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Nutrition research explores food as medicine—globally and in the U.S.

Good nutrition is crucial for maintaining health. A balanced diet fuels the body and lowers the risk of illness, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and infectious diseases. The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative, crafted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), aims to ensure that all Americans live longer, healthier lives. Two Fogarty studies examine the use of food as medicine.

Nutrition research explores food as medicine

Issue: July/Aug 2025

Global Health Matters Newsletter

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Global Health Research Impacts in the U.S.

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Fogarty's impact on the U.S. and international populations
Fogarty grants fund a range of research and research training programs. New online resources detail the ways in which these grants advance science and improve the health of individuals and populations in nations across the globe and also in the United States. 


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NIH-funded global research advances science for all
When teams of U.S. and international scientists conduct research in low- and middle-income countries, it often leads to improved treatments for health challenges of importance to Americans, such as cancer, heart disease and child nutrition.

Featured News

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What do you mean when you say “capacity building?”
Between 2007 and 2012, Dr. Yukari Manabe, a professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, learned all about capacity building when she served as head of research at the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), founded in Kampala in 2002. 




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Caring for casualties in low-resource conflict settings
Solutions devised by trauma care teams in Burkina Faso reflect warfare experience in a context that might more closely resemble what the U.S. may face in the future, says Dr. Hannah Binzen Wild, a general surgery resident at the University of Washington.  


Global Health Fellows & Scholars

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Improving child & teen health in Peru and Kenya: Dr. Gwenyth Lee of Rutgers School of Public Health examined the impact of enteric (intestinal) infections on the growth and development of a cohort of children in Iquitos, Peru for her fellowship project.  


Implementing Global Research in the U.S.

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Culturally relevant meal plans lead to better health: Dr. Halimatou Alaofè, associate professor at the University of Arizona, conducts research in her native Benin. She focuses on nutritional management of type 2 diabetes.


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