January / February 2016 Global Health Matters Newsletter

Inside this Issue

• PEPFAR’s Dr Deborah Birx urges sharper focus to halt HIV globally
• New Fogarty programs build capacity, spur research
• Focus on Global Burden of Disease study: Dr Chris Murray discusses findings and future of GBD at NIH
• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases partners publish hypertension findings
• The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases: a partnership blossoms
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Testing curbs malaria drug misuse in Kenya
• Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr John Stanifer studies kidney disease in Tanzania
• Value of Fogarty-supported research training
  Q and A with Dr Peter Cherutich
• South African cohort studies yield key health insights
• NIH unveils Strategic Plan for 2016-2020
• People in the news
• Global health briefs

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