January February 2019 Global Health Matters e-newsletter

January February 2019 Global Health Matters e-newsletter

Global Health Matters e-newsletter from Fogarty International Center at NIH

March / April 2019

CUGH annual meeting examines implementing solutions for impact Attendees of the 10th annual meeting of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) were encouraged to unleash the unique power of their institutions to enhance the translation and implementation of knowledge so the world’s underserved can benefit. NIH and Fogarty representatives participated in sessions on HIV-related implementation science, global mental health initiatives concerning children, maintaining quality of care during implementation, corruption in the health sector, early-career research training and mentoring. During the meeting, Dr. Ken Bridbord and Dr. King Holmes were presented with the CUGH 2019 Distinguished Leadership Award , the organization’s highest honor. More about the CUGH annual meeting
Scientists urge cross-cutting stigma research, interventions Scientists are calling for stigma research to develop approaches that cut across illnesses, demographics and scientific disciplines in a series of articles that was inspired by a 2017 workshop organized by Fogarty. More about global stigma research
Opinion: New energy for global health is blossoming across NIH Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass is pleased that new institute directors at NIH - including NICHD Director Dr. Diana Bianchi, pictured right - share Fogarty's passion to build research capacity and fund studies to improve the health of the world’s least fortunate. More about global health at NIH
Building global capacity for air quality research: Q and A with Dr Jonathan Samet Dr. Jonathan Samet, a longtime Fogarty and NIH grantee, discusses the results of his Fogarty-supported tobacco research, building capacity for air quality research in East Africa and reducing air pollution globally. Q and A with Dr Jonathan Samet
Fogarty Fellow’s cholera research in Bangladesh spawns global projects As a Fogarty Fellow with icddr,b, Dr. Eric Nelson identified key factors that contributed to the understanding of cholera transmission, and developed partnerships that would lead to future research collaborations. Profile of Dr. Eric J. Nelson
Focus on noncommunicable diseases: Fogarty programs spur NCD research, build capacity Fogarty and its NIH partners invested nearly $80 million to establish NCD research partnerships between U.S. and LMIC institutions, and build related research training programs according to a review of Fogarty’s NCD programs between 2001 and 2017. The evaluation and the latest Fogarty funding opportunities for NCD research training programs come at a critical time. Heart disease, cancer, diabetes and other NCDs disproportionately affect people in poorer countries. Focus on NCD research training

Also in this issue

  • Poor quality drugs pose “public health emergency,” study says
    More than a quarter of a million children die each year due to poor quality and fake medicines, according to a study published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Fogarty senior scientist emeritus Dr. Joel Breman was a co-author on the study.

  • People in the news: Dr. Ken Bridbord and Dr. King Holmes lauded as global health leaders NIH cancer director Dr. Ned Sharpless moves to FDA Dr. Soumya Swaminathan named WHO’s chief scientist Dr. Rebecca Richards-Kortum added to Inventors Hall of Fame Oral cholera vaccine developer Dr. John D. Clemens honored Dr. Salim Abdool Karim and Dr. Sheila West awarded by Kuwait for HIV research NIH taps Dr. Noni H. Byrnes to head Center for Scientific Review Details: People in the news

  • Global health briefs: NIH releases plan for women’s health Nutritional supplement improves infant outcomes WHO publishes malaria control guidelines WHO posts R&D spending by country NIH and FDA host treatment collaboration tool PAHO studies youth health in the Americas Details: Global health briefs

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