Global Health at NIH

Recent NIH Global Health News

• Rwandan physician will bring home lessons learned at NIH
  NIH Catalyst, March-April 2017
• Global health community pays tribute to NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins
  Nov / Dec 2016 Global Health Matters
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS):
  Developing neurological research capacity in LMICs
  Nov / Dec 2016 Global Health Matters
• Global research funders launch World Report tool to aid funding analysis
  Nov / Dec 2016 Global Health Matters
• First new HIV vaccine efficacy study in seven years has begun
  South Africa hosts historic NIH-supported clinical trial
  NIAID/NIH news, November 28, 2016
• NIH-led effort examines use of big data for infectious disease surveillance
  Fogarty/NIH news, November 14, 2016
• Ebola-affected countries receive NIH support to strengthen research capacity
  Fogarty/NIH news, October 26, 2016
• NIH contributes to global effort to prevent and manage lung diseases
  NIH-funded trial will measure health benefits of clean cookstoves
  Fogarty/NIH news, October 19, 2016
• US-India joint effort targets genes and traits to improve glaucoma screening, prevention and treatment
  National Eye Institute news, September 29, 2016
• African medical education program enters next phase
  Sep / Oct 2016 Global Health Matters
• Cuba is new site for NIH-funded research training program
  Sep / Oct 2016 Global Health Matters
• Planning grants for global noncommunicable disease research centers announced by National Cancer Institute
  NCI Center for Global Health news, September 21, 2016
• HHS accelerates development of mRNA-based Zika vaccine
  HHS news, September 7, 2016
• NIH collaboration helps advance potential Zika treatments
  NIH news, August 29, 2016
• NIAID scientists explore connection between Ebola survival and co-infection with malaria parasites
  NIAID/NIH news, August 16, 2016
• NIH begins testing investigational Zika vaccine in humans
  NIAID/NIH, August 3, 2016
• HHS [NIAID] forges unprecedented partnership to combat antimicrobial resistance
  HHS news, July 28, 2016
• HIV therapy for breastfeeding mothers can virtually eliminate transmission to babies
  NIAID/NICHD/NIH news, July 18, 2016
• NIH-led effort uses implementation science approaches to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
  Jul / Aug 2016 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty and NIH partners awards $13M to train HIV researchers in LMICs
  Jul / Aug 2016 Global Health Matters
• New Fogarty grants, with NCI and NIAID support, will help develop expertise in research ethics
  Jul / Aug 2016 Global Health Matters
• NIH training will expand mHealth research capacity
  Jul / Aug 2016 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty Dental Fellow supported by NIDCR studies Mexican children with HIV
  Jul / Aug 2016 Global Health Matters
• NIH expands investment in HIV cure research
  Six research teams to lead collaborative investigations worldwide
  NIAID/NIH news, July 13, 2016
• International collaboration to create new cancer models to accelerate research
  NCI/NIH news, July 11, 2016
• NIH launches largest-ever study of breast cancer genetics in African-ancestry populations
  NCI/NIH news, July 6, 2016
• NIH funds Zika virus study involving U.S. Olympic team:
  Researchers will monitor potential infections among group of U.S. athletes traveling to Brazil
  NICHD/NIH news, July 5, 2016
• PREVAIL treatment trial for men with persistent Ebola viral RNA in semen opens in Liberia
  NIAID/NIH news, July 5, 2016
• NIH launches large [international] study of pregnant women in areas affected by Zika virus
  NIAID/NIH news, June 21, 2016
• Building global capacity and training to support household air pollution research
  NIEHS Global Environmental Health newsletter, June 2016
• World leaders and advocates unite in Washington, DC for one mission: Make mental health a global priority
  NIMH/NIH news, May 20, 2016
• Bill Gates visits NIH for ongoing talks
  May / Jun 2016 Global Health Matters
• Focus on the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
  May / Jun 2016 Global Health Matters
• Advancing research on alcohol abuse and dependence
• Studying alcohol and HIV: a dangerous combination
• NIAAA advances fetal alcohol exposure research
• Japanese fellows contribute to NIH research for more than 20 years
  May / Jun 2016 Global Health Matters
• Cuban delegation makes historic visit to NIH
  May / Jun 2016 Global Health Matters
• Investigational malaria vaccine protects healthy U.S. adults for more than one year
  NIAID/NIH news, May 9, 2016
• Experimental dengue vaccine protects all recipients in virus challenge study: Vaccine developed by NIH and FDA scientists
  NIH news, March 16, 2016
• Focus on the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS): 50 years of research and training to improve global health
  Mar / Apr 2016 Global Health Matters
• School program in rural Bangladesh reduces arsenic exposure, study shows
  Mar / Apr 2016 Global Health Matters
• Researchers help prevent heat-related deaths in India
  Mar / Apr 2016 Global Health Matters
• Scientists study aflatoxins, foodborne carcinogens
