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Western partners with Ugandan research centre to help address global health challenges
July 04, 2022
A new strategic partnership between Western and the Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) in Kampala, Uganda, establishes a long-term commitment for research collaboration to address the world’s most challenging global health issues.A Defining Moment: Gender-based Violence and HIV Prevention in Uganda
June 06, 2022
HomeBlogRecents PostsA Defining Moment: Gender-based Violence and HIV Prevention in Uganda A Defining Moment: Gender-based Violence and HIV Prevention in Uganda Jennifer Kristin Clark on Safari with Giraffe in background By Jennifer Kristin Clarke, MMASc. in Global Health Systems I am currently finishing my 1-year MMASc. in Global Health Systems at Western. As part of this experience, I am currently in Uganda for an 8-week practicum placement. I am fortunate to have been placed for a research internship with the Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP), a program that is focused on improving health through research. This is an NGO that operates in a region that once had an extremely high HIV infection rate of 19.1% of the population over the age of 15 years (Nalugoda et al., 1997).
