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Fogarty has a strong commitment to improving the health of children, adults, families and communities throughout the world. Several Fogarty programs currently address issues related to maternal and child health, including vaccinations, trauma, birth defects, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), fetal alcohol syndrome and childhood nutrition.

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) leads NIH research efforts in the fields of child health and development, including pregnancy and fertility. The NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) works in partnership across NIH to ensure that women's health research is part of the scientific framework at the NIH and throughout the scientific community.

Fogarty participates in the MAL-ED program to investigate linkages between malnutrition and intestinal infections and their effects on children in the developing world. Fogarty and NIH partners also support research to reduce household air pollution from elemental stoves for cooking or heating, which impacts women and children.

Top Maternal and Child Health News

• Profile: Dr Andrew Kim studies the impact of apartheid-based prenatal stress and COVID-19 in South Africa
  Jan / Feb 2021 Global Health Matters
• NIH-supported study to track prevalence and impact of SARS-CoV-2 among pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries
  NICHD/NIH news, September 1, 2020
• Report: Ending the evidence gap for pregnant women around HIV/co-infections: A call to action
  Pregnancy and HIV/AIDS: Seeking Equitable Study (PHASES), July 10, 2020
• NIH to test one-dose antibiotic for the prevention of maternal and infant sepsis in seven low- and middle-income countries
  NICHD/NIH news, June 3, 2020
• Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr. Nauzley Abedini studies neonatal jaundice in Ghana
  Mar / Apr 2020 Global Health Matters
• Newer anti-HIV drugs safest, most effective during pregnancy:
  Dolutegravir-containing regimen exhibited superior safety profile in large, NIH-supported [multinational] study of pregnant women
  NIAID/NIH news, March 11, 2020
• Maternal cumulative prevalence measures of child mortality show heavy burden in sub-Saharan Africa
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), February 25, 2020
• World failing to provide children with a healthy life and a climate fit for their future: WHO-UNICEF-Lancet
  WHO news, February 19, 2020
• Handbook for conducting an adolescent health services barriers assessment (AHSBA) with a focus on disadvantaged adolescents
  WHO, 2019
• New WHO-led study says majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk
  WHO news, November 22, 2019
• Exposure to HIV drug in the womb may increase risk of microcephaly, developmental delays in children
  NICHD/NIH news, November 18, 2019
• Advancing women in science, medicine and global health
  The Lancet, February 9, 2019
• Inexpensive supplement for women increases infant birth size
  Findings from NIH-funded study could combat undernutrition in poor areas of the world
  NICHD/NIH news, February 11, 2019
• NIH study examines how pregnancy affects drugs for HIV and TB in people living with HIV
  NIAID Now blog, January 23, 2019
• Preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa:
  Q and A with Dr Glenda Gray
  Nov / Dec 2018 Global Health Matters
• US First Lady Melania Trump supports USAID programs in Africa
  Nov / Dec 2018 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty-supported research revolutionizes hydrocephalus care
  Sep / Oct 2018 Global Health Matters
• Focus: Fogarty's adolescent research key to future good health
  Mar / Apr 2018 Global Health Matters
• Teen pregnancy can impact health for a lifetime
• Healthy habits in teens help reduce noncommunicable disease burden
• HIV/AIDS a key battleground for teen health researchers
• Antiviral drug not beneficial for reducing mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B when added to existing preventatives: NIH-funded study [in Thailand] observes no significant reduction of infection rates at age 6 months
  NICHD/NIH news, March 7, 2018
• NIH begins large HIV treatment study in pregnant women, clinical trial will compare three antiretroviral drug regimens
  NIAID/NIH news, January 24, 2018
• Grantee news: One-time hydrocephalus operation, alternative to shunting, brings good outcomes for babies
  Boston Children's Hospital Vector blog, December 21, 2017
• Grantee news: Fogarty grantee Dr Najeeha Iqbal is stopping malnutrition in its tracks
  Aga Khan University news, November 27, 2017
• Air pollution exposure in early pregnancy linked to miscarriage, NIH study suggests
  NICHD/NIH news, November 16, 2017
• Grantee news: Teen childbirth linked to increased risk for heart disease
  American Heart Association news, November 1, 2017
• Focus: Preventing childhood obesity in Latin America
  Sep / Oct 2017 Global Health Matters
• Findings from MAL-ED: The significant role of malnutrition, intestinal infection and disease on child development
  Q and A with Michael Gottlieb, Ph.D., FNIH deputy director of science
  Foundation for NIH news, October 11, 2017

