We propose to train people who are skilled in both public health and telecommunications so that before emergencies they can set up the telecommunications backbone, and during the emergency they can interconnect all “stake” holders in the emergency. We would hope to establish a core of these individuals worldwide and transport them into emergency situations.
Predictor: LaPorte, Ronald
Prediction, in context:A research group representing The Global Health Network, an international group with the hope of using the Internet to establish a better world of medicine and prevention, made the following statement in a research presentation at INET ’95, the Internet Society’s 1995 International Networking Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, June 27-30. The group included Ronald LaPorte and Ingrid Libman of the University of Pittsburgh; Anthony Villasenor, NASA; Carlos Gamboa, Pan American Health Organization; Eugene Boostrom of the World Bank; Eric Marler; Francois Sauer, AT&T; Shunichi Akazawa, World Health Organization; and Caryle Glosser. They report: ”At the time of a disaster one of the – if not the most critical – needs is that of communication. In the most recent disaster of Kobe one of the primary means of communication was through the Internet. We propose to train people who are skilled in both public health and telecommunications so that before emergencies they can set up the telecommunications backbone, and during the emergency they can interconnect all ‘stake’ holders in the emergency. We would hope to establish a core of these individuals worldwide and transport them into emergency situations.”
Date of prediction: June 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Medical/Professional
Name of publication: ISOC INET '95 (conference)
Title, headline, chapter name: The Global Health Network
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.isoc.org/HMP/PAPER/231/txt/paper.txt
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