Suggestions for student projects from Dr. Kaonga:
- HIV/AIDS
- Assessment
of HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention – Jenny Sanders
- Assessing
the adequacy of response to HIV/AIDS by health services/Community
- MALARIA
- Assessment
of man hours lost due to Malaria, as a reflection on malarieas
impact on the socio-economic status of Mwandi.
- Assessment
of treatment and knowledge of prevention of malaria
- Assessment
of the impact of the Black Mountain
malaria project on the introduction of mosquito nets to each household. Has it been effective?
- TB
- Compliance
to therapy and the adequacy of interventions put into place to curb
disease.
- Family
Planning/Reproductive Health
- Role
of men in family planning
- Safe
motherhood initiative – How is it being implemented in Mwandi
- Adolescent
reproductive health needs, are they being adequately addressed? –
Caroline Morgan
- What
needs to be done?
- Sexually
Transmitted Diseases
- Dual
health system (Hospital v. Traditional healers) has it had an effect on
prevention strategies
- What
role do traditional healers have to play in the delivery of health
services?
- Water
and Sanitation – Jamie Ferguson
- Accessibility
to clean and safe water
- Sanitary
disposal and refuse
- Child
health
- Growth
monitoring and utilization of children clinics
- Immunization
coverage
- Traditional
beliefs in Mwandi, do they have anything to do
with the low immunization coverage? – Mandy Geiger