Population Health Science: A Core Element of Health Science Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Robert A Hiatt¹, Natalie J Engmann, Mushtaq Ahmed+7

• ¹R.A. Hiatt is professor and chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, and director of population sciences and associate director, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, California. N.J. Engmann is a doctoral student, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California. M. Ahmed is professor and associate dean of medical education, Aga Khan University, Faculty of Health Sciences-East Africa, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Y. Amarsi is professor and dean, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Aga Khan University, Faculty of Health Sciences-East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya. W.M. Macharia is professor and chair, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Faculty of Health Sciences-East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya. S.B. Macfarlane is professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, and visiting professor, Aga Khan University, Faculty of Health Sciences-East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya. A.K. Ngugi is assistant professor, Aga Khan University, Faculty of Health Sciences-East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya. F. Rabbani is professor and chair, Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University-Karachi, Pakistan. G. Walraven is honorary professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University-Karachi, Pakistan, and director for health, Aga Khan Development Network, Geneva, Switzerland. R.W. Armstrong is professor and dean of the medical college, Aga Khan University, Faculty of Health Sciences-East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.