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On 27 April 2009, the World Health Organization’s alert system was increased to Level 3 due to a new subtype of Influenza A, commonly referred to as “Swine Flu”(H1N1) and ultimately reached Level 6, indicating a pandemic. The new H1N1 Influenza had not been previously detected in swine or humans, and cases initially were reported in Mexico and the US, placing about 200 million people at risk.

Public health education has been known to be an effective strategy for decreasing human health risks, as well as a good global strategy to reduce the risk for disasters. Increasing use of the Internet even in developing countries, has opened a window to a rapid, low-cost method to disseminate information regarding new health risks, such as pandemics and disasters. The Internet has been used by Supercourse to teach public health globally by disseminating about 3,700 PowerPoint files through a network of about 65,000 public health educators and professionals from 174 countries. 1, 2 “Justin-time”(JIT) has been utilized during disasters due to natural hazards including pandemics for education through the Supercourse lectures that were developed by a multidisciplinary group of national and international scientists/educators can rapidly disseminate the risk knowledge within days, if not hours after an the onset of an event. 3 Just-in-time focuses on the golden time of public interest in a disaster.“Just-in-time” experiences have been recounted in the literature, such as its use after the tsunami in Southeast Asia, the SARS epidemic, and Hurricane Katrina. 3–5 Often during times of disaster, the media and government officials may not be viewed as …