May / June 2013 Global Health Matters Newsletter

Inside this Issue

• FDA acts against compromised antimalarial drugs
• New Indian rotavirus vaccine provides hope: opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Focus on genomics and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI):
  • Genomics breakthroughs mount to fight disease
  • Africa's genetic diversity holds promise
• Fogarty-funded scientists help clarify dengue risk
• Changes needed to address AIDS as a chronic illness
• Initiative seeks to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
• Data use key in fighting child pneumonia, diarrhea
• Fogarty welcomes new advisory board members
• Q and A with Ambassador Leslie V Rowe, Office of Global Health Diplomacy, Dept of State
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Mark Siedner adapts medical practices in Uganda
• Examining ethics in study recruitment manipulation
• NCI's Varmus visits Fogarty Fellows, Scholars in China
• Obama plan aims to unlock secrets of the brain
• Global health briefs
• People in the news

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