March / April 2018 Global Health Matters Newsletter

Inside this Issue

• On 50th anniversary, Fogarty reviews progress
• NIH, Fogarty discuss health inequities at Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) annual meeting
• We have come so far, yet much remains to be done
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Focus on adolescent health research:
  • Fogarty's adolescent research key to future good health
  • Teen pregnancy can impact health for a lifetime
  • Healthy habits in teens help reduce noncommunicable disease burden
  • HIV/AIDS a key battleground for teen health researchers

• Low-cost mental health innovation enables access to care in Africa, US
• Advancing research in Peru: Q and A with Dr Patricia Garcia
• Profile: Armed with career development award, former Fogarty Fellow fights rheumatic heart disease in Malawi
• Research!America honors Fogarty Director Roger Glass
• People in the news
• Global health briefs

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