EXCEED THE SPACE PROVIDED. We propose to train future leaders in maternal and child health from Tanzania and China. Health professionals from both countries will obtain skills hi theoretical and practical aspects pertaining to MCH research and programs, through one of two tracks: (a) Public Health Track including nutrition, infectious disease, behavioral sciences, and child development; (b) Basic Science Track focusing on neonatal host defenses including training hi developmental gastroenterology, molecular/cell biology, and immunology. Considerable expertise in these areas exist at Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School. Training will be provided hi Boston through a combination of degree programs (Master's and doctoral) and non-degree postdoctoral fellowships. We will also carry out in-country training workshops to provide for communication and dissemination of new knowledge from research on MCH to in-country scientists, and to transfer knowledge from research programs to the field. Trainees will come from Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and the Shanghai Second Medical School, China. We have had a long standing collaboration with both institutions. Through the creation of a critical mass of trained researchers, we will work to facilitate new research projects collaboratively hi areas pertaining to international MCH. PERFORMANCE SITE ========================================Section End===========================================
