The representatives of the International Higher School of Medicine (IHSM) - Kenesh Dzhusupov and Aliia Bazhanova took part in the on-line meeting of Erasmus+ projects HARMONEE - 618829-EPP-1-2020-1-IT-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP on February 11th - 12th, 2021.

The public health problems of Central Asia are of pressing concern with complex toxicological and micro-biological threats: environmental pollution from obsolete pesticides, chemical waste from mining operations, nuclear waste, air- and toxic waste pollution in the large cities. A new generation of suitably trained public health professionals is needed to tackle these problems. The HARMONEE project, which is the continuation of two projects already carried out, aims at awareness raising and increasing research & consultation capacities.

Partners:

Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy) (Coordinator)

University of Utrecht (The Netherlands)

International Higher School of Medicine (Kyrgyzstan)

Osh State University (Kyrgyzstan)

Kazakh National Medical University (Kazakhstan)

Karaganda Medical University (Kazakhstan)

Semey Medical University (Kazakhstan)

Avicenna Tajik State Medical University (Tajikistan)

Khujand State University (Tajikistan)

Bukhara State Medical Institute (Uzbekistan)

Samarkand State Medical Institute (Uzbekistan)

Objectives:

-To develop and implement MSc curricula in Environmental& Occupational Health across four Central Asian countries based on the conduction of a series of small scale surveillance projects carried out in the different areas of interest of the discipline in Central Asia, shared by the various universities involved.

-Harmonizing the Master programmes in Public Health with One Health Approach and shared modules in line with Bologna principles and ENQA standards.

-To create international networks of excellence in which the various stakeholders (universities and private individuals) can collaborate in defining the figures necessary for the realization of research projects in public health.