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March/April 2011
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Optimism was in the air at the inaugural meeting of the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) held in South Africa.
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During a well-attended lecture on capacity building, Lord Nigel Crisp encouraged support for the education and training of health workers in their own countries.
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Five tons of scientific and laboratory equipment from the NIH arrived in Chile to assist numerous Chilean university research laboratories and facilities damaged by the February 2010 earthquake and tsunami.
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Upcoming Events
NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants Administration
April 27-29, 2011 - Phoenix, AZ
June 22-24, 2011 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Find out more about NIH grant funding and administration. Register now to attend a seminar with seasoned NIH and HHS staff. Global Health Council 38th Annual International Conference on Global Health:
Securing a Healthier Future in a Changing World
June 13-17, 2011 - Washington, DC Training Institute on Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH)
August 1-5, 2011 - Chapel Hill, NC
Applications due April 15, 2011. 2011 Conference on HIV/AIDS Research -
A Collaborative Solution for Tropical Diseases: The Luso-American Response
September 7-9, 2011 - Lisbon, Portugal
Submit abstracts to present by April 17, 2011. See the 2011 Conference Web site for abstract submission information. Consortium of Universities in Global Health Annual Meeting
November 13-15, 2011 - Montreal, Canada mHealth Summit
December 5-7, 2011 - National Harbor, MD - Fogarty Calendar of Events
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Funding Opportunities: Upcoming Deadlines
NIH/PEPFAR Collaboration for Implementation Science and Impact Evaluation (R01)
The NIH, in collaboration with the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, is soliciting applications for support for implementation science projects that will inform the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) as they develop more efficient and cost-effective methods to deliver HIV prevention, treatment, and care on a large scale.
Deadline: July 7, 2011
Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development
USAID, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, the Government of Norway, and the World Bank have joined together to launch Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development, to find the tools and approaches to help the mothers and newborns during their most vulnerable hours. The partnership seeks groundbreaking prevention and treatment approaches for pregnant women and newborns in rural, low-resource settings around the time of delivery.
Deadline: April 29 2011 Grand Challenges Explorations
Grand Challenges Explorations, open to anyone from any discipline, fosters innovation in global health research. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed $100 million to encourage scientists worldwide to expand the pipeline of ideas to fight our greatest health challenges.
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