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NIH global health research newsletter: Focus on One Health research, women advocate for leadership roles in global health, helping combat sexual harassment, benefits of virtual engagement
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September / October 2021 |
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The NIH is investing about $74.5 million over five years to advance data science, catalyze innovation and spur health discoveries across Africa.
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To help address issues low-resource nations have faced in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, Fogarty has awarded nearly $3.3 million in 42 administrative supplements to existing awards for one year of support.
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Dr. Francis S. Collins has announced he will end his tenure as NIH director by the end of the year. Collins is the longest serving presidentially appointed NIH director, having served in three administrations.
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Scientists in four East African countries have conducted climate change needs assessments to advise policymakers, with support from Fogarty’s GEOHealth hubs program.
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COVID-19 has clearly shown us the need to strengthen African research capacity to respond to health issues with African solutions. Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass makes the case for investing to improve the economy and health.
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Also in this issue
Profile: Fogarty Fellow investigates trauma care in Tanzania
Fogarty Fellow Dr. Abigail Cortez spent a year studying surgical outcomes of patients with tibia fractures in Tanzania to see which treatment method had better results. Q&A with Nandini Kumar, MBBS, DCP, MHSC
Dr. Nandini Kumar participated in the first cohort of Fogarty’s bioethics research training program in 2001. She later received a Fogarty grant to establish a national bioethics research training program in India.
World Report used to detail US-India partnerships
The U.S. Health Attaché in India, Dr. Preetha Rajaraman, has scored a trifecta using World Report, a tool illustrating global research funding. People in the news:
- Dr. Francis Collins, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and Dr. Peter Hotez honored by AAMC
- Dr. Charles Rotimi new NHGRI scientific director
- Elisha Dunn-Georgiou new Global Health Council President and CEO
- Zulfiqar Bhutta receives 2021 Roux Prize
- Jirair Ratevosian, MPH tapped as senior PEPFAR advisor
- Details: People in the news
Global health briefs:
- HHS requests input on new strategic plan
- HHS establishes climate change office
- NIH launches stigma research toolkit
- WHO recommends malaria vax for kids
- PMI releases plan to end malaria faster
- Details: Global health briefs
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