Public health is about prevention, and there is no better place to start than maternal and child health. The University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus (UPR-MSC) is the only higher educational institution on the island accredited to offer this degree. While our program focuses on the Puerto Rican population, we include issues that affect all of Latin America, such as MCH issues in Haiti. Our program gives students the opportunity to help implement a health program that has been researched by faculty, helping the students develop strong research backgrounds through state of the art education.

Our program is proud to announce that during the upcoming health research congress to be celebrated at UPR-MSC on March 15, 2010, the program will include nine presentations by currently enrolled students. Experiences like this develop a robust research mind and respect for the development of health programs. Presentation themes for this year’s Congress are as diverse as “Women’s Sexual Reproductive Health” and “Food Hygiene Counseling for Pregnant Women.”  In addition, the UPR-MCH program would like to invite you all to visit our Web page at http://www.rcm.upr.edu/mch/. 

Give yourself an opportunity to become part of our program.  We are currently accepting students for the academic year starting in August 2010. If you are interested in being part of this exciting new group of Latino/Hispanic health practitioners, you will have a place among us.