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NIH launches $58M Africa data science program

NIH has issued funding announcements for Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa), a new program that will leverage data and technologies to develop solutions for the continent’s most pressing clinical and public health problems. Potential applicants are encouraged to join a virtual networking symposium platform.

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Global Health Matters

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COVID-19 is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation.

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Making a Difference

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Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass: What does a renewed effort to decolonize and democratize global health mean for the research community?

Photo courtesy of CAPRISA. Female researcher working wearing lab coat and gloves examines testing supplies in front of lab equipment in a CAPRISA lab.

Scientists are studying the intersection of COVID-19 and HIV to determine if co-infection poses an increased health risk, how to combat disease stigma and encourage HIV testing during a pandemic.

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Fogarty Trainees

Fogarty’s programs have made significant contributions by filling the pipeline of global health leaders.

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Global Health Research at NIH

Many of NIH's 27 Institutes and Centers are engaged in global health activities.

Photo by Bob Ross, courtesy of UCSD. Woman wearing plastic gloves holds the arm (with many tatoos) of a man in front of a mobile health clinic.

With NIDA support, former Fogarty grantee will tap a binational network to study COVID-19 transmission along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Image courtesy of Upstream Alliance. In Senegal, six researchers, some wearing gloves and boots, standing and seated on dry ground next to calm body of water.

NIEHS explores global environmental change and health during Global Environmental Health Day.

Global Health Research Topics

Fogarty and its NIH partners invest in a variety of research topics vital to global health.

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COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 news, resources and funding for global health researchers

Photo by Dr. Karen Levy. Woman walks through flooded street, water up to her ankles, 2-story wooden buildings on either side of street.

Climate change news, resources and funding for global health researchers

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