Date

October 2009

Project sponsoring organization

Pygmy Survival Alliance

Your name and complete contact information

Debbie:  hoyerd@u.washington.edu

Research project idea (question, title, topic, or idea)

Pygmy Survival Alliance is looking for MPH students and other qualified volunteers to help empower a culture on the edge of extinction.  Ongoing projects include:

* Development and field-testing of a "health birthing" intervention for women aimed     at reducing maternal and neonatal mortality.

 * Development of epidemiological tracking systems to collect and track morbidity and mortality data on a dispersed rural population of non-reading, indigenous people.

* Expansion of services and interventions to high-risk villages in rural Rwanda.

If interested please submit your CV and a letter describing your interests to:

Debbie:  hoyerd@u.washington.edu