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This archive of global health news from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) , and from across all of the NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs), demonstrates the broad scope of global health research and research training activities NIH supports.
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2015
- Translational cancer research comes of age in Latin America: Investigators of the U.S.-Latin America Cancer Research Network
Science Translational Medicine, December 23, 2015 - International study reveals new genetic clues to age-related macular degeneration: NIH-funded research provides framework for future studies of AMD biology, therapy
NEI/NIH news, December 21, 2015 - NIH-led effort details global brain disorders research agenda in Nature supplement
Nov / Dec 2015 Global Health Matters - H3Africa spurs range of genomic research, training
Nov / Dec 2015 Global Health Matters - NIH aims to increase collaboration on chronic diseases
Nov / Dec 2015 Global Health Matters - NIH makes Rep John E Fogarty's papers available online
Nov / Dec 2015 Global Health Matters - Shining light on Ebola virus for faster diagnosis
Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, October 22, 2015 - South Korea, US [NIH] to jointly develop vaccine, cure for MERS
KBS World Radio, Korea, October 17, 2015- Related news: NIH and global partners aim to defeat Middle East respiratory virus
Jul / Aug 2015 Global Health Matters
- Related news: NIH and global partners aim to defeat Middle East respiratory virus
- Church programs increase HIV testing, treatment in rural Nigeria, NIH study finds
NICHD news, October 15, 2015 - US and Canada partner to invest $21 million for environmental and occupational health research hubs in developing countries
Fogarty news, October 8, 2015 - International diabetes research knowledge portal opens to public, scientists
NIDDK news, October 7, 2015 - NIH awards $36M to train junior faculty in Africa through MEPI program
Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters - Rwandan Minister of Health Dr Agnes Binagwaho discusses country's health advances at NIH
Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters - NCI studies benzene's effects on factory workers in China, informing US regulation of the chemical
Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters - NIH-funded studies examine Asian diet for clues to improve health
Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters - Q and A with Dr Roger Detels on HIV/AIDS research and training in China supported by Fogarty, NIDA
Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters - Fogarty, NIH aim to inspire future global health leaders
Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters - Queen of Spain visits NIH to discuss cancer research
Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters - NEI team in Liberia investigates ocular effects among Ebola survivors
NEI News Brief, September 8, 2015 - Undergrad biomedical engineering teams win NIH's DEBUT Challenge for design of creative new devices focused on global health and point-of-care technologies
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) news, August 21, 2015 - Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) members [including NIH] fund landmark research into prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes
Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases news, August 20, 2015 - Scientists adopt new strategy to find Huntington's disease therapies
Large, international NIH-supported study uses precision medicine to tackle neurological disorders
NINDS/NIH news, August 7, 2015 - Young South African women can adhere to daily PrEP regimen as HIV prevention:
NIH-funded study finds men in Bangkok, Harlem also successful in taking daily dose
NIAID/NIH news, July 21, 2015 - Early antiretroviral therapy prevents non-AIDS outcomes in HIV-infected people
NIAID/NIH news, July 20, 2025- Related publication: Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in Early Asymptomatic HIV Infection
New England Journal of Medicine, July 20, 2015
- Related publication: Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in Early Asymptomatic HIV Infection
- HIV control through treatment durably prevents heterosexual transmission of virus
NIAID/NIH news, July 20, 2015 - US-China renew commitment to global health security
Jul / Aug 2015 Global Health Matters - NIH and global partners aim to defeat Middle East respiratory virus
Jul / Aug 2015 Global Health Matters - Focus on the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at NIH
Jul / Aug 2015 Global Health Matters - Investigational aerosolized Ebola vaccine shows promise in nonhuman primates
NIAID/NIH news, July 13, 2015- Related publication: Aerosolized Ebola vaccine protects primates and elicits lung-resident T cell responses
Journal of Clinical Investigation, July 13, 2015
- Related publication: Aerosolized Ebola vaccine protects primates and elicits lung-resident T cell responses
- The African Journal Partnership Project: Raising the visibility of African medical publishing and research
The BMJ, June 25, 2015 - NCATS-FDA Team Receives HHS Innovation Ventures Support to Crowdsource Information on Treating Tropical Diseases
NCATS/NIH news, June 2015 - Study of Ebola survivors opens in Liberia: Trial to examine long-term health effects of Ebola virus disease
NIAID/NIH news, June 17, 2015 - International collaboration aims to speed development of genomic medicine
NHGRI/NIH news, June 3, 2015 - NIH, South Africa partner on $8M in research projects
May / Jun 2015 Global Health Matters - NIH marks 20 years of advancing behavioral and social sciences
through the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
May / Jun 2015 Global Health Matters - NIH encourages veterinarians to consider research careers
May / Jun 2015 Global Health Matters - NIAID helps launch first "African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics" (ACE) in Mali
NIAID/NIH news, April 29, 2015 - NIH launches largest clinical trial focused on HIV-related cardiovascular disease , with roughly 100 sites in Canada, Puerto Rico, Thailand and the US
NHLBI/NIH news, April 15, 2015 - NIH meeting advances Alzheimer's research agenda
Mar / Apr 2015 Global Health Matters - Lack of adherence in HIV trial has broad implications
Mar / Apr 2015 Global Health Matters - NIH examines lead's impact on dementia, bone density
Mar / Apr 2015 Global Health Matters - NIH, South African Medical Research Council award $8 million in HIV, TB grants
NIAID/NIH news, April 13, 2015- 8 Million Dollars' worth of grants awarded to scientists at South African universities
South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) news, April 13, 2015
- 8 Million Dollars' worth of grants awarded to scientists at South African universities
- NIH research: Think globally
NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., address the importance of continuing to pursue research on a global scale amid fiscal constraints.
