As a requirement of the MPH program, BUSPH students participate in a public health practicum, applying what they learn in the classroom in real work settings. Currently students participate in practica in more than 200 sites in and around Boston, across the country, and around the world.

Related links: Practice at BUSPH, Listen to MPH student Lotus McDougal talk about working in a refugee camp: (View Slide Show)

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Notes From the Field: Anna Knapp in Zambia

One in 10 babies die before their first birthday in Zambia, where the infant mortality rate has climbed into the top 10 worldwide in the past several years. In Zambia's Copperbelt Province, Boston University School of Public Health researchers have been working to try to save young lives through a simple but potentially far-reaching training project. Among the researchers is Anna Knapp, a senior program manager at BU's Center for International Health and Development (CIHD),...[Continued]