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MJoTA (Medical Journal of Therapeutics Africa)

Striving to create a dialog among pharmaceutical industry professionals in the 54 countries of Africa and the U.S., the Medical Journal of Therapeutics Africa (MJoTA) was published by USP's biomedical writing programs on January 15, 2007. The first issue was written, edited and reviewed by students, faculty, and friends of the biomedical writing programs. The journal is entirely electronic, although it is in a form that can be printed. It will be downloadable from several web-sites, including that of the College of Graduate Studies, and can easily be sent by e-mail.

Each issue focuses on an area of concern for Africa. The first issue, published on Martin Luther King Day, focused on malaria, which kills as many as three million humans each year, most of whom are young African children. The second issue, which will be published in May 2007, focuses on HIV/AIDS, which infects half of the humans in Botswana. The third issue scheduled to be published in September will focus on liver diseases including hepatitis C, which afflicts one quarter of the humans in Egypt.

For more information, contact Susanna J. Dodgson, PhD, Program Director, Biomedical Writing Programs, at s.dodgso@usp.edu.

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Film Produced by Biomedical Writing Faculty & Students, Malaria: A Preventable Disease

This MJoTA (Medical Journal of Therapeutics Africa) Film was produced by the faculty and students of the Biomedical Writing program at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP). Hosted by Susanna J Dodgson, PhD. Filmed on location in Lagos, Nigeria.

To learn more about MJoTA or read the Journal see above or go the the MJoTA Website.

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