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Today was a great day! We started it off by touring the Historic Centre of Salvador De Bahia. This historical center has shops, churches, restaurants, and museums. We got to explore São Francisco Church and Convent, which is a beautiful church and major attraction in Brazil. We got to see the area where Michael Jackson recorded his “They Don’t Care About Us” video, which I thought was really cool. After visiting Pelourinho, we went home for lunch and returned to UFBA for class.

Dr. Maria Inês Dourado gave us a lecture on HIV/Aids among special populations (MSM,transgender) in Northeast Brazil. She talked more about Brazil’s public heathcare system, and in 1997 universal access was established for antiretrovirals for all people in Brazil. She also discussed Brazil’s health information system that was established for monitoring for those with AIDS/HIV. She also talked about campaigns for primary prevention for big events like Carnival/and the World Cup. I found this to be a very interesting lecture from Dr. Dourado.  After the lecture, we had some free time so I decided to go get ice cream, which was delicious.

In the evening, we met with some Brazilian students to find out more about their country. They spoke some English, and they taught us a little Portuguese. We had a potluck with cakes, sandwhiches, and others types of food/juice. This was a great opportunity to interact with Brazilian students and also learn some Portuguese. I really enjoyed this fellowship. I had a great day, and I am excited for tomorrow.

Tchau!!

Georgia State University’s School of Public Health is proud to once again be taking students to Brazil. This program will provide an educational and cultural opportunity for graduate students interested in global public health research with a focus on public health across the lifespan and public health research and practice as conducted in Salvador, Brazil.

The aim is to prepare our students to be informed and exposed to public health issues from a global perspective.

Students will experience in-class instruction, public health field trips in the city of Salvador, cross cultural lectures, and an applied research project, as well as language instruction and homestays. They will also enjoy some fun time with weekend excursions in the state of Bahia.

Our aim is to focus on the social epidemiology of health disparities; epidemiology across the life span; epidemiology, health information systems, and universal health care; and foster analytic tools and approaches to public health research, with instruction coming from professors at Georgia State University and the Institute of Collective Health at the Federal University of Bahia (ISC) as well as through the Associação Cultural Brasil-Estados Unidos (ACBEU).

We hope you will follow this blog as our students share their experiences during this unique adventure.