Planning for a GEOHealth Research and Training Hub in Uganda

规划乌干达 GEOHealth 研究和培训中心

基本信息

批准号：
8869726
负责人：
William Bazeyo
金额：
$ 5万
依托单位：
MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2012-09-22 至 2015-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8869726
关键词：
Acute Address Aflatoxins Africa African Air Applications Grants Area Awareness Biological Businesses Cessation of life Chemicals Child Cohort Studies Collaborations Communicable Diseases Country Development Disease Eastern Africa Educational Curriculum Educational process of instructing Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Environmental and Occupational Exposure Equipment and supply inventories Evaluation Exposure to Faculty Food Food Contamination Food Safety Foundations Funding Goals Government Agencies Health Health Policy Health Priorities Health Professional Heavy Metals Human Hygiene Income Injury Institution International Interview Laboratories Lysine Manihot Measurement Microbe Modeling Mycotoxins Occupational Health Outcome Peanuts - dietary Pesticides Pilot Projects Policy Developments Pollution Professional Organizations Public Health Public Health Schools Research Research Infrastructure Research Personnel Research Priority Research Training Rice Rivers Sampling Sanitation Series Serum Soil Solid Source Surveys Training Training Programs Uganda United States National Institutes of Health Universities Water Water Pollution Water Supply Work World Health Organization adduct adverse outcome burden of illness college development policy disorder control disorder prevention drinking water evidence base experience global environment hazard improved infrastructure development interest international center laboratory facility meetings member occupational health/safety prevent programs water quality water sampling

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this application is to develop a global environmental and occupational health (GEOHealth) program in two years, which would act as a center for environmental and occupational health (EOH) research and training in Eastern Africa. EOH problems are particularly acute in Uganda and Eastern Africa, where the field has lagged far behind most middle income countries due to a lack of political and public awareness. Food contamination and hygiene, water pollution, work-related injuries, and health professional exposures to biological hazards are associated with significant health and disease burdens. EOH professionals are critically needed to address to growing issues, including the understanding of baseline levels of disease and contaminants, in Uganda and Eastern Africa region. This application will be coordinated between University of Georgia (UGA) and Makerere University (MakU). Faculty at UGA College of Public Health (UGACPH) has a long track record of working with Uganda investigators at the MakU School of Public Health (MakSPH). Both UGACPH and MakSPH have a good team of faculty members engaged in EOH teaching and research. This application is also built on an existing UGACPH-MakSPH collaborative research and training program in infectious diseases prevention and control, funded by Fogarty International Center, NIH. We will focus on three areas of interest: 1) food hygiene (food safety and Contamination), 2) water quality (water sanitation, pollution with chemicals and microbes in water supplies), and 3) occupational health and safety (work-related injuries and health professional exposure to biological hazards). We have chosen these three areas of focus because they are identified as urgent needs in Uganda and Eastern Africa. The specific aims include: (1) to conduct needs and opportunities assessment of EOH priorities in Uganda and Eastern Africa Region; to assemble network partners for development of a training hub; and to identify needs for capacity building for EOH professionals and laboratories and (2) to develop and evaluate research priorities agenda and to conduct pilot study projects in the three focal areas of interest.

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请的目标是在两年内制定全球环境和职业健康（GEOHealth）计划，该计划将作为东非环境和职业健康（EOH）研究和培训中心。 EOH问题在乌干达和东非尤其严重，由于缺乏政治和公众意识，该领域远远落后于大多数中等收入国家。食品污染和卫生、水污染、工伤以及卫生专业人员接触生物危害与严重的健康和疾病负担有关。乌干达和东非地区迫切需要 EOH 专业人员来解决日益严重的问题，包括了解疾病和污染物的基线水平。该申请将由佐治亚大学 (UGA) 和麦克雷雷大学 (MakU) 协调。佐治亚大学公共卫生学院 (UGACPH) 的教师与 MakU 公共卫生学院 (MakSPH) 的乌干达研究人员有着长期合作的记录。 UGACPH和MakSPH都拥有一支优秀的从事EOH教学和研究的师资队伍。该应用程序还建立在现有的 UGACPH-MakSPH 传染病预防和控制合作研究和培训计划的基础上，该计划由 Fogarty 资助美国国立卫生研究院国际中心。我们将重点关注三个感兴趣的领域：1）食品卫生（食品安全和污染），2）水质（水卫生、供水中的化学品和微生物污染），以及 3）职业健康和安全（工伤和健康专业人员接触生物危害）。我们选择这三个重点领域是因为它们被认为是乌干达和东非的迫切需求。具体目标包括：（1）对乌干达和东非区域EOH优先事项进行需求和机会评估；召集网络合作伙伴开发培训中心；确定 EOH 专业人员和实验室能力建设的需求；(2) 制定和评估研究重点议程，并在三个感兴趣的重点领域开展试点研究项目。