Fogarty HIV/AIDS Information and Resources

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 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

• Grantees assess long-term benefits of Fogarty training during session at global AIDS meeting
  Sep / Oct 2017 Global Health Matters
• Q and A with former Fogarty trainee, Dr Linda-Gail Bekker, President of the International AIDS Society
  Sep / Oct 2017 Global Health Matters
• NIH-supported HIV research spawns new hope
  Sep / Oct 2017 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Dorothy Dow studies suicide prevention in teens with HIV in Tanzania
  Sep / Oct 2017 Global Health Matters
• $11.5M awarded from Fogarty to train HIV researchers
  Jul / Aug 2017 Global Health Matters
  Updated September 18, 2017
• Drug combination reduces risk of HIV infection among teen males
  NICHD/NIH news, September 5, 2017
• NIAID scientists illuminate mechanism of increased cardiovascular risks with HIV
  NIAID/NIH news, August 30, 2017
• 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
• Related publication: Advancing Implementation Science in Prevention of Maternal-Child HIV Transmission
  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) Supplement, June 30, 2016 (online)
• 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
• Young South African women can adhere to daily PrEP regimen as HIV prevention:
  NIH-funded study finds men in Bangkok, Harlem also successful in taking daily dose
  NIAID/NIH news, July 21, 2015
• Early antiretroviral therapy prevents non-AIDS outcomes in HIV-infected people
  NIAID/NIH news, July 20, 2015
• Related publication: Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in Early Asymptomatic HIV Infection
  New England Journal of Medicine, July 20, 2015
• HIV control through treatment durably prevents heterosexual transmission of virus
  NIAID/NIH news, July 20, 2015
• NIH, South Africa partner on $8M in research projects
  May / Jun 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH, South African Medical Research Council award $8 million in HIV, TB grants
  NIAID/NIH news, April 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
• For most children with HIV and low immune cell count, cells rebound after treatment​​: NIH-funded study finds T-cell level returns to normal with time
  NICHD/NIH news, March 23, 2015
• Anti-herpes drug may help control HIV, NIH study finds
  NICHD/NIH news, March 13, 2015
• NIH-funded scientists create potential long-acting HIV therapeutic
  NIAID/NIH news, February 19, 2015
• Study suggests alternative approach to AIDS vaccine
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, February 24, 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
• Scientists detail urgent research agenda to better understand, address chronic disease toll: HIV patients in developing countries facing new health risks must be a high priority
  Fogarty/NIH news, August 14, 2014
• Related journal articles: HIV and Noncommunicable Disease Comorbidities in the Era of Antiretroviral Therapy: A Vital Agenda for Research in Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings
  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Supplement 1, September 1, 2014
• 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
• Shifting Pakistan's health approach
• Combating AIDS in Malawi
• Preventing HIV in Uganda
• Fogarty trainees making a difference
• Other Fogarty-supported trainees working in HIV/AIDS research
• Preventing sexually transmitted diseases in Peru
• Improving HIV/AIDS treatment in South Africa
• Preventing HIV transmission in Malawi
• Serving people living with HIV while developing lab skills
• Sparking a career combating HIV/AIDS in Cambodia

NIH HIV/AIDS Research News

• Child health research discoveries protect babies from HIV
• Using mobile phones to prevent HIV transmission in breast milk
• Microbicide research provides new hope for HIV prevention in women
• Research shows circumcision reduces HIV risk
• Nutrition studies assist HIV patients in Kenya
• Training HIV/AIDS researchers on US-Mexico border
• Research shows housewives are face of HIV in India

NIH HIV / AIDS Resources

• NIH Statement on World AIDS Day 2016, December 1, 2016
• NIAID and HIV/AIDS: 30 years of hard-won victories
• US-India research collaboration addresses HIV/AIDS
• NIAID's HIV/AIDS information
• NIH Office of HIV/AIDS Research
• NHLBI AIDS program

NIH: a critical partner in US programs to combat global HIV/AIDS

• Sec. Clinton: evidence-based efforts needed to defeat HIV/AIDS
• Amb. Goosby: NIH research essential to global AIDS relief efforts
• PEPFAR and HHS jointly launch $130 M program to transform African medical education
• USAID's Shah says science key to global health gains

• HIV.gov
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) HIV/AIDS Topic Page
• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on HIV and AIDS

• International AIDS Conference
• International AIDS Society
• UNAIDS: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
• Together we will end AIDS
  UNAIDS report containing the latest HIV/AIDS data
• World AIDS Day - December 1 (annually)
• World Bank HIV/AIDS Topic Page
• World Health Organization HIV/AIDS Topic Page