Fogarty has made significant investments in research training to combat HIV/AIDS. The AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) was the first of its kind and has built public health capacity in 100 low- and middle-income countries. A second program, International Implementation, Clinical, Operational and Health Services Research Training Award for AIDS and Tuberculosis (IICOHRTA-AIDS/TB) was developed to strengthen the capacity to conduct clinical research and implementation science, including operations and health services research focused on HIV infection, TB, and HIV/TB co-infection prevention, care and treatment. The programs have been combined to form the Fogarty HIV Research Training Program.
The lack of health professionals trained to cope with AIDS remains an obstacle to in sub-Saharan Africa, where the illness is the leading cause of death. To address this, HHS has partnered with the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to transform medical education in sub-Saharan Africa. The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI), administered by Fogarty and HRSA, is designed to increase the quantity and quality of health care workers and researchers throughout the region.
Top NIH HIV/AIDS News
- $8M awarded from Fogarty to train HIV researchers
Jul / Aug 2017 Global Health Matters
- Pioneering HIV researchers tell how public health leadership started with Fogarty fellowships from the International AIDS Society (IAS) 2017 conference
Science Speaks, August 1, 2017
- Ending AIDS through research training and capacity building in low- and middle-income countries: lessons learned and future directions [Video]
Fogarty@50 session at the International AIDS Symposium (IAS), July 25, 2017
- Experimental HIV vaccine regimen is well-tolerated, elicits immune responses
NIAID/NIH news, July 24, 2017
- Drug interaction concerns may negatively affect HIV treatment adherence among transgender women
NIAID/NIH news, July 24, 2017
- Child living with HIV maintains remission without drugs since 2008
NIAID/NIH news, July 24, 2017
- HIV research by Fogarty trainees brings changes to US treatment protocols
May / Jun 2017 Global Health Matters
- First new HIV vaccine efficacy study in seven years has begun
South Africa hosts historic NIH-supported clinical trial
NIAID/NIH news, November 28, 2016
- Women report vaginal ring for preventing HIV [as part of NIAID-supported trial] had little effect on sexual intercourse
NIAID/NIH news, October 18, 2016
- Q and A with Fabio Mesquita: Building global HIV research capacity
Sep / Oct 2016 Global Health Matters
- News from the July 2016 International AIDS Conference
- HIV therapy for breastfeeding mothers can virtually eliminate transmission to babies
NIAID/NICHD/NIH news, July 18, 2016
- Fogarty awards $13M to train HIV researchers in LMICs
Jul / Aug 2016 Global Health Matters
- NIH-led effort uses implementation science approaches to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
Jul / Aug 2016 Global Health Matters
- NIH expands investment in HIV cure research
Six research teams to lead collaborative investigations worldwide
NIAID/NIH news, July 13, 2016
- Studying alcohol and HIV: a dangerous combination
May / Jun 2016 Global Health Matters
- Vaginal ring provides partial protection from HIV in large multinational trial
NIAID/NIH news, February 22, 2016
- PEPFAR’s Dr Deborah Birx urges sharper focus to halt HIV globally
Jan / Feb 2016 Global Health Matters
- Drug used to treat HIV linked to lower bone mass in newborns
NICHD news, September 30, 2015
- Large percentage of youth with HIV may lack immunity to measles, mumps, rubella:
NIH study finds those vaccinated before starting modern HIV therapy may be at risk
NICHD/NIH news, August 13, 2015
- Q and A with Dr Roger Detels on HIV/AIDS research and training
Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters
- Fogarty Fellow Dr Anna Babakhanyan in Cameroon assesses HIV impact in utero
May / Jun 2015 Global Health Matters
- NIH launches largest clinical trial focused on HIV-related cardiovascular disease, with roughly 100 sites in Canada, Puerto Rico, Thailand and the US
NHLBI/NIH news, April 15, 2015
- Lack of adherence in HIV trial has broad implications
Mar / Apr 2015 Global Health Matters
- NIH-funded scientists create potential long-acting HIV therapeutic
NIAID/NIH news, February 19, 2015
- NIH-sponsored HIV vaccine trial launches in South Africa
NIAID/NIH news, February 19, 2015
- Research aims to curb mental, emotional pain of HIV
Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
- Study finds mothers can help reduce daughters' risk of HIV infection in Jamaica
Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
- NCI Office of HIV and AIDS Malignancy and Fogarty announce awardees to sub-Saharan Africa collaborative HIV and cancer consortia
NCI/NIH news, November 2014
- NIH-sponsored study identifies superior drug regimen for preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission
NIAID/NIH news, November 17, 2014
- NIH-led study explores prevention of heart disease in HIV-infected people
NIAID/NIH news, October 28, 2014
- A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Implementation Science: The NIH-PEPFAR PMTCT Implementation Science Alliance
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS), November 1, 2014 issue
- Chronic diseases threaten progress against HIV/AIDS:
Scientists propose urgent NCD research agenda
Sep / Oct 2014 Global Health Matters
- Fogarty awards $17 million in new HIV research training grants
Fogarty news, September 3, 2014
- Hope motivates positive behavior in HIV patients
Jul / Aug 2014 Global Health Matters
- Envisioning the end of AIDS: challenges and prospects
Q and A with Dr Salim Abdool Karim of CAPRISA
Mar / Apr 2014 Global Health Matters
- Fogarty awards new HIV/AIDS mentoring grants
Fogarty news, January 6, 2014
- The road ahead for PEPFAR: Q and A with Ambassador Eric Goosby
Nov / Dec 2013 Global Health Matters
- Fogarty awards $22M through new HIV research training program
Sep / Oct 2013 Global Health Matters
- Grantee news: Faculty from SUNY Downstate Medical Center and School of Public Health at Univ of Albany discuss how Fogarty AITRP grants have helped build research capacity in Tbilisi, Georgia [Video]
- PEPFAR celebrates a decade of helping prevent AIDS deaths
Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
- Marking 10 years of PEPFAR's accomplishments, by Fogarty Dir Dr Roger I Glass
Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
- Changes needed to address AIDS as a chronic illness
May / Jun 2013 Global Health Matters
- Initiative seeks to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
May / Jun 2013 Global Health Matters
- Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine can protect women with HIV
Nov / Dec 2012 Global Health Matters
- Fogarty celebrates accomplishments of 25-year-old HIV/AIDS program
Sep / Oct 2012 Global Health Matters
- HIV/AIDS research must focus on a vaccine or cure
Sep / Oct 2012 Global Health Matters
- Q and A with Ambassador Mark R. Dybul, MD
Sep / Oct 2012 Global Health Matters
- Celebrating 25 years of research training to combat HIV/AIDS - Fogarty's AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) has provided significant research training to more than 2,000 individuals from more than 100 developing countries.
Jul / Aug 2012 Global Health Matters
- Scientific findings by NIH-funded studies featuring former AITRP trainees - Fogarty's trainees have contributed to major HIV/AIDS discoveries.
Jul / Aug 2012 Global Health Matters
- Q and A with Dr Ken Bridbord - The founder of Fogarty's AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) reviews its progress since 1988.
Jul / Aug 2012 Global Health Matters
Fogarty Trainees
Fogarty trainees are making a difference in global fight against HIV/AIDS.
- Fogarty HIV/AIDS trainees
- Other Fogarty-supported trainees working in HIV/AIDS research