Mobile Global Health Supercourse in the Former Soviet
Union countries
Eugene Shubnikov (Russia),
Faina Linkov (USA),
Ronald LaPorte (USA)
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Суперкурс Глобального Здравоохранения в странах Бывшего Советского Союза с использованием мобильных устройств
Education and information sharing is important to preventing all forms of
diseases and conditions.
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What ways we may use for What ways we may use for improve Health in FSU countries?improve Health in FSU countries?
• Improve prevention
• Reach everybody
• Make it inexpensive
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RussiaInternet Usage and Marketing Report
YEAR Users Population % Pop. Usage Source
2000 3,100,000 145,149,035 2.1 % ITU
2007 29,400,000 141,377,752 20.8 % POF
2008 38,000,000 140,702,094 27.0 % POF
2009 45,250,000 140,041,247 32.3 % ITU
2010 59,700,000 139,390,205 42.8 % ITU5
Internet and Mobile Users • By June 2010, the number of Internet users in
Russia reached 59,7 millions or 43% of total population, offering a unique opportunity to utilize internet pathways for disease prevention in FSU.
• But…there are about 1,33 cell phones for every one person living in Russia.
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Communications in Russia
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10http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/globalhealth/mobileGHScourse.htm
Google Search for Mobile Global Health
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http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/globalhealth/appsMobilePhones.htm
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Health indices for FSUWe may useYouTube too!
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DANTE Project
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Future Steps• We want to marry our work with
those interested in Mobile Technology to build a new discipline called FSU Mobile Global Health.
• Mobile communications and
the Internet are among the most dynamic sectors of the economy in FSU countries.
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Thank you!