'Public Health in Uganda' enters its third dynamic year under the continued direction of Prof. Kearsley Stewart, and is based at Makerere University in Kampala. The core public health course focuses on four modules: HIV/AIDS, Basics of Public Health, Environmental Health and Mental Health. Students attend lectures by some of the world's leading HIV/AIDS authorities, including the researcher who published the first paper on HIV/AIDS in Uganda in 1985 in the Lancet journal. In addition, students spend time at the largest and oldest community-based HIV/AIDS research study in Africa. Student research, working with a wide variety of professors and community organizers, features community development and infectious disease prevention, among several other topics. The intimate, seminar style of the program allows individualized projects tailored to each student. Students are also grounded with a solid political, historical and cultural context through a comprehensive political economy course, language training and excursions to notable historical, cultural and ecological sites, as well as to rural areas outside Kampala. A multimedia course component also allows students to use professional video and audio equipment to create documentary pieces for the IPD multimedia blog and promotional videos for NGOs with whom students work closely. Students are not required to have multimedia or video production experience, as training is provided on-site.
Courses:
Public Health in Uganda
Research in Public Health
Contemporary Uganda: A Political Economy Perspective
Ugandan Language and Culture
Study Abroad Website: For more details on the program please visit the NU Study Abroad site.