Related Fogarty News and Information

• Chagas disease studies inform Zika research in Brazil
  Nov / Dec 2016 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Laura Lewandowski studies lupus in South African children
  Nov / Dec 2016 Global Health Matters
• NIH gathers experts to discuss Zika and child development
  Nov / Dec 2016 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow Dr Brie Falkard studies cholera in children in Bangladesh
  Sep / Oct 2016 Global Health Matters
• Child dehydration diagnostic tool validated
  Sep / Oct 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)
• Profile: Fogarty Dental Fellow Lilliam Pinzón studies Mexican children with HIV
  Jul / Aug 2016 Global Health Matters
• Stillbirth should be given greater priority on the global health agenda, co-authored by Fogarty staff scientist, Dr Joseph Millum
  The BMJ, September 23, 2015
• Valuing Stillbirths, co-authored by Fogarty staff scientist, Dr Joseph Millum
  Bioethics, July 2015
• Research effort tackles Latin American child obesity
  Nov/Dec 2014 Global Health Matters
• 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
• Fogarty Fellow Dr Anna Babakhanyan in Cameroon assesses HIV impact in utero
  May / Jun 2015 Global Health Matters
• Study probes link between intestinal infections, child development
  Nov/Dec 2014 Global Health Matters
• The Malnutrition and Enteric Disease Study (MAL-ED): Understanding the Consequences for Child Health and Development
  Clinical Infectious Diseases, Supplement, November 1, 2014 issue
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Jennifer Tang researches women's health in Malawi
  Sep / Oct 2014 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Bhakti Hansoti develops triage tool for South African children
  Jul / Aug 2014 Global Health Matters
• Institute of Medicine studies global child health
  May / June 2014 Global Health Matters
• NIH's National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) celebrates 50 years of improving children's health
  May / Jun 2013 Global Health Matters
• NICHD network discovers ways to save mothers, babies
• Research discoveries protect babies from HIV
• Initiative seeks to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
  May / Jun 2013 Global Health Matters
• US steps up efforts to protect world's children
  Jan / Feb 2013 Global Health Matters
• Improving treatment of Burkitt's lymphoma and saving children's lives
  Nov / Dec 2012 Global Health Matters
• Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine can protect women with HIV
  Nov / Dec 2012 Global Health Matters
• A call to action: Ending preventable child death in a generation
  May / June 2012 Global Health Matters
• Related journal article: Ending Preventable Child Death in a Generation, JAMA, July 11, 2012
• Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed from USAID
• Fogarty grantees employ implementation science to reduce maternal deaths in Nigeria
  Mar / Apr 2010 Global Health Matters
• Researchers tackle fetal alcohol syndrome in Russia
  Mar / Apr 2010 Global Health Matters
• Gates Foundation grant launches nutrition study
  Mar / Apr 2009 Global Health Matters
• FNIH, NIH announce MAL-ED to study childhood malnutrition, intestinal infections
  NIH news release, March 30, 2009

NIH News and Resources

• NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH): Global Health Research
• Probiotic prevents infant infections in rural India
  NIH Research Matters, August 29, 2017
• Poverty may slightly increase childhood risk of neurological impairment, NIH study suggests
  NICHD/NIH news, December 16, 2015
• 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
• Umbilical cord ‘milking’ improves blood flow in preterm infants
  NICHD/NIH news, June 29, 2015
• 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
• NIH study identifies drug regimen for preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission
  NIAID/NICHD/NIH news, November 17, 2014

Other US Government Resources

• United States Agency for International Development (USAID): maternal and child health
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): maternal and infant health
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Other Online Resources

• Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS), supported in part by the NIH: Harmonized international survey data on maternal, child and reproductive health
• Kaiser Family Foundation Fact Sheet: The U.S. Government and Global Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
• Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development
  USAID, the Government of Norway, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, DFID and KOICA
• World Health Organization:
• WHO on Maternal Health
• Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents Health 2016-2030, published 2015
• WHO report: Air pollution and child health: prescribing clean air, published October 2018
• UNICEF Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on Maternal Health and Child Mortality
• UNICEF annual State of the World's Children reports