This project is another effort by NLM to reach the consumer/end user, no matter where that user is located. MedlinePlus African tutorials focus on tropical disease issues in developing country contexts. The first two tutorials were on malaria and diarrhea and were developed with the Faculty of Medicine at Makerere University in Uganda. In coordination with the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, NLM worked with African doctors, artists, and medical students to create two original tutorials as well as guides for their use in the field. Following field testing as part of the medical students’ curriculum,.
