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Advancing Science for Global Health
Advancing Science for Global Health

Fogarty International Center

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Building support infrastructure so scientists can focus on research

For the last decade, Fogarty’s “G-11” program has supported educational programs geared toward improving research support at institutions in lower-revenue nations.

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Directors' Blog
Memory of Joel Breman: Acting Fogarty Director Peter Kilmarx remembers esteemed colleague, Joel Breman, a global health leader who worked on smallpox eradication and helped identify the Ebola virus.

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CUGH 2024
Fogarty’s impact on display at CUGH 2024: Session topics ranged from equitable partnerships in global health to case studies in implementation science.


Barmes Global Health Lecture

The lecture series honors the late David Edward Barmes, special expert for international health at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR).

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Barmes Lecture returns June 5
Register today! Hear Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy, speak about the Global HIV/AIDS Response: Then, Now, Future. Date: June 5, 2024, at NIH.

More about the Barmes Global Health Lecture series

Global Health Research at NIH

Many of NIH's 27 Institutes and Centers are engaged in global health activities.

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NCI & Fogarty fund cancer research in Mexico
Studying risk factors for cancer in Mexico: Martin Lajous of Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health helped design the largest cancer cohort in Latin America.


Global Health Research Topics

Fogarty and its NIH partners invest in a variety of research topics vital to global health.

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Mobile Health
Fogarty-funded mHealth projects receive NIH technology awards: One detects blood disorders with a photograph, the other uses AI to monitor postpartum recovery.