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May/June 2011

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Dr Roger I Glass signs agreement on table, Russian representative across table signs, US and Russian flags on table

Moscow talks further US-Russia collaboration

The U.S. and Russian scientific communities came together for two significant global health events this spring in Moscow.
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Focus on trauma care and injury prevention

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National Library of Medicine puts 175 years in the books

The National Library of Medicine marks its 175th anniversary this year, which it is marking with a number of special programs.
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Cookstove workshop targets research gaps

A workshop organized by NIH brought together research and policy experts to discuss research priorities to reduce the health risks of cookstoves to women and children.
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A bat, wings outstretched, flies in the sky, seen from below

RAPIDD program veteran tracks viruses transmitted by bats

Math modeler Dr. Juliet R. C. Pulliam of Fogarty’s RAPIDD program continues her work based on the outbreak of Nipah encephalitis in Bangladesh.
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Multiplying the impact of reproductive health research

Fogarty grantee and Kenya native Dr. Elizabeth A. Bukusi advocates for better drugs, vaccines and diagnostic tools to help HIV positive women.
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Upcoming Events

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

  • Establishing an evidence base for e-health, a call for papers from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Evidence is needed to promote equity of access to information and health services, and to strengthen activities and programmes that support local, regional, national and global health communities.
    Deadline: November 20, 2011

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