Global Health at NIH News Archives
This archive of global health news from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), and from across all of the NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs), demonstrates the broad scope of global health research and research training activities NIH supports.
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2015
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Investigational aerosolized Ebola vaccine shows promise in nonhuman primates
NIAID/NIH news, 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
- 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
- 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
- Measuring health impact of indoor air pollution is key
Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
- 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
2014
- NIH accelerates clinical trials of Ebola vaccines
Nov/Dec 2014 Global Health Matters
- Obama visits NIH to call for more funding for Ebola research
- Research needed to treat sickle cell disease in Africa
Nov/Dec 2014 Global Health Matters
- Study probes link between malnutrition, gut infection
Nov/Dec 2014 Global Health Matters
- Research effort tackles Latin American child obesity
Nov/Dec 2014 Global Health Matters
- Sophisticated HIV diagnostics adapted for remote areas
NIBIB/NIH news, December 1, 2014
- NIAID/GSK experimental Ebola vaccine appears safe, prompts immune response
NIAID/NIH news, November 28, 2014
- Sickle cell anemia treatment so successful in kids that trial is halted
NHLBI/NIH news, November 19, 2014
- HHS and NIH take steps to enhance transparency of clinical trial results
NIH news, Nov 19, 2014
- NIH study identifies drug regimen for preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission
NIAID/NICHD/NIH news, November 17, 2014
- NIH-Led Study Explores Prevention of Heart Disease in HIV-Infected People
NIAID/NIH news, October 28, 2014
- NIH Special Grand Rounds on Ebola [Video]
Featuring NIAID Director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci and NIH Clinical Center colleagues
October 22, 2014
- NIH Ebola update: working toward treatments and vaccines
NIH Director's Blog, updated October 22, 2014
- NIH begins early human clinical trial of VSV Ebola vaccine
NIAID/NIH news, October 22, 2014
- The Malnutrition and Enteric Disease Study (MAL-ED): Understanding the Consequences for Child Health and Development
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Supplement, November 1, 2014 issue
- A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Implementation Science: The NIH-PEPFAR PMTCT Implementation Science Alliance
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS), November 1, 2014 issue
- NIH study casts doubt on plans to scale up preterm birth treatment in low resource settings
NICHD/NIH news, October 14, 2014
- US-Africa summit encourages investments in health, African leaders visit NIH campus
Sep / Oct 2014 Global Health Matters
- NIH speeds efforts to test vaccine against Ebola
Sep / Oct 2014 Global Health Matters
- Scientists, including reps of nine NIH ICs, propose urgent research agenda for HIV comorbidities
Sep / Oct 2014 Global Health Matters
- Q and A with Dr Michael M Gottesman, NIH Deputy Director for Intramural Research
Sep / Oct 2014 Global Health Matters
- New strategies in battle against antibiotic resistance
NIH Director's Blog, September 18, 2014
- NCI grantee news: A potential breakthrough on liver cancer [second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide]
Tufts University news, September 5, 2014
- NIH issues finalized policy on genomic data sharing
NIH news, August 27, 2014
- Non-invasive imaging shows earlier sign of cardiovascular disease in vessels of HIV patients
NIDDK news, August 25, 2014
- Experimental chikungunya vaccine induces robust antibody response
NIAID/NIH news, August 14, 2014
- African leaders visit NIH campus
Fogarty news, August 12, 2014
- Eradicating Ebola: In U.S. Biomedical Research, We Trust
NIH Director's Blog, August 11, 2014
- NIH awards two new H3Africa grants to explore the understanding of genomics research in Africa
NIH news, August 4, 2014
- Fogarty marks decade supporting research fellowships with trans-NIH support
Jul / Aug 2014 Global Health Matters
- Rwandan Health Minister Dr Agnes Binagwaho discusses research collaborations with NIH
Jul / Aug 2014 Global Health Matters
- Global leaders [including NIAID] raise alarm on antibiotic resistance
Jul / Aug 2014 Global Health Matters
- Mosquitoes are spreading chikungunya disease in the Americas, NIAID is testing a vaccine candidate
Jul / Aug 2014 Global Health Matters
- Universities, including NIH leadership, meet to consider global health challenges
May / Jun 2014 Global Health Matters
- Collins hails US-Brazil science collaborations
May / Jun 2014 Global Health Matters
- Focus on NIDCD
May / Jun 2014 Global Health Matters
- From Uganda to NIH, to Solve a Seizure Mystery
NIH Director's Blog, June 3, 2014
- NIH World RePORT [beta] illustrative mapping database of biomedical research funding expanded to include sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and East Asia/Pacific region data - April 2014
- NIH celebrates a decade of brain disorders research
Mar / Apr 2014 Global Health Matters
- Hookah smoking poses health risks, NIH studies show
Mar / Apr 2014 Global Health Matters
- NIH tech transfer office speeds global health products
Mar / Apr 2014 Global Health Matters
- NIH leaders, grantees present at CUGH meeting
Mar / Apr 2014 Global Health Matters
- NIDA signs binational agreements with Peru and the United Arab Emirates
NIDA International Program news, April 2014
- NIH funds influenza research and surveillance network
NIH news, April 10, 2014
- HIV-Infected Men at Increased Risk for Heart Disease, Large Study Finds
