TY - JOUR
T1 - An assessment of the occupational and environmental health needs in seven Southeastern European and West-Central Asian countries
AU - Coman, Alexandru
AU - Cherecheş, Răzvan M.
AU - Ungureanu, Marius I.
AU - Marton-Vasarhelyi, Emanuela O.
AU - Valentine, Marissa A.
AU - Sabo-Attwood, Tara
AU - Gray, Gregory C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.
PY - 2015/12
Y1 - 2015/12
N2 - Eastern European and Central Asian countries are undergoing rapid socioeconomic and political reforms. Many old industrial facilities are either abandoned, or use outdated technologies that severely impact the environment. Emerging industries have less regulation than in developed countries and environmental and occupational problems seem to be increasing. Under a US National Institutes of Health pilot grant, we developed an interdisciplinary One Health research network in Southeastern Europe and West-Central Asia to identify environmental and occupational problems. From 2012 to 2014, this GeoHealth Hub engaged 11 academic centers and 16 public health institutions in eight different countries: Albania, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Romania, and the United States with a goal of strengthening environmental and occupational research and training capacities. Employing face-to-face interviews and large group meetings, we conducted an evidenced-based needs and opportunities assessment focused on aquatic health, food safety, and zoonotic diseases. Comprehensive reviews of the published literature yielded priority research areas for each of the seven GeoHealth Hub countries including heavy metal and pesticide contamination, tick-borne diseases, rabies, brucellosis, and inadequate public health surveillance.
AB - Eastern European and Central Asian countries are undergoing rapid socioeconomic and political reforms. Many old industrial facilities are either abandoned, or use outdated technologies that severely impact the environment. Emerging industries have less regulation than in developed countries and environmental and occupational problems seem to be increasing. Under a US National Institutes of Health pilot grant, we developed an interdisciplinary One Health research network in Southeastern Europe and West-Central Asia to identify environmental and occupational problems. From 2012 to 2014, this GeoHealth Hub engaged 11 academic centers and 16 public health institutions in eight different countries: Albania, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Romania, and the United States with a goal of strengthening environmental and occupational research and training capacities. Employing face-to-face interviews and large group meetings, we conducted an evidenced-based needs and opportunities assessment focused on aquatic health, food safety, and zoonotic diseases. Comprehensive reviews of the published literature yielded priority research areas for each of the seven GeoHealth Hub countries including heavy metal and pesticide contamination, tick-borne diseases, rabies, brucellosis, and inadequate public health surveillance.
KW - Aquatic ecology
KW - Food safety
KW - One Health
KW - Zoonoses
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jegh.2015.04.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jegh.2015.04.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 25963604
AN - SCOPUS:84946496880
SN - 2210-6006
VL - 5
SP - 375
EP - 384
JO - Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
IS - 4
ER -