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	v A World of Good > Journey to Peru > Journey to India > Journey to Africa	Home » News » Features » A World of Good » Journey to Africa Journey to Africa This audio/video presentation requires the Flash Player, version 8 or higher. You can download the Flash Player if you don't currently have it. MD student Catherine Hooper recounts her travels in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where she helped establish a link between TUSK and Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences. Hooper also taught children to promote safe sex by helping them film video messages that play in the local health clinic. Read more about the PHPD Global Health Initiative.
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