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
• U.S. clinical trial evaluating antiviral for monkeypox begins
  NIH/NIAID news, September 9, 2022
• New fund for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response formally established
  WHO news, September 9, 2022
• NIH experts review monkeypox challenges
  NIH/ NIAID news, August 25, 2022
• Podcast: Understanding Infectious Diseases, featuring Fogarty's Nídia Trovão
  Lessons from Lab & Life Podcast from New England Biolabs, May 19, 2022
• United States Government Global Health Security Strategy 2021 [PDF], published October 2021
  
• About the Health Security Supplement (2020), What works? Lessons learned in global health security implementation from CDC
• Related publication: What works? Lessons learned in global health security implementation
  Supplement to Health Security, January 2020
• A systematic review and evaluation of Zika virus forecasting and prediction research during a public health emergency of international concern [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, October 4, 2019
• Strong clinical research capacity in at-risk countries key to global epidemic prevention
  The World Bank news, May 22, 2018
  
• US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its partners’ contributions to global health security
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2017
  

Related Fogarty News and Information

• Focus: Fogarty’s response to Ebola: Where are we now?
  July /Aug 2022 Global Health Matters
• Empowering developing countries to direct their own research
  May / Jun 2017 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty protects Americans by building pandemic response capacity in Ebola-hit West Africa
  Mar / Apr 2017 Global Health Matters
• Focus: Big data for infectious disease surveillance, modeling
  January / February 2017 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
• 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 September 16, 2022