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Attendees of the TB Symposium: Critical Updates in TB Care and Prevention in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The symposium was a joint effort by Geisel’s DarDar programs and Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, and Tanzania's National TB and Leprosy Programme and National AIDS Control Program.

Building Linkages to Combat Tuberculosis in Tanzania

Global health teams from Geisel and its partner organizations held a symposium in Dar es Salaam in December to provide critical updates in TB care, prevention, and research. The event was the latest step in their 17-year history of working collaboratively to combat HIV-related TB in Tanzania.

Geisel Receives Fogarty Grant to Fund Research Collaboration in East Africa

Geisel Receives Fogarty Grant to Fund Research Collaboration in East Africa

The Geisel School of Medicine has been awarded a 5-year, $1.5 million grant from the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health to support an infectious disease research and training program to combat HIV and tuberculosis (TB) within the newly established Infectious Disease Institute at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

The Grassroot Soccer representatives had the chance to watch a quarterfinal game at the World Cup. Photo courtesy of Grassroot Soccer.

Playing for Hope

Over the course of the World Cup, young soccer fans representing Grassroot Soccer, a nonprofit organization founded by Tommy Clark (D’92, Med’01), have had the chance to learn about creating positive change in their community and, of course, to play some soccer.