Science, April 10, 2015 - Experimental Ebola vaccine safe, prompts immune response: Results from US government-sponsored phase 1 trial of VSV vaccine reported
NIAID/NIH news, April 1, 2015 - For most children with HIV and low immune cell count, cells rebound after treatment: NIH-funded study finds T-cell level returns to normal with time
NICHD/NIH news, March 23, 2015 - Anti-herpes drug may help control HIV, NIH study finds
NICHD/NIH news, March 13, 2015 - Ebola test vaccines appear safe in Phase 2 Liberian clinical trial: Liberia-US partnership planning Phase 3 trial and study of Ebola survivors
NIAID/NIH news, March 26, 2015 - Liberia-U.S. clinical research partnership opens trial to test Ebola treatments: Initial study will evaluate experimental drug cocktail ZMapp
NIAID/NIH news, February 27, 2015 - NIH-funded scientists create potential long-acting HIV therapeutic
NIAID/NIH news, February 19, 2015- Study suggests alternative approach to AIDS vaccine
Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, February 24, 2015
- Study suggests alternative approach to AIDS vaccine
- NIH-sponsored HIV vaccine trial launches in South Africa
NIAID/NIH news, February 19, 2015 - Liberia-U.S. clinical research partnership opens trial to test Ebola treatments: Initial study will evaluate experimental drug cocktail ZMapp
NIAID/NIH news, February 27, 2015 - NIH Ebola vaccine trial gets underway in Liberia
Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters - Medical Education Partnership Initiative aids Ebola response
Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters - HHS Secretary says US plays key role in global health
Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters - Focus on nursing research
Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters- Nursing research and training spur global health gains
- Sari cloth can filter cholera from water, research shows
- Lab-on-a-chip provides speedy disease diagnoses
- Research aims to curb mental, emotional pain of HIV
- Study finds mothers can help reduce daughters' risk of HIV infection in Jamaica
- Role of nursing research in global health: Q and A with NINR Director Dr Patricia A Grady
- Measuring health impact of indoor air pollution is key
Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters- Evaluating the health benefits of clean cooking adoption: Indicators and biomarkers of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)
Meeting report and presentations from the December 2014 Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves / NIH household air pollution workshop
- Evaluating the health benefits of clean cooking adoption: Indicators and biomarkers of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)
- Sub-Saharan Africa genomics study gives clues about disease
Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters - NIH, Brazil launch novel funding program
Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
2014
- NIH accelerates clinical trials of Ebola vaccines
Nov/Dec 2014 Global Health Matters - Obama visits NIH to call for more funding for Ebola research
- President Obama Speaks on the Fight Against Ebola [Video] [Archive]
Archive of the White House videos, December 2, 2014 - "A test of our character as a nation": President Obama on what we need in the fight against Ebola [Archive]
Archive of the White House Blog, December 2, 2014 - President's visit to NIH highlights research on Ebola
Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, December 2, 2014
- President Obama Speaks on the Fight Against Ebola [Video] [Archive]
- Research needed to treat sickle cell disease in Africa
Nov/Dec 2014 Global Health Matters - Study probes link between malnutrition, gut infection
Nov/Dec 2014 Global Health Matters - Research effort tackles Latin American child obesity
Nov/Dec 2014 Global Health Matters - Sophisticated HIV diagnostics adapted for remote areas
NIBIB/NIH news, December 1, 2014 - NIAID/GSK experimental Ebola vaccine appears safe, prompts immune response
NIAID/NIH news, November 28, 2014 - Sickle cell anemia treatment so successful in kids that trial is halted
NHLBI/NIH news, November 19, 2014 - HHS and NIH take steps to enhance transparency of clinical trial results
NIH news, Nov 19, 2014 - NIH study identifies drug regimen for preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission
NIAID/NICHD/NIH news, November 17, 2014 - NIH-Led Study Explores Prevention of Heart Disease in HIV-Infected People
NIAID/NIH news, October 28, 2014 - NIH Special Grand Rounds on Ebola [Video]
Featuring NIAID Director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci and NIH Clinical Center colleagues
