The School of Public Health at Georgia State University is excited to be taking a group of students on our first study abroad trip to the African continent in May 2016.
This program will introduce students to public health issues from a global perspective, with a focus on providing an educational, applied, and cultural opportunity for students in the epidemiology of alcohol use and alcohol-related harm in Uganda.
The course will place special emphasis on the structural drivers of alcohol use and alcohol-related harm including injuries, violence and HIV primarily among youth and young adults. Instruction will be provided by Georgia State professors and professors at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, as well as by local Non-Governmental Organizational partners who work in the alcohol prevention field or health promotion more broadly. Our key collaborator, the Makerere University is a flagship university in Eastern Africa that is highly prestigious and is very research active with substantial research funding from the U.S.
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