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Rebecca Haffajee was a 2002-03 Hart Fellow working with the
non-governmental organization KIWAKKUKI, a Kiswahili acronym for
"Women Against AIDS in Kilimanjaro" in the northeastern Kilimanjaro
Region of Tanzania. At KIWAKKUKI, Rebecca oversaw a public health
services research study conducted by Dr. Kate Whetten-Goldstein of
the Center for Health Policy, Law and Management at Duke University,
studying psychological and social development in orphans living in
institutions versus family-based environments. In addition to this
research, she also prepared a presentation on KIWAKKUKI's home-based
HIV/AIDS care program for the 2nd Multisectoral Conference on HIV/AIDS
in Tanzania. Upon returning to the US, Rebecca presented her findings
from a qualitative research project on women leaders in Tanzania to
public health and women's studies scholars at Duke University.
Rebecca graduated from Duke in May 2002 with a major in Women's Studies
and a certificate in Health Policy. At Duke, Rebecca worked with people
living with HIV/AIDS in North Carolina as a needs assessment interviewer
for the Piedmont Healthcare Consortia and with a non-profit organization,
Project Straighttalk, in programming an AIDS Awareness March and Rally and
a World AIDS Day Candlelight Vigil. She also worked at the Duke University
Women's Center as a program assistant for violence prevention and rape
awareness activities. Her professional experience include researching
health legislation at the state level with American Jewish Congress in
Boston and the national level with the Center for Responsive Politics
in Washington, DC. Rebecca now attends Harvard Law School to prepare for
a career in international health law.
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