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Western Hemisphere region news, resources and funding for global health researchers

Fogarty and NIH have a long history of supporting medical science advances in Latin America, which faces many of the same chronic disease challenges found in the U.S. as well as the perennial threat of infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and Chagas disease. Over the decades, Fogarty has helped build capacity in the region, funding cutting-edge research at institutions like GHESKIO in Haiti and Cayetano Heredia University in Peru. Additionally, Fogarty collaborated with National Cancer Institute in 2009 to launch a groundbreaking three-year pilot program focused on the prevention and treatment of cancer in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Uruguay.

Countries in Region

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

Grant Awards in Region

• Fogarty grant awards impacting the Western Hemisphere

Top Region News

• Former Fogarty grantee and Argentine health minister discusses Latin America’s noncommunicable disease crisis
  Q and A with Dr Adolfo Rubinstein
  Jan / Feb 2021 Global Health Matters
• Former Fogarty HIV trainee Dr William Duke helps lead Dominican Republic's COVID response
  Jul / Aug 2020 Global Health Matters
• COVID-19 creates new syndemic on US-Mexico border
  Jul / Aug 2020 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Fogarty fellow Dr Mark Brady’s tuberculosis training in Peru useful in combatting COVID-19
  Jul / Aug 2020 Global Health Matters
• Scientists develop app to diagnose, treat leishmaniasis in Colombia
  Jan / Feb 2020 Global Health Matters
• American and Canadian funding agencies meet to discuss health research
  Canadian Institutes of Health Research news, November 27, 2019
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Leann Andrews studies how establishing gardens in a Peru slum can improve health
  Jul / Aug 2019 Global Health Matters
• NIH and partners to launch HIV vaccine efficacy trial in the Americas and Europe
  Study will enroll men who have sex with men and transgender people; complementary study in women is ongoing
  NIAID/NIH news, July 15, 2019
• Tracing spread of Zika virus in the Americas
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, May 29, 2018
• Bacteria and fungi play key roles in social insect colonies, the results of a research partnership supported by FAPESP and NIH
  São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) news, April 4, 2018
• Issue: The path to US-Cuba health and science cooperation [open access], including articles on collaboration and cooperation with NIH
  MEDICC Review: International Journal of Cuban Health and Medicine, April 2018
• Advancing research in Peru: Q and A with Dr Patricia Garcia
  Mar / Apr 2018 Global Health Matters
• Focus on multigenerational research training: Generations of mentorship improve health in Haiti
  Jan / Feb 2018 Global Health Matters
• Studying food industry’s impact on obesity in Latin America
  Nov / Dec 2017 Global Health Matters
• Focus: Preventing childhood obesity in Latin America
  Sep / Oct 2017 Global Health Matters
• In Haiti, a building fights cholera, featuring Fogarty grantee Dr. Bill Pape of GHESKIO and Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass
  New York Times, September 12, 2017
• Fogarty grantee explores marine life in Panama to find new cancer drugs
  Jul / Aug 2017 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty support [for research in Brazil] launches career in infectious diseases for Dr Jeffrey Bethony
  Jul / Aug 2017 Global Health Matters
• Chagas disease studies inform Zika research in Brazil
  Nov / Dec 2016 Global Health Matters
• Grantee news: Mexico's soda tax could reduce diabetes, heart disease and health costs, new study [supported in part by Fogarty] finds
  University of California San Francisco news, November 1, 2016
• Cuba is new site for NIH-funded research training program
  Sep / Oct 2016 Global Health Matters
• Q and A with Fabio Mesquita: Building HIV research capacity [in Brazil, Indonesia]
  Sep / Oct 2016 Global Health Matters
• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) welcomes Brazil as new member
  Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases news, August 24, 2016
• Profile: Fogarty Dental Fellow Lilliam Pinzón studies Mexican children with HIV
  Jul / Aug 2016 Global Health Matters
• NIH funds Zika virus study involving U.S. Olympic team:
  Researchers will monitor potential infections among group of U.S. athletes traveling to Brazil
  NICHD/NIH news, July 5, 2016
• Zika vaccines protect mice from infection
  NIH-funded research suggests human vaccine is possible
  NIAID/NIH news, June 28, 2016
• Related publication: Vaccine protection against Zika virus from Brazil
  Nature, June 28, 2016
• Related blog post: Zika vaccine: Two candidates show promise in mice
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, July 5, 2016
• NIH launches large [international] study of pregnant women in areas affected by Zika virus
  NIAID/NIH news, June 21, 2016
• Cuban delegation visits NIH
  Fogarty news, March 30, 2016
• Ebola, Zika modelers aim to inform policy decisions
  Mar / Apr 2016 Global Health Matters
• PAHO's Dr Marcos Espinal on global partnerships to fight Zika, Ebola and other diseases
  Mar / Apr 2016 Global Health Matters
• We have much to learn from research in Haiti: Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
  Mar / Apr 2016 Global Health Matters
• FAPESP and NIH announce new [parallel funding] research opportunity to support research collaboration between investigators in the U.S. and in the State of São Paulo, Brazil
  FAPESP news, February 2, 2016
• Anticipating the international spread of Zika virus from Brazil
  Authors supported in part by Fogarty
  The Lancet, January 14, 2016 (online)
• US scientists explore research collaborations with Cuba
  Nov / Dec 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIDA, Fogarty work to reduce smoking in Argentina
  Jul / Aug 2015 Global Health Matters
• New TB hospital and research center opens in Haiti
  May / Jun 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH, Brazil launch novel funding program
  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

