Global health security news, resources and funding for global health researchers

Fogarty and NIH are committed to improving global health security by building the capacity of countries to address public health threats, health emergencies and infectious disease outbreaks.

Scientists world-wide must work together to stop epidemics early and at the source. Programs supported by Fogarty develop infectious disease research capacity, provide training in countries with little or no infrastructure, and link scientists to a global network of experts. The training provided to health care workers, doctors and researchers requires a relatively modest investment, but could provide the tools countries need to halt disease outbreaks in their tracks, possibly preventing the need for large-scale emergency efforts like the ones assembled to fight recent Ebola and Zika virus outbreaks.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) leads NIH infectious disease research, included research related to biodefense and emerging infectious diseases.

Top News

• Coronavirus news, funding and resources for global health researchers compiled by Fogarty
• Comparison of O-specific polysaccharide responses in patients following infection with Vibrio cholerae O139 versus vaccination with a bivalent (O1/O139) oral killed cholera vaccine in Bangladesh, co-authored by Fogarty grantees Stephen Calderwood, Firdausi Qadri, and Edward Ryan, and Fogarty trainees Mohammad Kamruzzaman and Richelle Charles
  mSphere, August 30, 2023
• Project NextGen — Defeating SARS-CoV-2 and Preparing for the Next Pandemic, authored by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha
  New England Journal of Medicine, July 26, 2023
• Research in Context: Progress toward universal vaccines
  NIH Research Matters, July 25, 2023
• Clinical trial of mRNA universal influenza vaccine candidate begins
  NIH/NIAID news, May 15, 2023
• NIH Scientists Develop Mouse Model to Study Mpox Virulence
  NIAID news, February 14, 2023
• Probiotic blocks staph bacteria from colonizing people
  NIH Research Matters, February 7, 2023
  
• Experimental NIH Sudan virus vaccine protects macaques
  NIH/NIAID news, February 3, 2023
  

Related Fogarty News and Information

• At the intersection of medicine & community-based health
  Global Health Matters, September/October 2023
• Haitian TB researcher shifts focus to cholera outbreak
  Global Health Matters, Jan/Feb 2023
• GHESKIO combats cholera outbreak during humanitarian crises in Haiti
  Global Health Matters, Jan/Feb 2023
• Personal view: Advancing detection and response capacities for emerging and re-emerging pathogens in Africa, co-authored by Fogarty Deputy Director Peter Kilmarx
  The Lancet, December 20, 2022
  
• Correspondence: Resurgence of Cholera in Haiti amidst Humanitarian Crises, co-authored by former Fogarty fellow Nadalette Alcenat and Fogarty trainees Karine Severe and Vanessa Rouzier
  New England Journal of Medicine, November 30, 2022
• Focus: Fogarty’s response to Ebola: Where are we now?
  July /Aug 2022 Global Health Matters

NIH News and Resources

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) on biodefense and emerging infectious diseases
• NIH Public Health Emergency and Disaster Research Response (DR2) - a pilot program developed by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in collaboration with the National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Other US Government Resources

• White House
• National Biodefense Strategy and Implementation Plan for Countering Biological Threats, Enhancing Pandemic Preparedness, and Achieving Global Health Security [PDF], published October 2022
• United States Government Global Health Security Strategy 2021 [PDF], published October 2021
  
• Department of Health and Human Services
  
• About the Global Health Security Agenda from HHS
• Global Health Security Agenda, a partnership of nations, international organizations and non-governmental stakeholders
• Public health emergency information from the HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• CDC and the Global Health Security Agenda
• Emerging Infectious Diseases from CDC
• National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at CDC
• Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response at CDC
• Department of Homeland Security National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center
• Department of State information on International Health and Biodefense
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Ready.gov
  

Other Online Resources

• Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
  
• World Health Organization (WHO):
• Emergency and disaster risk management for health
  
• Strengthening health security by implementing the International Health Regulations (IHR)
  

Updated November 3, 2023