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The Dartmouth Global Health Initiative (GHI) |
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The Dickey Center for International Understanding in collaboration with Dartmouth Medical School has established the Dartmouth Global Health Initiative, the aim of which is to create multidisciplinary, replicable programs in Global Health that can address the serious health concerns of the resource-limited settings and create opportunities for Dartmouth students, faculty and researchers to learn about and address these global health concerns.
Dartmouth’s GHI: Focus on TanzaniaThe first step in this initiative has been to partner with the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with whom Dartmouth Medical School has previously built a solid relationship. All of the GHI programs are meant to serve as models for future programs in other regions, and build on areas of Dartmouth strengths reflected in the College and in the graduate schools in areas such as infectious disease research, community and family medicine, health education, information technology and enterprise development training.
GHI Programs:
- Access to Clean Water: A team from Thayer is collaborating with local organizations in rural Tanzania to design and implement a sustainable sanitation system to protect threatened water supplies.
- Tanzanian Pharmaceutical Feasibility Study: Together with the Tuck School of Business, the Global Health Initiative has conducted feasibility and sustainability studies for a domestic pharmaceutical industry to provide reasonably priced generic drugs for Tanzania and the region.
- Telemedicine: Through the use of digital imaging and video conferencing, joint medical seminars and bilateral consultations are in development.. The project is meant to serve as a model for utilizing joint teaching in other locations.
- MUHAS Library Support: Training for MUHAS library personnel in information and communication technology is being provided by Dartmouth biomedical librarians to help establish ICT capabilities and other informational services.
For more information, see our GHI update and Program summary pages.
In November 2005, the partnership between Dartmouth and MUHAS was solidified with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by officials from Dartmouth College/Dartmouth Medical School and MUHAS.
The GHI is building on a foundation of Dartmouth programs established in Tanzania in collaboration with MUHAS in Dar es Salaam since 2001. The DARDAR programs encompass a clinical drug tral of a vaccine designed to reduce death from HIV associated tuberculosis, a pediatric AIDS clinic, and a Dartmouth-Boston University AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) designed to provide degree and non-degree training programs for Tanzania scientist and health care professionals. Learn more about the DARDAR programs here .
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