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Rwandan Health Minister presents NIH global health lecture Rwandan Minister of Health, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, a strong supporter of biomedical research, has been invited to deliver the annual David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture at NIH. >> Full article
Global pandemic of fake medicines poses urgent risk, scientists say Poor quality medicines are a real and urgent threat that could undermine decades of successful efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB, according to the editors of a new collection of journal articles. >> Full article Related news: Q and A with world-renowned malaria research expert Dr Chris Plowe
NIH, South Africa partner on $8M in research projects The NIH and the South African Medical Research Council have jointly awarded 31 grants to support research targeting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and HIV-related comorbidities and cancers. >> Full article
Fogarty web tools facilitate collaboration To make it easier for Fogarty grantees to share information and identify possible collaborators, the Center has launched on its website a new searchable database of all current projects. >> Full article
Profile: Fogarty Fellow assesses HIV impact in utero in Cameroon As a Fogarty Fellow in Cameroon, Dr. Anna Babakhanyan studied whether HIV-free babies born to mothers with the virus receive normal or lower levels of the maternal antibodies that protect newborns from malaria. >> Full article
NIH encourages veterinarians to consider research careers A recent NIH stakeholder meeting considered how to improve health for people, animals and the environment, and how veterinarian-scientists can be better integrated into biomedical research. >> Full article
NIH marks 20 years of advancing behavioral and social sciences The NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research is celebrating 20 years of accomplishments in the U.S. and globally. >> Full article Related news: Behavioral, social sciences are vital to global health, Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
How to make an impact in global mental health Pamela Collins, director, NIMH Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health at Duke Global Health Institute, with recorded webcast Duke Global Health Institute news, April 14, 2015
NIH research: think globally NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., address the importance of continuing to pursue research on a global scale amid fiscal constraints. Science, April 10, 2015
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