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July / August 2016


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Fogarty awards $13M to train HIV researchers in LMICs

To help developing countries address the issues that are emerging as their HIV epidemics evolve, Fogarty and NIH partners will support new awards in HIV research training.
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New grants will help develop expertise in research ethics

Fogarty and its partners at NIH are awarding $5.3 million in grants to develop research bioethics expertise in low- and middle-income countries.
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Fogarty training will expand mHealth research capacity

Participants in the Global mHealth Research Training Institute, hosted by Fogarty's Center for Global Health Studies, discussed how best to use mobile technologies to improve health in the developing world.
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Profile: Fogarty dental Fellow Lilliam Pinzon studies Mexican children with HIV

Fogarty Fellow Lilliam Pinzon studied cavity treatments in Mexican children with HIV and held a symposium to increase sensitivity toward people infected with the virus.
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Photo by Dina Patel/HealthySunrise Foundation, pregnant women line up on stairs holding shopping bags, men line up behind each of them

Focus: Using implementation science to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission

A team of scientists and program managers led by NIH has been studying a variety of implementation science approaches to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV and has published the results in a 16-article open-access supplement to the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
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