July / August 2015 Global Health Matters Newsletter

Inside this Issue

• US-China renew commitment to global health security
• Fogarty to award nearly $3M to advance ICT for research and training
• New career development program launched for LMIC scientists
• Scientists aim to defeat Middle East respiratory virus
• Focus on the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at NIH:
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse marks 20 years of International Forum
  • Researchers slow HIV spread among drug users in Vietnam
  • Scientists tackle disease in Kazakhstan drug injectors
  • NIDA, Fogarty work to reduce smoking in Argentina
  • Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Jennifer Syvertsen documents drugs and HIV risk in Kenya
• Q and A with Dr Nelson Sewankambo on research and training in Uganda
• Diplomacy: a powerful force to improve global health
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Trainee music video urges malaria prevention
• People in the news
• Global health briefs

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