1/2-The West Africa-Michigan CHARTER for GEOHealth: USA

1/2-西非-密歇根州 GEOHealth 宪章：美国

• 批准号: 8549885
• 负责人: Thomas G Robins
• 金额: $ 3.96万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 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/8549885
• 关键词: Address; Africa; African; Area; Collaborations; Community Developments; Consensus; Consensus Development; Country; Data; Development; Development Plans; Drug Formulations; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Environmental Health; Evaluation; Ghana; Government; Grant; Health; Health Alliance; Health Policy; Health Priorities; Health Services; Institution; Mentors; Michigan; Occupational; Occupational Health; Outcome; Participant; Policies; Principal Investigator; Public Health; Research; Research Training; Robin bird; Science; South Africa; Structure; Surveys; Technology; Testing; Training; Universities; Work; base; evidence base; experience; global environment; programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall objective of this proposal is to build upon existing and extensive occupational and environmental health (OEH) research and training collaborations between academic and government partner institutions in Ghana and the University of Michigan (UM) in order to enhance capacity for scientific research, research training, and curricular activities that address and inform key national occupational and environmental health priorities and policies. In doing so, we propose to increase capacity in Ghana to serve as a regional, GEOHealth Hub of occupational and environmental health in West Africa. Key activities include a needs and opportunities assessment on OEH in Ghana and West Africa, academic planning and curriculum development workshops to determine regional academic needs, identification of priority OEH areas of research, and participant evaluation. The proposed activities will leverage numerous pre-existing strengths among consortium partners that include the University of Michigan (UM), the University of Ghana (UG), the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and the Ghanaian Ministry of Health/ Ghana Health Service (MOH/GHS). In addition, this newly proposed regional strategy in West Africa will be informed by the long experience of key academic institutions in South Africa, the University of Cape Town and the University of KwaZulu Natal, of working in close coordination with UM to build regional OEH capacity in the Southern African Development Community. RELEVANCE TO PUBLIC HEALTH: The proposed activities are expected to result in detailed planning and regional consensus on creation of a Ghana-based West African regional hub of occupational and environmental health. In doing so the proposed activities will further strengthen the capacity of Ghanaian and regional academic and governmental institutions to conduct environmental and occupational health scientific research and educational training, and inform key national occupational and environmental health priorities and policies.

描述（申请人提供）：本提案的总体目标是在加纳学术和政府伙伴机构与密歇根大学之间现有的广泛的职业和环境卫生研究和培训合作的基础上，加强科学研究、研究培训、和课程活动，解决和通知关键的国家职业和环境健康的优先事项和政策。在这样做的过程中，我们建议提高加纳的能力，使其成为西非职业和环境卫生的区域GEOHealth中心。主要活动包括对加纳和西非OEH的需求和机会进行评估，学术规划和课程编制讲习班，以确定区域学术需求，确定OEH的优先研究领域，以及参与者评价。拟议的活动将利用包括密歇根大学（UM）、加纳大学（UG）、Kwame Nkrumah科技大学（KNUST）和加纳卫生部在内的联合体合作伙伴之间的众多现有优势。 加纳卫生局。此外，这项新提出的西非区域战略将借鉴南非主要学术机构、开普敦大学和夸祖鲁纳塔尔大学与密歇根大学密切协调，在南部非洲发展共同体建设区域环境卫生能力的长期经验。 与公共卫生的关系：拟议的活动预计将促成详细规划和区域共识，以建立一个以加纳为基地的西非职业和环境卫生区域中心。在此过程中，拟议的活动将进一步加强加纳和区域学术机构和政府机构开展环境和职业健康科学研究和教育培训的能力，并为国家关键的职业和环境健康优先事项和政策提供信息。