Managing public health data: taking SDG as an example

Public health generates and uses a lot of data. Data grows exponentially from kilobytes few years back, megabytes, gigabytes now and soon petabytes and exabytes. Accordingly, the information era shifting from PC to internet, or we called now as Web 1.0, then Web 2.0 and now many experts believe t...

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Main Author: Ab Rahman, Jamalludin
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Language:English
Published: Malaysian Public Health Physicians Association 2016
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description Public health generates and uses a lot of data. Data grows exponentially from kilobytes few years back, megabytes, gigabytes now and soon petabytes and exabytes. Accordingly, the information era shifting from PC to internet, or we called now as Web 1.0, then Web 2.0 and now many experts believe that we are in Web 3.0 period where portability and mobile computing are the trend. Public health must adopt and adapt to take its full advantage and to be efficient. Sustainable development goals (SDG) require a lot of data and will generate a lot of data as well. United Nation aware of this need and an independent expert advisory group was established to oversee this matter. This talk will discuss on how they manage this big data.
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spelling iium-606742018-02-13T02:39:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/60674/ Managing public health data: taking SDG as an example Ab Rahman, Jamalludin RA Public aspects of medicine Public health generates and uses a lot of data. Data grows exponentially from kilobytes few years back, megabytes, gigabytes now and soon petabytes and exabytes. Accordingly, the information era shifting from PC to internet, or we called now as Web 1.0, then Web 2.0 and now many experts believe that we are in Web 3.0 period where portability and mobile computing are the trend. Public health must adopt and adapt to take its full advantage and to be efficient. Sustainable development goals (SDG) require a lot of data and will generate a lot of data as well. United Nation aware of this need and an independent expert advisory group was established to oversee this matter. This talk will discuss on how they manage this big data. Malaysian Public Health Physicians Association 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/60674/1/3297%20JAR%20Speaker%20Symposium%20at%208th%20NPHC%20082016.pdf Ab Rahman, Jamalludin (2016) Managing public health data: taking SDG as an example. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 16 (supp. 4). p. 11. ISSN 1675-0306 E-ISSN 2590-3829 http://www.mjphm.org.my/mjphm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=751:2016-volume-16-supplement-4&catid=111:2016-volume-16-supplement-4&Itemid=126
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Managing public health data: taking SDG as an example
title Managing public health data: taking SDG as an example
title_full Managing public health data: taking SDG as an example
title_fullStr Managing public health data: taking SDG as an example
title_full_unstemmed Managing public health data: taking SDG as an example
title_short Managing public health data: taking SDG as an example
title_sort managing public health data: taking sdg as an example
topic RA Public aspects of medicine
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