September / October 2018 Global Health Matters Newsletter

Inside this Issue

• Africa’s health, research workforce gets $26M boost
• NIH trying to change science culture, boost women’s role
• Fogarty-supported research revolutionizes hydrocephalus care
• Focus on Alzheimer's disease and dementia:
  • Tackling the growing, global burden of dementia
  • Study in India sets stage for US tests of screening tool for cognitive impairment
  • Fogarty grantees receive supplemental funding for training in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
  • As dementia rises in Africa, urgent need for research
• Encouraging research innovations that improve health
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Leading the fight against HIV/AIDS in Cambodia
  Q and A with Dr Vonthanak Saphonn
• Profile: First Fogarty ophthalmology Fellow Dr Fran Wu studies rare pediatric cancer in Ethiopia
• Fogarty trainees in Dhaka collaborate on diarrheal diseases
• People in the news
• Global health briefs

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