Using Smart Technology to Improve Global Health Initiatives

SID/W Panel Discussion - Using Smart Technology to Further Global Health Initiatives

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Using Smart Technology to Improve Global Health Initiatives

Suzanne RaineyAngela MiltonJoe Pringle

July 29, 2008Presented at SID/W


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Agenda

• Introductions

• Overview

• Examples

• Discussion: How can we and our communities benefit

from these tools? What are you doing at your

organization now? Where are the gaps/challenges?

Looking forward.


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Welcome to….

SID/W Global Health Internet Olympics 2008!

Stretch your mind!Test your limits!


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How Many Do We Have Today?

• Bloggers?

• LinkedIn?

• Facebook?

• Tweeters?

• Online community managers?

• Web masters?

• Twittervision


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Overview


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Growth of Internet Users


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Worldwide mobile telephone subscriptions reached 3.3 billion -- equivalent to half the global population -- on Thursday, 26 years after the first cellular network was launched

Reuters, Nov 29, 2007

Cellphone usage in Africa is growing almost twice as fast as any other region…152 million in 2006.


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“As online communities spread across the world,

Wikipedia's knowledge-sharing can free us from poverty

and ignorance.”

Jimmy Wales, founder, Wikipedia


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How is this relevant to you?

You need to:

• Run successful projects

• Facilitate knowledge sharing

• Build capacity

• Influence policy makers

• Connect with co-workers and lots of other people

• Demonstrate progress and success

Online tools aren’t THE solution, but they’re often part of the

most effective solutions in global health.


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The Internet is a Big Tool Box

SyntaxCMS

How do we USE it to improve health?


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Examples


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Blogs: Center for Global Development


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Advance Market Commitments (GAVI)


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Christine Gorman (TIME)

globalhealthreport.blogspot.com/


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Communal Libraries


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Communal Libraries / Repositories

Population and Health Infoshare - phishare.org


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Communal Libraries / Repositories

PSP-One Resource Center and Project Database – psp-one.com


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The Power of Communal Creation

World Bank: World Development Report – www.worldbank.org/wdr


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Social Media Tools


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Social Networks


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Social Media Tools – You Tube

The Davos Question: http://www.davosconversation.org"What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?"


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Ashoka’s Changemakers

“Open sourcing social solutions.”


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DailyStrength.org

“…the largest, most comprehensive health network of people sharing their advice, treatment experiences, and support.”


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Create Your Own Social Network

Ning.com


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Interaction & Collaboration Online

Tools to help people:• understand data, •manage knowledge, and • collaborate with each other


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Interaction Online - Data Mapping Tools

Gapminder.org


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Interaction Online – Data Mapping

Hs2020.org


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New Breed Tools for Internal Collaboration

Better, cheaper, easier…


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Pick the right tool for your needs

Project management

Discussions / Groups

Data

Web Office

Basecamp

Yahoo groups

ProjectSpaces

Social Text

Near Time

File management

Google groups

Zoho Project

Google SS

Central Desktop

Zoho CreatorLiquid Planner

4Shared

DabbleDB


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Data Management – Google Spreadsheets


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Project Management - ProjectSpaces


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File management – Scribd


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Wikis - Socialtext


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Discussions and e-mail lists – Google Groups


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A New Reality (as seen on CNN)


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Adoption and use

• People will only use it if:A) they want to

B) they have to


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Approach to selecting the right tool

• Survey or interview users• Understand what they want to share• Prioritize “scenarios”• Pilot test


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Pay attention to the people part

• Explain why you are using the tool• Define expectations for participating• Help them get started


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Discussion

• How can the community benefit from these tools?

• What are you already doing?

• What are challenges do you face, or foresee in adopting

new technologies?

Thanks!

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