PUBLIC HEALTH IN SOUTH AFRICA

Location: Stellenbosch, South Africa
Term: Spring Quarter

Program Description:
This unique program introduces students to public health issues in contemporary South Africa, with particular focus on the impacts of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country. Public health coursework will cover the most pressing domestic healthcare issues, public health infrastructure in South Africa, and the challenges of delivering healthcare in light of widespread poverty in the post-apartheid era. The HIV studies component is a series of organized topical seminars with Stellenbosch faculty from the Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management. A political science course complements the public health curriculum, providing important historical and political context. In addition, students will learn both Afrikaans and Xhosa, two of South Africa’s twelve national languages, both spoken prominently in the Western Cape (all courses are taught in English, of course).  Organized excursions take students to public and private hospitals and clinics, grass roots organizations, and private agencies in Stellenbosch and Cape Town, as well as to historical sites of note around the Cape region.

Courses:
Public Health in South Africa: HIV/AIDS
Research Seminar in HIV/AIDS
Contemporary South Africa: A Political Economy Perspective
South African Languages and Cultures: Xhosa and Afrikaans (students will also take Xhosa language
training during Winter Quarter preceding departure)

Study Abroad Website:
For more details on the program please visit the NU Study Abroad site.

Additional Links:
NU Hamakuya (Kruger) Field Experience Itinerary (.pdf)
NU in South Africa Blog