Multilingual VersionScientific Communications English Japanese Portuguese Spanish German Korean

  23. Enhancement of human ability to construct physical objects Enhancement of human ability to construct mental objects: Collective Intelligence and Creativity

  24. Information Superhighway Global Health

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