UPenn Health Projects in Africa

    School of Arts and Sciences

  • Africa Health Practica
    http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/dualintel/afhealth.html
    In order to further our collaborative ties with the Penn School of Medicine and to promote the study of African health more generally, the African Studies Center offers African experiences of short duration to Penn students. These "practica" are available to both medical students and to graduate students in the social sciences whose work focuses on health-related issues.
  • Health and Societies Program- Health in Africa
    http://hss.sas.upenn.edu/hsoc/course-descriptions-11A
    Course listing for the interdisciplinary Health and Sciences undergraduate program of study offered at the School of Arts and Sciences.
  • The Kenya Diffusion and Ideational Change Project (KDICP)
    http://www.ssc.upenn.edu/Social_Networks/Level%203/Kenya/level3_kenya_main.html
    KDICP is part of the Penn Social Networks Project of Penn's Population Studies Center and is formally affiliated with the African Population and Health Research Center in Nairobi, Kenya. The overall aim of this project is to examine the role of social networks in changing attitudes and behavior regarding family size, family planning, and HIV/AIDS in Kenya.
  • The Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project (MDICP)
    http://www.ssc.upenn.edu/Social_Networks/Level%203/Malawi/level3_malawi_main.html
    MDICP is part of the Penn Social Networks Project of Penn's Population Studies Center and is formally affiliated with the Centre for Social Research of the University of Malawi in Zomba, Malawi. The overall aim of this project is to examine the role of social networks in changing attitudes and behavior regarding family size, family planning, and HIV/AIDS in Malawi.
  • The African Census Analysis Project
    http://www.acap.upenn.edu/
    The African Census Analysis Project (ACAP) is a collaborative initiative between the University of Pennsylvania and African institutions specializing in demographic research and training. This initiative was started as an effort to try and maximize the use of African census micro-data for academic and policy oriented research that will be beneficial both to African governments and individuals interested in African research. Project directed by Dr. Tukufu Zuberi of the Deaprtment of Sociology.

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Penn School of Medicine

  • Penn School of Medicine- Global Health Programs
    http://www.med.upenn.edu/globalhealth/africaopps.shtml
    Global Health Programs coordinates global activities of the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and supports the international aspects of research, educational, and service programs. GHP coordinates many educational exchanges, internships and research programs in Africa.
  • Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center
    http://www.chop.edu/service/sickle-cell-center/home.html
    The Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is one of 10 such centers in the United States funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. This Center serves more than 600 patients from the Delaware Valley and provides a focus for laboratory, clinical and educational research. Director of the center, Dr. Ohene-Frempong, is an internationally recognized authority on sickle cell disease.
  • Penn Center for AIDS Research
    http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/aids/
    The Penn Center for AIDS Research (Penn-CFAR) is one of 21 NIH-funded CFARs and includes HIV and AIDS investigators at the University of Pennsylvania, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and the Wistar Institute.
  • MIRT- Minority International Research Training Program
    http://www.nimhd.nih.gov/our_programs/mhirt.asp
    MHIRT grantees conduct research for at least 10-12 weeks during the summer or one semester during the academic year on a wide variety of diseases and health conditions. The MHIRT Program participants travel to work with international investigators in countries around the world such as Mexico, Uganda, Ghana, Australia, Peru, Spain and South Africa. Contact Janice Curington, The College at Penn, 120 Logan Hall.
  • U Penn Health System- Infectious Diseases Training Program, Fellowshihp Program
    http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/idd/fellowship.html
    In collaboration with the Government of Botswana and the Merck and Gates Foundations, the Penn Infectious Diseases faculty has established an international medicine program in Botswana, Africa. Penn fellows currently have the opportunity to obtain clinical training in Botswana.
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