Related Fogarty News and Information

• Collins hails US-Brazil science collaborations
  May / Jun 2014 Global Health Matters
• Incorporating ICT into science and research in Peru
  Q and A with Fogarty and NIH grantee Dr Paticia Garcia
  May / Jun 2014 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Fogarty Scholar Dr Victoria Ojeda studies health on US-Mexico border
  May / Jun 2014 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty-supported researchers spur Alzheimer's research in Colombia
  Jan / Feb 2014 Global Health Matters
• Alzheimer's gene protects cognition in Brazilian shantytowns
  Jan / Feb 2014 Global Health Matters
• Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow analyzes long-term outcomes in ICU patients in Peru
  Nov / Dec 2013 Global Health Matters
• Uruguay herbicide test spurs regional interest
  Jan / Feb 2013 Global Health Matters
• Identifying leptospirosis and saving patients in the Amazon area of Peru
  Jan / Feb 2013 Global Health Matters
• Report from Haiti: rebuilding research and training programs
  June 2010 NIH event and videocast
• Fogarty role cited in Haiti
  Mar / Apr 2009 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty, NCI team up in Latin America
  Jan / Feb 2009 Global Health Matters

Fogarty Contact

Kevin Bialy, M.A.A.
International Program Officer for the Western Hemisphere
Division of International Relations
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31 Room B2C11
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: (301) 496.6273
FAX: (301) 480-3414
Email (preferred): kevin.bialy@nih.gov

NIH News & Resources

• NIH Resources in Spanish / en Español
• National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Global Health United States-Latin America Cancer Research Network (US-LA CRN)
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Research in the Americas and the Caribbean

US Government Resources

• Fact sheet on Cuba policy
  White House blog post, June 16, 2017
• Notice: Strengthening the policy of the United States toward Cuba
  U.S. Department of State via Office of the Federal Register, October 20, 2017
• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Latin America and the Caribbean

Online Resources

• Cancer in Latin America and Caribbean
  The Cancer Atlas, developed by the American Cancer Society, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, and the Union for International Cancer Control
• Report:The Global Burden of Disease: Generating Evidence, Guiding Policy - Latin America and Caribbean Regional Edition
  Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
• National Public Health Institute of Mexico (INSP)
• Organization of American States (OAS)
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
• The World Bank Group in Latin America and the Caribbean
• UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS) - Latin America and the Caribbean