July / August 2018 Global Health Matters Newsletter

Inside this Issue

• Fogarty launches program to reduce HIV/AIDS stigma, lower disease transmission
• $17M is awarded to support HIV, disease ecology, mHealth projects
• Focus on cancer:
  • NIH supports cancer research to reduce disease burden
  • Research, technology fight cancer in LMIC women
  • Vietnam project studies text messages to curb smoking
  • Global studies show single dose of HPV vaccine provides protection
  • Fogarty and NIH have catalyzed cancer research in Malawi
  • Training cancer researchers in Malawi:
    Q and A with Dr Tamiwe Tomoka
• Study explores how to repurpose HIV platform to combat NCDs
• Implementing clean cookstoves is ongoing challenge
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Profile: First Fogarty dermatology Fellow Dr Aileen Chang studies Kaposi’s sarcoma in Uganda
• Fogarty Fellows and Scholars welcomed by NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins
• Fogarty awards new Clayton-Dedonder mentorship grants to support HIV/AIDS research and training
• People in the news
• Global health briefs

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