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The growing number and scope of emergency situations have resulted in the loss of multiple lives. The use of modern information and communication technologies (ICTs) and ICT applications, such as telemedicine, during emergency situations provides an efficient means to improve disaster preparedness and to increase the efficacy of search-and-rescue operations, thus reducing human and economic losses.
This ITU Seminar on Readiness for Emergency Situations and Liquidation of Their Consequences with Use of Telemedicine and e-Health
examined the current situation regarding the use of ICTs, telemedicine and e-Health applications in emergency situations, providing participants the opportunity to exchange ideas on the ways in which these applications can be further developed.
Specialists and managers from national telecommunication administrations, regulators, the staff of scientific and research institutions in charge of e-health matters, telemedicine equipment developers and manufacturers, as well as representatives of other interested organizations in ITU Member States participated in the seminar.
The seminar was be conducted in Russian and English with simultaneous interpretation.
Should you have any questions regarding the organization
of the seminar or need any further information, please
contact:
Seminar Coordinator, Mr. Nikolay Nevsky, International
Projects Director, Scientific and Production Association
“National Telemedicine Agency”, tel. +7 (495) 672-77-17, fax +7
(495) 672-74-88, e-mail: nevski
(at) tana.ru, and
Mr. Andrei Untila, Programme Officer, ITU Area Office for
CIS, tel: +7 495 926 60 70, fax.: +7 495 926 60 73, e-mail:
andrei.untila (at)
itu.int.
Seminar Details
The seminar was conducted in English and Russian with simultaneous interpretation.
The meeting was held at the Advanced Telecommunications Training Institute (ATTI)
in Moscow's Technical University of Communications and Informatics (MTUCI).
Should you have any questions regarding the organization
of the seminar or need any further information, please
contact:
Seminar Coordinator, Mr. Nikolay Nevsky, International
Projects Director, Scientific and Production Association
“National Telemedicine Agency”, tel. +7 (495) 672-77-17, fax +7
(495) 672-74-88, e-mail: nevski
(at) tana.ru, and
Mr. Andrei Untila, Programme Officer, ITU Area Office for
CIS, tel: +7 495 926 60 70, fax.: +7 495 926 60 73, e-mail:
andrei.untila (at)
itu.int.
Please send electronic contributions to the
seminar on national
e-Health experiences and case studies to
Mr. Orozobek Kaiykov, ITU Area Office in Moscow, e-mail:
orozobek.kaiykov (at) itu.int, and Mr. Mikhail Natenzon, Vice-Rapporteur of ITU-D Study Group 2 Question 14-2/2 on Telecommunications for e-Health, e-mail:
mnatenzo (at) space.ru with a
copy to
cybmail(at)itu.int by 20 June 2009.
Background Material
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