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PanAfrican Acupuncture Project

The PanAfrican Acupuncture Project (PAAP) is a pioneering initiative based in East Africa that provides acupuncture training to local health care workers. Since 2003 PAAP has trained more than 150 health care workers to employ simple yet effective acupuncture techniques in the treatment of endemic conditions such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, malnutrition and tuberculosis. Those health care workers have in turn used their new skills to help thousands of Africans.

The Organization

The Boston-based PanAfrican Acupuncture Project is the culmination of nearly a decade-long quest to bring acupuncture to the people of the African continent who are struggling with HIV/AIDS. Since conducting the first training in Kampala, Uganda, in 2003, PAAP, a registered NGO, has begun to realize the full potential of acupuncture on a continent where medical care is desperately limited. Today in Uganda, as a result of PAAP's efforts, acupuncture is employed in health centres and community clinics throughout the country.

Clinical Training Opportunity

Due to a strategic partnership between PAAP and the Global Outreach Program, PRC students can complete clinical training with PAAP while bringing much needed expertise and support to the Project. The trainings usually last from 2 to 3 weeks, affording students the potential to gain 120 hours of unparalleled clinical experience.

Acupuncturists and students from other colleges and are encouraged to contact PRC for more information on training opportunities with PAAP. Academic credit may be available to you. 

Eligible PRC student must have completed the following prerequisites: a minimum of 200 hours clinical practice, OM201/202 TCM Diagnosis, and ACU113/114 Techniques and Therapeutics. Non-PRC students are also welcome to apply for acupuncture clinical placement. Please contact our Office of Admissions for more information and an application.

Upcoming Opportunities

For upcoming opportunities with PAAP, please visit www.panafricanacupuncture.org.

^{Images: PRC student teaching Acupuncture to Uganda nurses (top); Acupuncture treatment of keloids likely due to an insect bite (middle); School house from 2008 GOP trip to East Africa (image with PAAP logo).}