TY - JOUR
T1 - From conflict to collaboration, local political climate accelerates ITREOH's regionalization in South Asia
AU - Sathiakumar, Nalini
AU - Janjua, Naveed Zafar
AU - Kadir, Masood
AU - Spokes, Alexis Mclean
AU - White, Haether
AU - Kristensen, Sibylle
AU - Delzell, Elizabeth
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - As Pakistan becomes industrialized, the development of human resources is essential to addressing emerging health problems. The Fogarty International Center (FIC)-funded University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)-Aga Khan University (AKU) ITREOH initiative has been instrumental in filling the gaps in environmental and occupational health (EOH) training and research. Because of travel impediments to Pakistan, a regional short-term training program was implemented in Nepal and Sri Lanka. Workshop participants were from Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, and Bangladesh. The training programs enhanced north-to-south and south-to-south collaboration in research and training in South Asia. A major impact is the development of a certificate program in EOH at AKU. Research initiatives of regional and/or global concern are also under way in the other participating countries. The combination of face-to-face training with Web-based interaction for follow-up was optimal for short-term training.
AB - As Pakistan becomes industrialized, the development of human resources is essential to addressing emerging health problems. The Fogarty International Center (FIC)-funded University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)-Aga Khan University (AKU) ITREOH initiative has been instrumental in filling the gaps in environmental and occupational health (EOH) training and research. Because of travel impediments to Pakistan, a regional short-term training program was implemented in Nepal and Sri Lanka. Workshop participants were from Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, and Bangladesh. The training programs enhanced north-to-south and south-to-south collaboration in research and training in South Asia. A major impact is the development of a certificate program in EOH at AKU. Research initiatives of regional and/or global concern are also under way in the other participating countries. The combination of face-to-face training with Web-based interaction for follow-up was optimal for short-term training.
KW - Asia
KW - Collaboration
KW - Environmental and occupational health
KW - Fogarty International Center
KW - Training
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33845332710&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1179/oeh.2006.12.4.386
DO - 10.1179/oeh.2006.12.4.386
M3 - Article
C2 - 17168227
AN - SCOPUS:33845332710
SN - 1077-3525
VL - 12
SP - 386
EP - 391
JO - International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
JF - International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
IS - 4
ER -
