Follow H1N1 changes by iPhone

Download the "Outbreaks Near Me" from the Apple Store on the iPhone, the owner of the smartphone will monitor the progress of the pandemic H1N1 took over the world.

Applications "Outbreaks Near Me" was researched and developed by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institute (MIT), USA. Application is funded by Google.org, a charitable organization of Google.


The evolutions of H1N1 flu can progress on the world map, has been reported on the newsletter attached. (Source: Le Blog iPhone)

"Outbreaks Near Me" is a free download from its Google App Store, allows users to follow progress made in the world of many different diseases including H1N1. This is done based on data about the disease, is provided by HealthMap.org, a site specializing in all kinds of disease establishment in 2006.


"Outbreaks Near Me" give notice of the first deaths due to influenza H1N1 in Nha Trang, Vietnam. (source: HealthMap.org)

"The people have the information and know best about infectious diseases quickly will be very useful for public health", said John Brownstein, co-founder of the Research and HealthMap.org Research at Children's Hospital Boston to share.

IPhone users install "Outbreaks Near Me" can be alerted when infections approaching his residence. They can also send information, photos, records of disease for HealthMap.org to update on website. Participation information will help users process supervised disease more accurately and quickly, through which will help health authorities quickly put out a reasonable solution.

Follow H1N1 changes by iPhone

Play game with H1N1

You will be a specialist to prevent pandemic influenza A/H1N1 in the effective measures and necessary right on your computer, via a game on website www.thegreatflu.com. The plan will help the world "virtual" avoid H1N1 pandemic.

This game is a medical center at the University Erasme de Rotterdam Netherlands and research company Ranj Serious Games based on the situation spread of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 the world.

Players will enter as a manager with very limited budget but received very important task is suppressed pandemic. You must make the notification service solutions to people, distribute mask prevent disease, establishing quarantine areas, have closed public services ... Effectiveness of the solution depends on the time you make them.

The evolution, spread of disease will be announced as the message signal ca new infection or related event occurs everywhere. Your task is to analyze the information and events which to conduct campaigns against the service effectively.

Play game with H1N1