BMJ 1994;309:736-737 (17 September)

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Global public health and the information superhighway Epidemiologists are using the internet

EDITOR, - Ronald LaPorte and colleagues presented an impressive, though not unrealistic vision of an electronic future for public health.1 Many of us in public health have used Internet in some of the ways suggested.

In 1990 an electronic network for research and teaching in public health was established among epidemiologists in Hungary, Canada, Norway, Israel, and Australia.2 In 1991, to facilitate a European Community funded TEMPUS (Trans European Mobility Programme for University Studies) project aimed at developing education for a new public health in Hungary, we set up a listserver at the University of Western Ontario, Canada, linking 16 partners in six countries.3 This electronic mailing list has provided a mode of communication between partners, enabling rapid transfer of information and discussion of the project, as well as development of presentations and publications.

More recently, in Newcastle, a listserver has been set up as a part of the Mailbase . . . [Full text of this article]


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