October 22, 2014 - NIH Ebola update: working toward treatments and vaccines
NIH Director's Blog, updated October 22, 2014 - NIH begins early human clinical trial of VSV Ebola vaccine
NIAID/NIH news, October 22, 2014 - The Malnutrition and Enteric Disease Study (MAL-ED): Understanding the Consequences for Child Health and Development
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Supplement, November 1, 2014 issue - A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Implementation Science: The NIH-PEPFAR PMTCT Implementation Science Alliance
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS), November 1, 2014 issue - NIH study casts doubt on plans to scale up preterm birth treatment in low resource settings
NICHD/NIH news, October 14, 2014 - US-Africa summit encourages investments in health, African leaders visit NIH campus
Sep / Oct 2014 Global Health Matters - NIH speeds efforts to test vaccine against Ebola
Sep / Oct 2014 Global Health Matters- Related resource: NIH Ebola research news, information and resources
- Scientists, including reps of nine NIH ICs, propose urgent research agenda for HIV comorbidities
Sep / Oct 2014 Global Health Matters - Q and A with Dr Michael M Gottesman, NIH Deputy Director for Intramural Research
Sep / Oct 2014 Global Health Matters - New strategies in battle against antibiotic resistance
NIH Director's Blog, September 18, 2014 - NCI grantee news: A potential breakthrough on liver cancer [second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide]
Tufts University news, September 5, 2014 - NIH issues finalized policy on genomic data sharing
NIH news, August 27, 2014 - Non-invasive imaging shows earlier sign of cardiovascular disease in vessels of HIV patients
NIDDK news, August 25, 2014 - Experimental chikungunya vaccine induces robust antibody response
NIAID/NIH news, August 14, 2014 - African leaders visit NIH campus
Fogarty news, August 12, 2014 - Eradicating Ebola: In U.S. Biomedical Research, We Trust
NIH Director's Blog, August 11, 2014 - NIH awards two new H3Africa grants to explore the understanding of genomics research in Africa
NIH news, August 4, 2014 - Fogarty marks decade supporting research fellowships with trans-NIH support
Jul / Aug 2014 Global Health Matters - Rwandan Health Minister Dr Agnes Binagwaho discusses research collaborations with NIH
Jul / Aug 2014 Global Health Matters - Global leaders [including NIAID] raise alarm on antibiotic resistance
Jul / Aug 2014 Global Health Matters - Mosquitoes are spreading chikungunya disease in the Americas , NIAID is testing a vaccine candidate
Jul / Aug 2014 Global Health Matters - Universities, including NIH leadership, meet to consider global health challenges
May / Jun 2014 Global Health Matters - Collins hails US-Brazil science collaborations
May / Jun 2014 Global Health Matters - Focus on NIDCD
May / Jun 2014 Global Health Matters - From Uganda to NIH, to Solve a Seizure Mystery
NIH Director's Blog, June 3, 2014 - NIH World RePORT [beta] illustrative mapping database of biomedical research funding expanded to include sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and East Asia/Pacific region data - April 2014
- NIH celebrates a decade of brain disorders research
Mar / Apr 2014 Global Health Matters - Hookah smoking poses health risks, NIH studies show
Mar / Apr 2014 Global Health Matters - NIH tech transfer office speeds global health products
Mar / Apr 2014 Global Health Matters - NIH leaders, grantees present at CUGH meeting
Mar / Apr 2014 Global Health Matters - NIDA signs binational agreements with Peru and the United Arab Emirates
NIDA International Program news, April 2014 - NIH funds influenza research and surveillance network
NIH news, April 10, 2014 - HIV-Infected Men at Increased Risk for Heart Disease, Large Study Finds
NIAID news, March 31, 2014 - Robust Research Efforts Needed to Address Ongoing, Global Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance
NIAID, March 20, 2014 - Sickle-Cell Disease in Africa: An Interview with Tanzanian Researcher Julie Makani
NIH Catalyst, March-April 2014 - South African study 'opens new possibilities for curing HIV'
SouthAfrica.info, March 4, 2014 - The Future of Biomedical Research by NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins
The ASCO Post from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, March 1, 2014 - NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins testifies to a Senate subcommittee regarding research to treat or prevent Alzheimer's Disease, including a clinical trial in Colombia [Video]
C-SPAN, February 26, 2014 - Youth born with HIV may have higher heart disease risk, NIH network study shows
