<<April 4, 2007>>
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Rita Hindin, Ph.D., MPH <rhindin@gmail.com>

Professor Salim S. Abdool Karim <karims1@ukzn.ac.za>

Maurice Mars  MBChB, MD <mars@ukzn.ac.za>

P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D., Professor <tapio.varis@uta.fi>

Heikki Hallantie <heikki.hallantie@tkk.fi>

Dr. Edward A. Friedman <FRIEDMAN@STEVENS-TECH.EDU>


Dear Rita:

(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I).

It is certainly my great honor to be introduced to Prof. Karim and Prof. Mars at this occasion.

Dear Prof. Karim and Prof. Mars:

(2) I am very delighted to know your strong interest in our Global University System (GUS) project.

Tapio Varis, the Acting President of our GUS, just came back from South Africa where he was responsible for a Finnish higher education evaluation team & cooperation with South Africa (Prof. Heikki Hallantie was one delegate, too).

When I met Prof. Hallantie in Ankara, Turkey last October, he told me that he was receiving a group of delegates from about a dozen universities in South Africa, and he would introduce them our GUS for their possible creation of GUS/South Africa — though I havenÕt heard about their activities since then yet.


(3) As for your reference, pls visit the following papers, albeit they are similar;

(a) "Globally Collaborative Innovation Network with Global University System," Paper for Learning Technology, IEEE Computer Society, Vol. 8, Issue 3, July, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/fuwg6

(b) "Global University System for Engineering Education in the Age of Globalization"; European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 31, No.3, June 2006, Pages 339-348 (pdf file, 2 MB)
http://tinyurl.com/wfkr6

(c) Utsumi, T. (2005); "Global E-Learning for Global Peace with Global University System," Paper for the forthcoming publication "Communication and Learning in the Multicultural World," University of Tampere, Finland, (Edited by Pekka Ruohotie), to celebrate the 60th birthday of the GUS Acting President Tapio Varis in June 2006; December 29, 2005
http://tinyurl.com/nevvj

(d) Takeshi Utsumi, P. Tapio Varis, and W. R. Klemm
"Creating Global University System"
http://tinyurl.com/sfgm7

This is in the following book;

Global Peace Through The Global University System
Tapio Varis - Takeshi Utsumi - William Klemm (Eds.)
University of Tampere, Finland 2003
ISBN 951-44-5695-5
The entire contents of this book can be retrieved at;
http://tinyurl.com/kofpf

In the bottom line of this page, you can find the following;
ÒInterview with Takeshi UtsumiÓ by Parker Rossman


(4) Should you wish to create GUS/South Africa, pls follow the procedures I suggested to our Polish colleagues in the Item (9) of the following list distribution;

(02/17/07) Possible creation of GUS/Poland
http://tinyurl.com/28fhvv


The essence is for your higher educational and healthcare institutions to form a consortium so that high cost of optical fiber broadband Internet line to outside world would be shared for drastic cost reduction.  I think that this would go along with Prof. MarsÕ contention that Òthere should be as much collaboration between projects in Africa as possible.Ó  Such consortium would also absolutely be necessary to get the Japanese governmentÕs Official Development Assistance (ODA) fund <Financing copy.pdf> <http://tinyurl.com/23elmm> — average about US$ 25 to 50 million/country/year.

BTW, I have been requested from the IDRC of Canada to get a US$ 1 million donation from the Japanese government to the Association of African Universities (AAU) so that members of higher educational institutions consortium [National Education and Research Network (NREN)] in various African countries (which the AAU is now organizing) would get discounted price to access EASSY optical fiber submarine line along the eastern African coast.

Japanese government is now doubling their aids to African countries.  They will also inaugurate Noguchi Prize next year, which would be equivalent to Nobel Prize with US$ 1.5 million for those people who contributed to the advancement of medicine and healthcare in Africa.  As you may know, Noguchi, a Japanese, was killed by yellow fever in Ghana while he was working on its vaccine.

