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
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Top Region News
- Cholera Outbreak — Haiti, September 2022–January 2023
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC, January 13, 2023
- 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 - 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 -
Norovirus Infection in Young Nicaraguan Children Induces Durable and Genotype-Specific Antibody Immunity
Viruses, September 16, 2022 -
Structural factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection risk in an urban slum setting in Salvador, Brazil: A cross-sectional survey, Fogarty grantees Mitermayer Reis and Albert I. Ko co-authors
PLOS Medicine, September 8, 2022 -
Domestic Dogs as Sentinels for West Nile Virus but not Aedes-borne Flaviviruses, Mexico
EID Journal, May 2022
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Managing Post-Stroke Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Tertiary Care Level Hospital in Peru
Fogarty Scholar Jessica Hanae Zafra-Tanaka lead author
Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, April 2022 -
Mortality Associated With Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus in the US, 1999-2018, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Chelsea Hansen and Dr. Cécile Viboud
JAMA Network Open, February 28, 2022 -
Dropout from treatment for mental disorders in six countries of the Americas: A regional report from the World Mental Health Surveys, Fogarty grantee Corina Benjet lead author
Journal of Affective Disorders, February 11, 2022 -
Urban landscape and street-design factors associated with road-traffic mortality in Latin America between 2010 and 2016 (SALURBAL): an ecological study, Fogarty grantee D Alex Quistberg lead author
Lancet Planet Health, February 9, 2022 -
Efficacy and Safety of NVX-CoV2373 in Adults in the United States and Mexico
New England Journal of Medicine, December 15, 2021
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Tracing the Source of Influenza A Virus Zoonoses in Interconnected Circuits of Swine Exhibitions, featuring Fogarty's Amanda Perofsky as co-lead author
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, August 1, 2021
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Toward the use of neural networks for influenza prediction at multiple spatial resolutions, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Cecile Viboud
Science Advances, June 16, 2021
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Grantee spotlight: Dr Simone Badal
Novel prostate cancer cell lines to address prostate cancer disparity in Black men
National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health
Spotlight blog post, May 27, 2021
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The evolutionary dynamics of influenza A viruses circulating in mallards in duck hunting preserves in Maryland, USA [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty scientists Drs Nídia S Trovão and Martha Nelson
Microorganisms, December 25, 2020
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The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in Europe and North America, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Martha Nelson
Science, September 10, 2020
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Experimental chikungunya vaccine is safe and well-tolerated in early trial
NIAID Now blog post, April 17, 2020 -
Estimation of excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, March to May 2020, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
JAMA Internal Medicine, July 1, 2020
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Evolution of highly pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza viruses in Mexico [Full access], co-authored by Fogarty scientists
Zoonoses and Public Health, January 7, 2020
- American and Canadian funding agencies meet to discuss health research
Canadian Institutes of Health Research news, November 27, 2019
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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
Related Fogarty News and Information
- Optimizing access to antivenom in the Amazon
Sept/Oct 2022, Global Health Matters
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Using home-grown knowledge to advance health in Suriname
Global Health Matters, Mar / Apr 2022 - Profile: Fogarty Fellow Javier Cepeda studies benefits of police education program in Tijuana, Mexico
Global Health Matters, Jul / Aug 2021 -
mHealth app reduces LMIC pregnancy, delivery risks
Global Health Matters, Jul / Aug 2021 -
Scientists craft US-Latin American research agenda on child obesity
Global Health Matters, Jul / Aug 2021
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Former Fogarty grantee and Argentine health minister discusses Latin America’s noncommunicable disease crisis
Q and A with Dr Adolfo Rubinstein
Global Health Matters, Jan / Feb 2021
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Former Fogarty HIV trainee Dr William Duke helps lead Dominican Republic's COVID response
Global Health Matters, Jul / Aug 2020
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COVID-19 creates new syndemic on US-Mexico border
Global Health Matters, Jul / Aug 2020
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Profile: Fogarty fellow Dr Mark Brady’s tuberculosis training in Peru useful in combatting COVID-19
Global Health Matters, Jul / Aug 2020
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Scientists develop app to diagnose, treat leishmaniasis in Colombia
Jan / Feb 2020
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Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Leann Andrews studies how establishing gardens in a Peru slum can improve health
Global Health Matters, Jul / Aug 2019 -
Advancing research in Peru: Q and A with Dr Patricia Garcia
Global Health Matters, Mar / Apr 2018
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Focus on multigenerational research training: Generations of mentorship improve health in Haiti
Global Health Matters, Jan / Feb 2018
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
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Updated January 20, 2023