♦ Delivers first services by providing Internet connections in war-ravaged towns throughout the former Yugoslavia
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1997
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Late 1990s
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♦ Works with the U.S. State Department on first assignment to bring the Internet to Kosovo
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♦ Pilots Video Visit Program in Pristina, Kosovo
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2000
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2001
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♦ Introduces Community Health Information Centers delivering HIV/AIDS education in 25 communities in Kenya, with support from the U.S. National Institutes of Health
♦ Works in partnership with the U.S. Department of State to install and operate seven Internet Access Centers in Kosovo
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♦ Expands HIV/AIDS training program in Kenya
♦ Increases reconstruction assistance in Bosnia, establishing three Community Health
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2002
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2003
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♦ Collaborates with the American Federation of Teachers to bring a Community Education Center to Sierra Leone
♦ Cuts ribbon on first medical training facility at Medical City Center in Baghdad. Launches nine Medical Information Centers elsewhere in Iraq
♦ Opens medical information center in Nairobi. Ambassador Johnnie Carson delivers
opening speech
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♦ Opens first two Medical Information Centers in Leon, Nicaragua
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2003-2004
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2004
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♦ Installs the first Medical Information Center at the University of Prishtina Medical School, Kosovo
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♦ Opens three new Medical Information Centers in Serbia with support of The Medtronic Foundation
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2005
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2006
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♦ Completes final installation of 39 Medical Information Centers in Iraq
♦ Launches Telemedicine program between hospitals in Iraq and medical facilities
in the United States
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♦ Expands Medical Information Center Program in the former Yugoslavia, opening two new
facilities in Bosnia
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2007
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2008
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♦ Opens Medical Information Centers in Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador
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♦ Is awarded Public Health Hero Award by
UC Berkeley School of Public Health
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2009
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2010
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♦ Expands Telemedicine Network to include five more centers in Nicaragua, Honduras
and El Salvador
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♦ Brings medical and health information to underserved and remote communities in the Peruvian Amazon via first use of
computer training there
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2011
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2012
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♦ Launches Graduate Certificate Program
in Kenya
♦ Works with China California Heart Watch cardiologists to develop hypertension, stroke and heart murmur modules in Mandarin for doctors
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♦ Works with Armenia volunteers to brings health training throughout Armenia
♦ Launches Health Education Learning Portal to introduce an expanded Community Health Education e-library
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2013
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2014
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♦ Presents Ebola training program in West Africa, first of its kind in the world
♦ Premieres its Filling Station to expand the global reach of its e-library to communities who are
off the grid
♦ Provides Community Health Education e-library modules in remote villages in Tanzania
♦ Releases Zika Rapid Response Module as cases multiply and suspicions grow about related birth defects in English, Spanish and Portuguese
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♦ Launches the Community Health Education Initiative in Honor of the late U.S. Ambassador
J. Christopher Stevens
♦ Delivers 10-part Echo training course to cardiologists at world conference in Melbourne
♦ Provides health education modules to
doctors in Haiti
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2015
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2016
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♦ Releases Rheumatic Heart Disease modules and animations in Arabic, Spanish and Portuguese
♦ Unveils Electronic Medical Record System in Peruvian Amazon
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♦ Releases comprehensive Mother and Child Health series of some two dozen modules for use in schools, clinics and hospitals
♦ Releases extensive Training Courses for Communities: How to Prepare for and
Manage Epidemics
♦ Offers now nearly 100 modules in languages other than English
♦ Offers some 400 modules in its e-library
♦ Celebrates 20th anniversary of providing free health care information to underserved communities throughout the world
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2017
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