May / June 2021 Global Health Matters Newsletter

Inside this Issue

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• NIH to invest $100M to advance Artificial Intelligence
• NIH takes action against sexual harassment
• Observing four decades of progress on HIV/AIDS
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Modeling networks: How Fogarty made epidemiology history during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Focus: Breastfeeding in LMICs poses complex research questions
  • NIH breastfeeding research essential to child health
  • Cultural factors influence breastfeeding practices
  • Research findings prevent HIV transmission by nursing
  • Water insecurity can disrupt exclusive breastfeeding
• Innovating advanced care for Ugandan patients with rheumatic heart disease
  Q and A with Dr Emmy Okello
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Leah Katzelnick investigates Zika and dengue viruses in South America
• Fogarty publishes HIV concept mapping project
• Former NIH Director Dr Harold Varmus leads new WHO Science Council
• African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI) announces second cohort of fellows to be hosted at NIH
• Research!America recognizes advocate Mary Fogarty McAndrew
• People in global health news
• Global health news briefs

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