NIH / NICHD News, February 24, 2014 - Overview of Brain Disorders
Jan / Feb 2014 Global Health Matters- Cassava root causes cognitive damage in Congolese villages
- Education may curb epilepsy linked to pig parasite in Burkina Faso
- Fogarty-supported researchers spur Alzheimer's research in Colombia
- Alzheimer's gene protects cognition in Brazilian slums
- Studies in Vietnam show early intervention is critical for disabled children
- Study shows parasite mutation behind drug-resistant malaria in Cambodia
Jan / Feb 2014 Global Health Matters - NIH joins global effort to fund diabetes research
Jan / Feb 2014 Global Health Matters - NCI collaborates with Beijing clinician-scientist
NIH Record, January 31, 2014 - NCI's Center for Global Health Boosts Grant-Earning Capacity in Africa
NIH Record, January 17, 2014 - NIBIB Partners with India on Blood Pressure Initiative
NIH Record, January 17, 2014 - Fogarty awards new HIV/AIDS mentoring grants
Fogarty news, January 6, 2014
2013
- Bill Gates celebrates research collaborations with NIH
Fogarty news, December 4, 2013 - NIH programs build synergy, capacity in Africa
Nov / Dec 2013 Global Health Matters - NIDA Director Dr Nora D Volkow discusses addiction with the Dalai Lama
Nov / Dec 2013 Global Health Matters - NIH Human Microbiome Project: Research shows promise, may result in treatments
Sep / Oct 2013 Global Health Matters - NIH Clinical Center celebrates 60 years of research
Sep / Oct 2013 Global Health Matters - Researchers at Clinical Center show mouse virus may cause breast cancer in humans
Sep / Oct 2013 Global Health Matters - Role of gender in global health research : Q and A with Dr Janine Clayton, Director, NIH ORWH
Sep / Oct 2013 Global Health Matters - NIH awards $17 million in grants to augment genomics research in Africa
NIH News, October 18, 2013 - Study [in South Africa and Zambia] evaluates population-wide testing, early treatment for HIV prevention
NIH News, September 30, 2013 - NIDA information reaches Africa and Saudi Arabia
NIDA News, September 2013 - New door opens in the effort to stave off mosquito-borne diseases
NIGMS Biomedical Beat blog, August 16, 2013 - Investigational Malaria Vaccine Found Safe and Protective: NIH Vaccine Researchers Publish Results of Early-Stage Clinical Trial
NIH / NIAID news release, August 8, 2013 - USAID, NIH announce global health research collaboration awards
Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters - Mental health must be integrated into care delivery
Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters - Chronic disease battle needs global collaboration
Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters - Q and A with Dr Sally J Rockey, NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research
Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters - US, Russia continue to forge research collaborations
Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters - African science journals and paper submissions grow
Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters - Research must validate cleaner cookstoves
Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters- Related journal article: Household Air Pollution in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Health Risks and Research Priorities
PLOS Medicine, June 4, 2013 - Fogarty Director Dr. Roger Glass guest-hosts the June 2013 podcast Experts describe research needed to reduce air pollution from stoves in developing world [podcast] from NICHD
- Related journal article: Household Air Pollution in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Health Risks and Research Priorities
- NIH World REPORT - A database on global health research in Africa
The Lancet Global Health July 5, 2013- NIH releases World RePORT [beta] illustrative mapping database of biomedical research around the world funded by NIH and others - December 2012
- Cervical Cancer: paradigms at home and abroad [in India]
National Cancer Institute news, June 2, 2013 - FDA, with NIH and other partners, acts against compromised antimalarial drugs
May / Jun 2013 Global Health Matters - Focus on genomics and NHGRI: Genomics breakthroughs mount to fight disease
May / Jun 2013 Global Health Matters - NICHD initiative seeks to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
May / Jun 2013 Global Health Matters - NCI's Varmus visits Fogarty Fellows, Scholars in China
May / Jun 2013 Global Health Matters - NIH Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) initiative
- NIDA and INSERM forge new collaboration on the neuroscience of addiction
