March / April 2013 Global Health Matters Newsletter

March / April 2013 Global Health Matters Newsletter

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CUGH 2013 meeting: Partnerships, capacity building needed to strengthen universities Global health partnerships that consider local needs and context are vital to speeding research discoveries to people who need them most, according to speakers at the CUGH annual meeting. Read full article... Related news: NIH pursuing unprecedented opportunities in global health
Fogarty launches eCapacity program Fogarty is launching the innovative program Global Health Research and Research Training eCapacity Initiative to help developing country institutions build ICT expertise. Read full article... Related news: Realizing ICT's promise for global research, training: opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
Global Education and Technology Health summit on widening technology use Leaders in health, research, education and ICT gathered in New York for the GETHealth summit to discuss how to overcome barriers and accelerate change. Read full article...
Focus: moving science to policy more quickly NIH and Fogarty are working to encourage and empower global health scientists to inform health policymakers and program implementers throughout research, spurring actions that benefit health. Scientists must transfer findings to practice Smoking research influenced policy in Hungary
Q and A with Dr Christopher P Austin National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Director Dr. Christopher P. Austin discusses how NCATS supports and advances global health research. Read full article...
US and India advance diabetes research plans Researchers in the U.S. and India are joining forces against diabetes and related diseases, a growing health problem in their countries. Read full article... Related news: India research agency transitions to new director

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