  Mar / Apr 2016 Global Health Matters
• Ebola research news from NIAID:
• Ebola survivor study yields insights on complications of disease: Other findings may have implications for potential sexual transmission of Ebola
  NIAID/NIH news, February 23, 2016
• Experimental Ebola antibody protects monkeys: Antibody isolated from Ebola survivor can advance to clinical trials
  NIAID/NIH news, February 25, 201
• Vaginal ring provides partial protection from HIV in large multinational trial
  NIAID/NIH news, February 22, 2016
• Zika virus in the Americas - yet another arbovirus threat
  co-authored by NIAID Director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci
  New England Journal of Medicine, January 13, 2016
• The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases, including NIH, partners publish hypertension findings
  Jan / Feb 2016 Global Health Matters
• The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases: a partnership blossoms
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
  Jan / Feb 2016 Global Health Matters
• Testing curbs malaria drug misuse in Kenya
  Jan / Feb 2016 Global Health Matters
• NIH-supported South African cohort studies yield key health insights
  Jan / Feb 2016 Global Health Matters
• Translational cancer research comes of age in Latin America: Investigators of the U.S.-Latin America Cancer Research Network
  Science Translational Medicine, December 23, 2015
• International study reveals new genetic clues to age-related macular degeneration: NIH-funded research provides framework for future studies of AMD biology, therapy
  NEI/NIH news, December 21, 2015
• NIH-led effort details global brain disorders research agenda in Nature supplement
  Nov / Dec 2015 Global Health Matters
• H3Africa spurs range of genomic research, training
  Nov / Dec 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH aims to increase collaboration on chronic diseases
  Nov / Dec 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH makes Rep John E Fogarty's papers available online
  Nov / Dec 2015 Global Health Matters
• Shining light on Ebola virus for faster diagnosis
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, October 22, 2015
• South Korea, US [NIH] to jointly develop vaccine, cure for MERS
  KBS World Radio, Korea, October 17, 2015
• Related news: NIH and global partners aim to defeat Middle East respiratory virus
  Jul / Aug 2015 Global Health Matters
• Church programs increase HIV testing, treatment in rural Nigeria, NIH study finds
  NICHD news, October 15, 2015
• US and Canada partner to invest $21 million for environmental and occupational health research hubs in developing countries
  Fogarty news, October 8, 2015
• International diabetes research knowledge portal opens to public, scientists
  NIDDK news, October 7, 2015
• NIH awards $36M to train junior faculty in Africa through MEPI program
  Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters
• Rwandan Minister of Health Dr Agnes Binagwaho discusses country's health advances at NIH
  Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters
• NCI studies benzene's effects on factory workers in China, informing US regulation of the chemical
  Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH-funded studies examine Asian diet for clues to improve health
  Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters
• Q and A with Dr Roger Detels on HIV/AIDS research and training in China supported by Fogarty, NIDA
  Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty, NIH aim to inspire future global health leaders
  Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters
• Queen of Spain visits NIH to discuss cancer research
  Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters
• NEI team in Liberia investigates ocular effects among Ebola survivors
  NEI News Brief, September 8, 2015
• Undergrad biomedical engineering teams win NIH's DEBUT Challenge for design of creative new devices focused on global health and point-of-care technologies
  National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) news, August 21, 2015
• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) members [including NIH] fund landmark research into prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes
  Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases news, August 20, 2015
• Scientists adopt new strategy to find Huntington's disease therapies
  Large, international NIH-supported study uses precision medicine to tackle neurological disorders
  NINDS/NIH news, August 7, 2015
• Young South African women can adhere to daily PrEP regimen as HIV prevention:
  NIH-funded study finds men in Bangkok, Harlem also successful in taking daily dose
  NIAID/NIH news, July 21, 2015
• Early antiretroviral therapy prevents non-AIDS outcomes in HIV-infected people
  NIAID/NIH news, July 20, 2025
• Related publication: Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in Early Asymptomatic HIV Infection
  New England Journal of Medicine, July 20, 2015
• HIV control through treatment durably prevents heterosexual transmission of virus
  NIAID/NIH news, July 20, 2015
• US-China renew commitment to global health security
