Mobile Global Health Supercourse in the Former Soviet Union countries Eugene Shubnikov (Russia), Faina Linkov (USA), Ronald LaPorte (USA) 1 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. 2

What ways we may use for improve Health in FSU countries? Improve prevention Reach everybody Make it inexpensive 3

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Russia Internet Usage and Marketing Report YEARUsersPopulation% Pop.Usage Source 20003,100,000145,149, %ITU ,400,000141,377, %POF ,000,000140,702, %POF ,250,000140,041, %ITU ,700,000139,390, %ITU 5

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. 6

Communications in Russia 7

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Google Search for Mobile Global Health 11

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Health indices for FSU We may use YouTube too! 14

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DANTE Project 17

Phone in Turkmenistan Beeline Uzbekistan 18

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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. 20

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