NIDA news, May 14, 2013 - From CUGH 2013 meeting: NIH pursuing unprecedented opportunities in global health
Mar / Apr 2013 Global Health Matters - News from CUGH 2013 mtg: US Plays Unique Role in Fighting Deadliest Diseases [Video]
Voice of America, April 10, 2013 - Q and A with Dr Christopher P Austin, NCATS director
Mar / Apr 2013 Global Health Matters - US and India advance diabetes research plans
Mar / Apr 2013 Global Health Matters - Training and Capacity Building: Dr. Luz Claudio: A Mission to Build Capacity in Latin America
Global Environmental Health newsletter from NIEHS, March 2013 - The 2010 Global Burden of Disease Report: What It Means for NIEHS and Global Environmental Health
NIEHS Global Environmental Health newsletter from NIEHS, March 2013 - NIH's NICHD celebrates 50 years of improving children's health
Jan / Feb 2013 Global Health Matters - NICHD network discovers ways to save mothers, babies
Jan / Feb 2013 Global Health Matters - NICHD supported research discoveries protect babies from HIV
Jan / Feb 2013 Global Health Matters - NIH and NIMHD call for more partnerships, policies and community action
Jan / Feb 2013 Global Health Matters
2012
- NIH releases World RePORT [beta] illustrative mapping database of biomedical research around the world funded by NIH and others - December 2012
- NIH holds cookstove research training workshop - November / December 2012
- H3Africa begins building Africa's genomics expertise: opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - November / December 2012
- First recipients of research grants to support genomic studies in Africa announced by the NHGRI - October 2012
- Improving treatment of Burkitt's lymphoma and saving children's lives - November / December 2012
- Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine can protect women with HIV - November / December 2012
- Subscribe to the new bimonthly Global Environmental Health Newsletter from The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) at NIH - November 2012
- Building Momentum: NCI's Center for Global Health [Archive] - NCI Cancer Bulletin, October 30, 2012
- New database aims to capture international Alzheimer’s disease research efforts - National Institute on Aging (NIA) News, October 10, 2012
- NIBIB-funded research indicates silk product may eliminate need for vaccine cold chain - July / August 2012
- NIBIB marks decade of innovation, highlights technology for low-resource settings - July / August 2012
- NHGRI supported research discovers genetic link in tropical foot disease - May / June 2012
- Fogarty partners with National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: reducing chronic diseases must be a global priority - June 2012
- First-ever Alzheimer's prevention trial to take place in Colombia - May 2012
- Exploring the Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health , Q and A with Dr. Pamela Collins, Director of the NIMH Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health - March / April 2012
- NIH Director Francis Collins tours India research sites - January / February 2012
- NIH mHealth research agenda continues to evolve - January / February 2012
- Q and A with Dr. Ted Trimble , recently named director of NCI's Center for Global Health - January / February 2012
- US-Irish cancer collaboration agreement is renewed - January / February 2012
2011
- NIH aids effort to produce meningitis vaccine for Africa - November / December 2011
- Studying how best to diagnose, treat heart disease in poor countries - September / October 2011
- NIH Clinical Center receives 2011 Lasker~Bloomberg Award for Public Service - September 2011
- The NIH Clinical Center , the nation's largest hospital devoted entirely to clinical research, has provided training and resources to more than 21,000 people around the world
- NCI on how an HPV vaccine study in Costa Rica yields insights on cancer prevention - September 2011
- A panel on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) at the Global Health Council's 2011 annual conference highlighted the need for comprehensive solutions - July / August 2011
- The National Library of Medicine marks its 175th anniversary. Read more about the history of the NLM , or access the National Library of Medicine (NLM) 175th Anniversary website - May / June 2011
- Webcast of 30 years of HIV/AIDS: A Personal Journey , a lecture by National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci on May 31, 2011 - The National Cancer Institute encourages considering cultural differences to improve end-of-life treatment with training offered by the Middle East Cancer Consortium - January/February 2011
Updated August 2017