Global Health & the Internet: How Can We Save More Lives? November 13, 2007 Web Executive Seminar

“ Global Health & The Internet” What’s the connection?

The Statistics: Users Worldwide: 1.3 billion

The Statistics: Users

Global Health Statistics AIDS: 2 million / year TB: 2 million / year Malaria: 1 million / year Childbirth / Pregnancy: 1 woman / minute Diarrhea and Pneumonia: 4 million children / year

AIDS: 2 million / year

TB: 2 million / year

Malaria: 1 million / year

Childbirth / Pregnancy: 1 woman / minute

Diarrhea and Pneumonia: 4 million children / year

Some Good News Bill Gates, Newsweek Oct. 1, 2007: GAVI Alliance: immunized 100 million children, averting 600,000 deaths in 2006 Vaccine Advanced Market Commitments: $1 billion (www.vaccineamc.org) Global Fund: saves 3,000 lives / day Nothing But Nets: $14 million / 1.4 million bed nets

Bill Gates, Newsweek Oct. 1, 2007:

GAVI Alliance: immunized 100 million children, averting 600,000 deaths in 2006

Vaccine Advanced Market Commitments: $1 billion (www.vaccineamc.org)

Global Fund: saves 3,000 lives / day

Nothing But Nets: $14 million / 1.4 million bed nets

The Challenges Factors: Policy Science Funding Priorities Delivery Tools: Knowledge Management Data Sharing Communication Collaboration

Factors:

Policy

Science

Funding

Priorities

Delivery

Tools:

Knowledge Management

Data Sharing

Communication

Collaboration

Our Distinguished Panel Barry Bunin, PhD, Collaborative Drug Discovery Shannon Raybold, UN Foundation, NothingButNets.org Enó Isong, Kaiser Family Foundation Clark Freifeld, Harvard University / HealthMap.org Patricia Abbott, RN, PhD, Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery, JHU

Barry Bunin, PhD, Collaborative Drug Discovery

Shannon Raybold, UN Foundation, NothingButNets.org

Enó Isong, Kaiser Family Foundation

Clark Freifeld, Harvard University / HealthMap.org

Patricia Abbott, RN, PhD, Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery, JHU

Thank you!

Thank you!