The VCU School of Nursing Presents a Lecture on Women’s Health Issues in the Massai Tribal Region of Northern Tanzania
The VCU School of Nursing continues its Global Women’s Health Lecture Series on Thursday, Nov. 10 with a discussion on “Women’s Health Issues in the Massai Tribal Region of Northern Tanzania.”
The lecture will be held from 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. in Younger Auditorium of the School of Nursing. It is free and open to the public. Light refreshments of East African cuisine will be available.
Presented by Elke Zschaebitz, M.S.N., R.N., FNP-BC, an assistant clinical professor at the VCU School of Nursing, and David C. Gordon, M.S.W., director of Telemedicine at the University of Virginia, the lecture will provide insight into an interdisciplinary translational research project conducted in partnership with the Selian Lutheran Hospital in Arusha, Tanzania. The project examined cultural practices affecting reproductive health, cervical cancer and HPV genotyping in East Africa.
For more information, contact Elke Zschaebitz at 828- 3406 or via email at ezschaebitz@vcu.edu.