NIAID news, March 31, 2014
- Robust Research Efforts Needed to Address Ongoing, Global Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance
NIAID, March 20, 2014
- Sickle-Cell Disease in Africa: An Interview with Tanzanian Researcher Julie Makani
NIH Catalyst, March-April 2014
- South African study 'opens new possibilities for curing HIV'
SouthAfrica.info, March 4, 2014
- The Future of Biomedical Research by NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins
The ASCO Post from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, March 1, 2014
- NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins testifies to a Senate subcommittee regarding research to treat or prevent Alzheimer's Disease, including a clinical trial in Colombia [Video]
C-SPAN, February 26, 2014
- Youth born with HIV may have higher heart disease risk, NIH network study shows
NIH / NICHD News, February 24, 2014
- Overview of Brain Disorders
Jan / Feb 2014 Global Health Matters
- Study shows parasite mutation behind drug-resistant malaria in Cambodia
Jan / Feb 2014 Global Health Matters
- NIH joins global effort to fund diabetes research
Jan / Feb 2014 Global Health Matters
- NCI collaborates with Beijing clinician-scientist
NIH Record, January 31, 2014
- NCI's Center for Global Health Boosts Grant-Earning Capacity in Africa
NIH Record, January 17, 2014
- NIBIB Partners with India on Blood Pressure Initiative
NIH Record, January 17, 2014
- Fogarty awards new HIV/AIDS mentoring grants
Fogarty news, January 6, 2014
2013
- Bill Gates celebrates research collaborations with NIH
Fogarty news, December 4, 2013
- NIH programs build synergy, capacity in Africa
Nov / Dec 2013 Global Health Matters
- NIDA Director Dr Nora D Volkow discusses addiction with the Dalai Lama
Nov / Dec 2013 Global Health Matters
- NIH Human Microbiome Project: Research shows promise, may result in treatments
Sep / Oct 2013 Global Health Matters
- NIH Clinical Center celebrates 60 years of research
Sep / Oct 2013 Global Health Matters
- Researchers at Clinical Center show mouse virus may cause breast cancer in humans
Sep / Oct 2013 Global Health Matters
- Role of gender in global health research: Q and A with Dr Janine Clayton, Director, NIH ORWH
Sep / Oct 2013 Global Health Matters
- NIH awards $17 million in grants to augment genomics research in Africa
NIH News, October 18, 2013
- Study [in South Africa and Zambia] evaluates population-wide testing, early treatment for HIV prevention
NIH News, September 30, 2013
- NIDA information reaches Africa and Saudi Arabia
NIDA News, September 2013
- New door opens in the effort to stave off mosquito-borne diseases
NIGMS Biomedical Beat blog, August 16, 2013
- Investigational Malaria Vaccine Found Safe and Protective: NIH Vaccine Researchers Publish Results of Early-Stage Clinical Trial
NIH / NIAID news release, August 8, 2013
- USAID, NIH announce global health research collaboration awards
Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
- Mental health must be integrated into care delivery
Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
- Chronic disease battle needs global collaboration
Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
- Q and A with Dr Sally J Rockey, NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research
Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
- US, Russia continue to forge research collaborations
Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
- African science journals and paper submissions grow
Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
- Research must validate cleaner cookstoves
Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
- NIH World REPORT - A database on global health research in Africa
The Lancet Global Health July 5, 2013
- NIH releases World RePORT [beta] illustrative mapping database of biomedical research around the world funded by NIH and others - December 2012
- Cervical Cancer: paradigms at home and abroad [in India]
National Cancer Institute news, June 2, 2013
- FDA, with NIH and other partners, acts against compromised antimalarial drugs
May / Jun 2013 Global Health Matters
- Focus on genomics and NHGRI: Genomics breakthroughs mount to fight disease
May / Jun 2013 Global Health Matters
- NICHD initiative seeks to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
May / Jun 2013 Global Health Matters
- NCI's Varmus visits Fogarty Fellows, Scholars in China
May / Jun 2013 Global Health Matters
- NIH Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) initiative
- NIDA and INSERM forge new collaboration on the neuroscience of addiction
NIDA news, May 14, 2013
- From CUGH 2013 meeting: NIH pursuing unprecedented opportunities in global health
Mar / Apr 2013 Global Health Matters
- News from CUGH 2013 mtg: US Plays Unique Role in Fighting Deadliest Diseases [Video]
Voice of America, April 10, 2013
- Q and A with Dr Christopher P Austin, NCATS director
Mar / Apr 2013 Global Health Matters
- US and India advance diabetes research plans
Mar / Apr 2013 Global Health Matters
- Training and Capacity Building: Dr. Luz Claudio: A Mission to Build Capacity in Latin America
Global Environmental Health newsletter from NIEHS, March 2013
- The 2010 Global Burden of Disease Report: What It Means for NIEHS and Global Environmental Health
NIEHS Global Environmental Health newsletter from NIEHS, March 2013
- NIH's NICHD celebrates 50 years of improving children's health
Jan / Feb 2013 Global Health Matters
- NICHD network discovers ways to save mothers, babies
Jan / Feb 2013 Global Health Matters
- NICHD supported research discoveries protect babies from HIV
Jan / Feb 2013 Global Health Matters
- NIH and NIMHD call for more partnerships, policies and community action
Jan / Feb 2013 Global Health Matters
2012
2011
Updated August 2017