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Improving Global Health Research Kazakhstan
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Global Health and KZ Apple to Apple to World
KZ-US Global Health Team
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Janice Dorman, Ph.D.DirectorMolecular
EpidemiologyRonald LaPorte, Ph.D.DirectorDisea
se Monitoring and Telecommunications
WHO Collaborating Centre
GSPH
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Improving KZ global health research, KZ, US
collaboration

• KZ/Central Asia Network of Scientists (1400)
• Supercourse (50,000 faculty from 174 countries,
  5600 PowerPoint lectures)
• Short term Research Methods training
• Central Asia Journal of Global Health
• KZ research methods Facebook help desk

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Goals
A leading Center for Global Health, in KZ, CA
and world Doubling of Research productivity Improv
e KZ Global Publication
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Global Health Introduction to Research Methods in
the Era of the Internet Workshop Nazarbayev
University, Astana, Kazakhstan
                                                  
                             
                                                  
                     
Day 1 July 9, 2012 Day 2 July 10, 2012   Day 3 July 11, 2012 Day 4 July 12, 2012 Day 5 July 13, 2012
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Kazakstan-US Collaboration
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KZ Center and Global Health
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KZ Apple to Apple Global Health
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Kazakstan Building Research Methods Capacity in
Central Asia and the World u
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80 of all Scientific Articles are Turned down
because of Poor Research Methods
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Stataphobia
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For every Biostatician there are 800 Clinicians
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Problem Very little statistical capacity In
the Central Asian countries and the world Result
1 Poor research design and analysis Result 2
Limited scientific publication
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KZ HelpDesk
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Help Desk A Service the provides information and
assistance concerning research methods
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Brilliant scientific Idea from KZ investigator
How do I test it?
Kazakhstan BA Supercourse Help Desk for Research
methods
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Facebook help desk

• Million of users to Facebook all over the world
• Users from all the world can use Facebook as
  social network to know each other, to answer
  research questions

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https//www.facebook.com/TheBaSuperhelpDesk
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• The first step is to create a Kazakhstan research
  methods Facebook page to assist researchers in
  Kazakhstan and CA

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Countries interested in establishing a National
Help Desk Egypt India Iran Lebanon Nepal Nigeria
Pakistan Philippines Sudan Tanzania Uganda
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400 Gray/No Haired experts
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Kazakhstan taking on the world of science
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Kazakhstan
A Global Health Leader
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Apples and advanced technology
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you
can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela

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