1. 22nd April 2015 at Sheraton Kampala Hotel Break out Session
Regional Workshop on Planning for the Global Environmental and Occupational Health (GEOHealth) Hub for Interdisciplinary Research and Training Project: Establishing a GEOHealth Hub Platform for East Africa
22nd April 2015 at Sheraton Kampala Hotel
Break out Session

2. Training group James Mwitari Kenya Chair Prof John Samet USC
Namanya Didas Uganda
Rukia Kalanzi Uganda
Abera Kumie Ethiopia Rapporteur

3. Type of training Initial step: Needs assessment might be needed
Air pollution
OSH
Climate change

4. Type of training Internal to the hub Research training to the academia
How to friendly disseminate and communicate research findings to policy makers
How to formulate policy briefs to the local people and policy makers

5. Type of training: external to the hub
Tailored courses: for one week on the three areas of GEOHealth
Curriculum development for short courses
Graduate training on climate change, air pollution, and OSH
Training on the use of equipment for both monitoring air, lung function, noise pollution, audiometry, ,,
Modelling and simulation of climate change
Attaching a trainee person to an academia for skill learning

6. Mode of training
Online
Tailored short courses (In-service training)

7. Targets of training Stakeholders: Funding Models
Universities,
Government-policy makers
Policy implementers
NGOs, media experts,
Funding Models
The trainee contribution after advertisement of short courses
Getting additional funds: Grant application to decentralize equipment's to measure air pollution and OSH related parameters

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