Organising Responses to Organised Environmental Crimes: Collaborative Approaches and Building Capacity

Risky business: Capacity-building in collaborative research

The concept of capacity-building, originating in studies of economic development, operates as a powerful metaphor in arguments promoting collaborative research in education. This chapter interrogates the concept of capacity-building in that context by exploring the apparent contradiction of seeking to promote collaborative research in an increasingly competitive research funding environment, an...

The capacity to change: building global environmental health expertise.

IMIQUIMOD CREAM: INDICATION Imiquimod (AldaraTM, 3M Pharmaceuticals, St. Paul, MN) is an immune-response modifier. In the United States, it is currently indicated for the treatment of external anogenital warts. Available in a 5% cream, it is applied by the patient to the warts and adjacent skin three times a week (e.g., Monday, Wednesday, and Friday or Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday) for up to...

Bacterial responses to environmental herbicide pollutants (glyphosate and paraquat)

The toxic effect of herbicides on non- target microorganisms may influence degradation of organic matter resulting in changes to nutrient cycling. In the present study, different strains of bacteria incubated in media containing different concentrations of glyphosate and paraquat were assessed over a period of two incubation terms. The deleterious impact of the herbicide was observed as glyphos...

Capacity Building to Improve Hospital Managers’ Performance in West Asia

Capacity building in environmental and occupational health in Sri Lanka.

BACKGROUND Although environmental and occupational health (EOH) research and services in Sri Lanka have a long history, policies related to EOH are outdated. METHODS We review the International Training and Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (ITREOH) program in Sri Lanka that commenced in 2006 as a collaboration between the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Faculty of...