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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Subject: IAP: HST.434 Evolution of an Epidemic (Study abroad -South Africa)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Date: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">September 18, 2019 at 3:56:43 PM EDT</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HST 434 Evolution of an Epidemic (Study Abroad)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Prerequisite:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">None</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Restrictions:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Application Required. Must have passport. If non-US passport must be eligible to obtain visa to enter
South Africa if needed.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">MIT Units:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">3-0-1 P/D/F</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(Undergraduate)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dates/Location:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">January 15-27, 2020 – Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Course Video:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.ragoninstitute.org/education/hst-434-evolution-of-an-epidemic/"><span style="color:#954F72">http://www.ragoninstitute.org/education/hst-434-evolution-of-an-epidemic/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Examines the medical, scientific, public health and policy responses to a new disease, by focusing on the evolution of the AIDS epidemic. Begins with a review of how this new disease was first detected in
the US and Africa, followed by the scientific basis as to how HIV causes profound dysfunction of the body’s immune defense mechanisms, the rational development of drugs, the challenge of an HIV vaccine, and how public health and policy decisions have influenced
the course of the global epidemic. Class conducted in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa by MIT instructors. Sponsored by IMES, HST, MIT Medical, MISTI-South Africa Program, and the Ragon Institute. Open to all
majors. Enrollment determined by application process, limited to 20.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Application due<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>October 18</b>:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://hst.mit.edu/IAP2020SouthAfrica"><span style="color:#954F72">http://hst.mit.edu/IAP2020SouthAfrica</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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