Increasing capacity for environmental engineering in Salta, Argentina.
Am J Ind Med
; 56(1): 11-9, 2013 Jan.
Article
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| ID: mdl-22467330
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the United States National Institutes of Health includes the International Training and Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (ITREOH) Program. The "International Training Program in Environmental Toxicology and Public Health" Center, funded in 2002 is based at the University of California, Davis, and is part of the ITREOH group of Centers. It has major efforts focused at the public universities in Montevideo, Uruguay, and Salta, Argentina.RESULTS:
Training and research efforts in Salta begun in 2005 in the College of Engineering. A donated used real-time PCR machine was the starting point and the initial FIC support was instrumental to face other problems including physical space, research projects and grants, trainees, training, networking, and distractions/opportunities in order to develop local capacities in Environmental Engineering using modern methodology. After 6 years of successful work, the Salta center has become a reference Center in the field, and is still growing and consolidating.CONCLUSIONS:
This program has had a significant impact locally and regionally. The model used in Argentina could be easily adapted to other fields or types of projects in Argentina and in other developing countries.
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Assunto principal:
Universidades
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Saúde Ambiental
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Engenharia
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Fortalecimento Institucional
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
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America do sul
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Argentina
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Ind Med
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Argentina