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Global Public Health Campus

Global Public Health Campus. “Sharing the World’s Health Knowledge”. Center for International Rural & Environmental Health. Center for International Rural & Environmental Health. Web-conferencing Applications. Remote Students Remote Guest Speakers Seminars/Conferences

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Global Public Health Campus

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  1. Global Public Health Campus “Sharing the World’s Health Knowledge” Center for International Rural & Environmental Health

  2. Center for International Rural & Environmental Health Web-conferencing Applications • Remote Students • Remote Guest Speakers • Seminars/Conferences • Project Management • Research Initiatives • Faculty Meetings • Instructor Office Hours • Tutoring / Counseling • Blended Learning • Professional Development • Global Knowledge Sharing • Medical Consultations

  3. SHORTFALL: 2.4 million health service providers 1.9 million management and support workers ??? public health workforce World Health Report 2006

  4. Solutions Through Online Learning Thomas M Cook The University of Iowa College of Public Health

  5. World Population: 6,606,971,659 World Internet Users: 1,319,872,109 = 20.0% African Population: 941,249,130 African Internet Users: 44,361,940 = 4.7% Although 20% of the world’s population uses the Internet, there are great disparities in access.

  6. 630 0.004 US: Canada: 520 0.003 95 0.05 Users/1000 population Proportion of average salary 152 0.19 58 0.04 36 0.05 68 0.05 16 2.0 7 1.1 4 0.9 2 5.1 46 0.44 4 2.6 33 0.74 77 1.2 5 2.7 38 1.1 2 1.7 11 0.93 18 0.63 20 5.0 3 5.1 5 0.71 17 4.3 15 0.54 50 0.49 2 0.58 49 1.5 11 32 1.7 13 1.1 48 0.1 131 1.5 2 9.3 6 1.6 9 3.3 5 6.2 249 0.05 11 0.29 7 1.3 20 1.6 77 0.84 4 3.1 5 1.9 34 0.05 37 0.2 146 0.04 32 0.27 109 0.16 24 0.49 Based on data from the World Bank: www.worldbank.org

  7. Countries with the greatest need for health workers are those countries with the least Internet resources. www.internetworldstats.com www.who.int/globalatlas

  8. Low-bandwidth Web-conferencing • High resolution graphics • Two-way audio • Video window capability • Uses slower-speed internet • Multi-site capability • Recordable • Interactive features & tools

  9. Center for International Rural & Environmental Health Partners & Participants in the Global Health Campus (partial list, April 2009) • World Health Organization • World Federation of Public Health Associations • World Dental Federation • US NIH (Fogarty International Center, National Institute for • Child Health & Human Development • United Kingdom Global Health Partnerships Program • American Public Health Association • European Public Health Association • Canadian Public Health Association • Aga Khan Development Network • Afro-European Medical and Research Network • Ann Sullivan Center on Pediatric Disabilities, Lima Peru • Iowa Sister States HIV/AIDS Palliative Care in Tanzania • Pan-African Thoracic Society • UI Ponseti International Association (Clubfoot) • ………

  10. Global Public Health Campus Connection Sites July 2008 – May 2009

  11. AFRO-EUROPEAN MEDICAL AND RESEARCH NETWORK www.aemrnetwork.ch Where AEMRN is active Where AEMRN has project

  12. Thomas M Cook, PhD The University of Iowa, USA

  13. Life Span Institute K U Seminars on Children with “Special Abilites” • 4 conferences • 34 sites • 8 countries • 5000 participants ESPAÑA GUATEMALA ECUADOR PERU BRASIL BOLIVIA ARGENTINA Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú CASP https://globalcampus.uiowa.edu/play_recording.html?recordingId=1171222223139_1240028160433

  14. Clubfoot Consultations Patient in Dehli, India Medical consultants in Iowa, USA Age 2 yrs. Following Correction

  15. Global Public Health Campus “Sharing the World’s Health Knowledge” Center for International Rural & Environmental Health

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