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DS-I Africa Progress Report
The Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) initiative is a consortium led by African and U.S. investigators who hope to solve the continent’s most pressing public health problems by collaborating across disciplines with individuals and groups from academia, government and the private sector. It began with 19 projects in 2021 and grew to a total of 38 projects in 2023.
Sickle cell research in Africa yields global benefits
Researchers studying sickle cell disease (SCD) in Tanzania, Ghana, Uganda and Nigeria discuss their work and the potential benefits for patients worldwide.
NHLBI funds cardiovascular research in Haiti
Gene Kwan discusses his work in rural Rwanda, Haiti, Malawi, Liberia, and India
NIDCR funds research in Africa
Azeez Butali discusses his work on the genetics behind cleft palate in populations of African descent.
NIDCR funds research in Africa
More global health research stories from around NIH
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID): Database of international clinical trial regulations marks a decade
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS): Reframing the mental health stressors of Syrian refugees
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): NIMH marks 75 years of mental health research
- National Institute on Aging (NIA): Prevalence of dementia in India underestimated
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR): NIDCR funds oral health training in Thailand
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK): Facing the challenge of undiagnosed diabetes in Africa
- NIH Common Fund: H3Africa resources endure beyond its end
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID): South-South partnership bolsters the fight against viral disease in West Africa
- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB): Engineering a new molecule to neutralize venoms
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): Bitter cassava, bitter irony: Teaching methos to detoxify cassava to prevent konzo
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS): Studying the effect of pesticide on Thai farmers
Global health initiatives at NIH
Many NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices (ICOs) are engaged in global health research and research training activities.
Recent global health news from NIH
- At 20, the African Journal Partnership Program Enters Young Adulthood
National Library of Medicine’s Musing From the Mezzanine blog, April 3, 2024 - Experimental Ebola Vaccines Found Safe and Capable of Producing Immune Responses in Healthy Adults
NIAID news, April 3, 2024 - US-Sweden Cancer Summit - Bridging the Research to Implementation Gap
National Cancer Institute, Center for Global Health news, March 13, 2024 - NIEHS catalyzes research collaborations in India
Environmental Factor, March 2024
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