(5) Pls visit <http://tinyurl.com/35zedj> to find the followings;

(a) South Africa:

(01/14/07) Seminar Announcement on "Capacity Crisis for Service Delivery in Southern Africa"
http://tinyurl.com/36rxnl

This seminar was held at Ed FriedmanÕs school — he is now working with higher educational institutions in several southern African countries.


(b) Forming worldwide consortium on continuing medical education:

(02/02/07) Workshop of Project Globe CPD and Globe EduHealth Institute and Healthcare Project in Altai Region, Siberia, Russia
http://tinyurl.com/3ycr5o


(c) E-health/telemedicine project proposal of GUS/Siberia:

ÒImprovement of Community, Maternal and Child Healthcare in Altai Region, Siberia, RussiaÓ
http://tinyurl.com/2tt488

And

(02/21/07) Next steps of e-healthcare/telemedicine project of GUS/Siberia
http://tinyurl.com/2ebecj

And

(02/23/07) E-health projects in Kazakhstan, Altai/Siberia and Kosovo
http://tinyurl.com/397odw

(d) Kazakhstan:

(02/19/07) Possible e-health project in Kazakhstan
http://tinyurl.com/2n6daz

with

Draft project proposal on the creation of the Central Asia HIV Research Center
http://tinyurl.com/2779vg

(f) Kosovo:

(02/20/07)-B Telemedicine project of Kosovo
http://tinyurl.com/34ekzd


(g) Kenya:

(02/13/07) Fund raising for e-Healthcare projects of GUS/Siberia and of Kenya Ministry of Health
http://tinyurl.com/2xnhux


(h) Mano River Union (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Cote dÕlvoire):

GUS/Sierra Leone
http://tinyurl.com/2ku9b8


(i) GUS/Nigeria:

<http://tinyurl.com/2w42nh>


(j) General:

(02/11/07) Valuable info on e-Healthcare from WHO, WorldVistA and Ink Media
http://tinyurl.com/yvd5nv

 

(6) Lastly, I took the liberty of admitting you into our list so that you will be kept updated with our daily progress.  Pls enjoy reading it.

Pls feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Keep in touch.

Best, Tak

ATTACHMENT I


------ Forwarded Message
> From: Rita Hindin <rhindin@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:59:28 -0500
> To: Takeshi Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
> Cc: Maurice Mars <mars@ukzn.ac.za>, Salim Abdool Karim <ssa16@columbia.edu>
> Subject: Fwd: per our phone conversation, info on GUS
>
> Again warm greetings Takeshi,
>
> I am sorry that it has taken me this long to forward Dr Maurice Mars'
> e-mail to you.
>
> I invite you to respond to him directly and to please cc me and Salim
> Abdool Karim, a South African physician with a dual appointment at the
> University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Columbia University who
> made the introduction. Slim is a close colleague of Zena's.
>
> Maybe one day the GUS-East Africa initiative we are proposing will
> benefit from a South African GUS tele-medicine/tele-education in
> health services initiative!
>
>
> Good night and best regards,
>
> Rita
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Maurice Mars <MARS@ukzn.ac.za>
> Date: Feb 12, 2007 9:12 AM
> Subject: Re: per our phone conversation, info on GUS
> To: rhindin@gmail.com
>
>
> Dear Rita,
>
> I was forwarded an email by Slim Abdool Karim, relating to the Global
> University. I head the Dept of TeleHealth at the medical school at the
> University of KwaZulu-Natal. Part of my job is to set up both
> telemedicine services and tele-education services in health - both of
> which we are doing. We currently run over 700 hours a year of
> videoconferenced postgraduate medical education out of our medical
> school to sites in our province, other provinces and other countries
> and we are awaiting confirmation of a grant that will extend our
> teaching to several new African countries over the next three years.
>
> I am very interested to participate in the Global University, which I
> have obviously heard about. I have done some work for the Rwandan
> Government on setting up telemedicine and tele-education and would
> love to see their involvement in the GUS. With the major problems
> facing Africa I am firm believer that there should be as much
> collaboration between projects in Africa as possible
>
> I look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Regards
>
> Maurice
>
>
> ***********************************************
> Maurice Mars  MBChB, MD
> Professor and Head of Tele-Health
> Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine
> University of KwaZulu-Natal
> South Africa
> ph   +27 31 260 4543
> fax  +27 31 260 4737
> email mars@ukzn.ac.za
>
>>>> Salim Karim 01/16/07 6:34 AM >>>
> Thanks, Rita. Good chatting to you - sorry I had to leave to catch my
> flight home. The University of KwaZulu-Natal has a telemedicine
> programme and I am copying Dr Mars, who leads this, so that he can
> follow-up directly with you if he is interested.
>
>
> Slim
>
>
> ************************************************
> Professor Salim S. Abdool Karim
> Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of KwaZulu-Natal
> Director: CAPRISA - Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa
> Professor in Clinical Epidemiology, Columbia University
> Adjunct Professor in Medicine, Cornell University
>
> Contact address:
> CAPRISA - Doris Duke Medical Research Institute (2nd Floor)
> Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine
> University of KwaZulu-Natal
> Private Bag X7
> Congella
> 4013   Durban
> South Africa
> Tel:  +27-31-2604550
> Fax: +27-31-2604548
> E-mail: karims1@ukzn.ac.za
> ****************************************************