  Jul / Aug 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH and global partners aim to defeat Middle East respiratory virus
  Jul / Aug 2015 Global Health Matters
• Focus on the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at NIH
  Jul / Aug 2015 Global Health Matters
• National Institute on Drug Abuse marks 20 years of International Forum
• Researchers slow HIV spread among drug users in Vietnam
• Scientists tackle disease in Kazakhstan drug injectors
• NIDA, Fogarty work to reduce smoking in Argentina
• Profile: NIDA-supported Fellow documents drugs and HIV risk in Kenya
• Investigational aerosolized Ebola vaccine shows promise in nonhuman primates
  NIAID/NIH news, July 13, 2015
• Related publication: Aerosolized Ebola vaccine protects primates and elicits lung-resident T cell responses
  Journal of Clinical Investigation, July 13, 2015
• The African Journal Partnership Project: Raising the visibility of African medical publishing and research
  The BMJ, June 25, 2015
• NCATS-FDA Team Receives HHS Innovation Ventures Support to Crowdsource Information on Treating Tropical Diseases
  NCATS/NIH news, June 2015
• Study of Ebola survivors opens in Liberia: Trial to examine long-term health effects of Ebola virus disease
  NIAID/NIH news, June 17, 2015
• International collaboration aims to speed development of genomic medicine
  NHGRI/NIH news, June 3, 2015
• NIH, South Africa partner on $8M in research projects
  May / Jun 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH marks 20 years of advancing behavioral and social sciences
  through the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
  May / Jun 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH encourages veterinarians to consider research careers
  May / Jun 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIAID helps launch first "African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics" (ACE) in Mali
  NIAID/NIH news, April 29, 2015
• NIH launches largest clinical trial focused on HIV-related cardiovascular disease, with roughly 100 sites in Canada, Puerto Rico, Thailand and the US
  NHLBI/NIH news, April 15, 2015
• NIH meeting advances Alzheimer's research agenda
  Mar / Apr 2015 Global Health Matters
• Lack of adherence in HIV trial has broad implications
  Mar / Apr 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH examines lead's impact on dementia, bone density
  Mar / Apr 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH, South African Medical Research Council award $8 million in HIV, TB grants
  NIAID/NIH news, April 13, 2015
• 8 Million Dollars' worth of grants awarded to scientists at South African universities
  South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) news, April 13, 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
• Experimental Ebola vaccine safe, prompts immune response: Results from US government-sponsored phase 1 trial of VSV vaccine reported
  NIAID/NIH news, April 1, 2015
• For most children with HIV and low immune cell count, cells rebound after treatment​​: NIH-funded study finds T-cell level returns to normal with time
  NICHD/NIH news, March 23, 2015
• Anti-herpes drug may help control HIV, NIH study finds
  NICHD/NIH news, March 13, 2015
• Ebola test vaccines appear safe in Phase 2 Liberian clinical trial: Liberia-US partnership planning Phase 3 trial and study of Ebola survivors
  NIAID/NIH news, March 26, 2015
• Liberia-U.S. clinical research partnership opens trial to test Ebola treatments: Initial study will evaluate experimental drug cocktail ZMapp
  NIAID/NIH news, February 27, 2015
• NIH-funded scientists create potential long-acting HIV therapeutic
  NIAID/NIH news, February 19, 2015
• Study suggests alternative approach to AIDS vaccine
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, February 24, 2015
• NIH-sponsored HIV vaccine trial launches in South Africa
  NIAID/NIH news, February 19, 2015
• Liberia-U.S. clinical research partnership opens trial to test Ebola treatments: Initial study will evaluate experimental drug cocktail ZMapp
  NIAID/NIH news, February 27, 2015
• NIH Ebola vaccine trial gets underway in Liberia
  Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
• Medical Education Partnership Initiative aids Ebola response
  Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
• HHS Secretary says US plays key role in global health
  Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
• Focus on nursing research
  Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
• 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
• Measuring health impact of indoor air pollution is key
  Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
• Evaluating the health benefits of clean cooking adoption: Indicators and biomarkers of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)
  Meeting report and presentations from the December 2014 Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves / NIH household air pollution workshop
• Sub-Saharan Africa genomics study gives clues about disease
  Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH, Brazil launch novel funding program
  Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters

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Updated November 2016