1. Public Health + Medicine MS1 summer opportunity in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

2. Antigua, Guatemala

3. HIV STIs and Guatemala  At risk groups and intervention  Working through existing governmental and non-governmental agencies to implement public health interventions that will reduce the prevalence of HIV and STI in at risk populations in Guatemala.  Research  Outreach  Collaboration

4. CDC/GAP: TEPHINET + UVG  TEPHINET: Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network  UVG: Universidad del Valle, Guatemala  Ministry of Health involvement  Infrastructure  Sustainablity  Funding

5. What Did We Do?  In the office  Literature review for publication  Development of study materials  In the STI clinic  Surveillance database  Clinical shadowing  Behind the scenes at a public health non- profit

6. Why is it Important?  Interdisciplinary experience in infectious disease work in a developing Latin American country.  Cross cultural experience with social development, education and health care.  Opportunity to develop and practice medical Spanish with native speakers.

7. Program Description  Time frame  6-10 weeks  Potential future opportunities  TB-HIV  Behavioral Empowerment  VICITS  RDS/TLS

8. Who should apply  Public Health interest  Some level of Spanish experience  Daily work and interactions in Spanish  If interested look out for our short application on the MS1 forum.  October  Questions?  Lindsey_buckingham@med.unc.edu Lindsey_buckingham@med.unc.edu  Emily_cohn@med.unc.edu

9. The Clinic

10. The Weekend