List of Distribution


Rita Hindin, Ph.D., MPH
Consultant in Epidemiology and Public Health
6 Franklin Street
Shelburne Falls, MA 01370
(h) 413-625-9528
(c) 413 329-1518
rhindin@gmail.com

Professor Salim S. Abdool Karim
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of KwaZulu-Natal
Director: CAPRISA - Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa
Professor in Clinical Epidemiology, Columbia University
Adjunct Professor in Medicine, Cornell University

Contact address:
CAPRISA - Doris Duke Medical Research Institute (2nd Floor)
Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Private Bag X7
Congella
4013   Durban
South Africa
Tel:  +27-31-2604550
Fax: +27-31-2604548
E-mail: karims1@ukzn.ac.za

Maurice Mars  MBChB, MD
Professor and Head of Tele-Health
Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine
University of KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
ph   +27 31 260 4543
fax  +27 31 260 4737
email mars@ukzn.ac.za

P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D., Professor
Acting President, Global University System
UNESCO Chair in Global e-Learning with applications to multiple domains
Professor and Chair of Media Education
Research Center for Vocational Education & Hypermedia Laboratory
University of Tampere
P.O.Box 229
FIN-13101 Hameenlinna
FINLAND
Tel: +358-3-614-5608--office in Hameenlinna
Tel: +358-3-215 6243--mass media lab in Tampere
GSM: +3358-50-567-9833
Fax: +358-3-614-5611
tapio.varis@uta.fi
tapio.varis@hamk.fi
tapio.varis@helsinki.fi
http://www.uta.fi/~titava
www.ecml-eu.org -- about ECML project.
http://www.uta.fi/conference/mediaskills/
and
Principal Research Specialist
Unesco-Unevoc International Centre for Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
Gorresstr 15
53113 Bonn, Germany
Tel: +358-335-51-3608
Fax: +358-335-51-3611
t.varis@unevoc.unesco.org
www.unevoc.unesco.org

Heikki Hallantie
Development Expert
Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli
Teaching and Learning Development
Helsinki University of Technology
P.O. Box 8000
FI‑02015 HUT, Finland
phone +358 9 451 4036
fax 358 9 451 4060
gsm +358 50 309 6466
heikki.hallantie@tkk.fi

Dr. Edward A. Friedman
Director
Center for Technology Management in Global Development
Professor of Technology Management
Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point on Hudson
Hoboken, NJ 07030
201-216-5188
Cel: 917-476-1977
Fax: 201-216-5385
EIES No. 1871
FRIEDMAN@STEVENS-TECH.EDU
http://howe.stevens.edu/global
http://howe.stevens.edu/index.php?id=572 — bio

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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA                           *
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