January / February 2015 Global Health Matters Newsletter

Inside this Issue

• HHS Secretary says US plays key role in global health
• NIH Ebola vaccine trial gets underway in Liberia
• Medical Education Partnership Initiative aids Ebola response
• Focus on nursing research:
  • Nursing research and training spur global health gains
  • Sari cloth can filter cholera from water, research shows
  • Lab-on-a-chip provides speedy disease diagnoses
  • Research aims to curb mental, emotional pain of HIV
  • Study finds mothers can help reduce daughters' risk of HIV infection in Jamaica
  • Role of nursing research in global health: Q and A with NINR Director Dr Patricia A Grady
  • Profile: Fogarty nursing fellow Faith Beulah oversees HIV trials in India
• Measuring health impact of indoor air pollution is key
• Injuries cause 5 million global deaths each year
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
• Sub-Saharan Africa genomics study gives clues about disease
• NIH, Brazil launch novel funding program
• People in the news
• Global health briefs

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