Eurasia, South and Central Asia region news, resources and funding for global health researchers

Fogarty fosters partnerships between U.S. scientists and their counterparts in Eurasia through implementation of international agreements and other activities which support international collaboration. Each year, U.S. scientists, both at government and university laboratories and institutions, undertake joint projects in all areas of biomedical and behavioral science with their colleagues from throughout this region. Collaboration is carried out through fellowships and exchanges, joint grant awards, and under the auspices of high-level government commissions.

Countries in Region

Armenia, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Belarus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Republic of Moldova, Nepal, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

NIH Funded Research Impacting Eurasia, South and Central Asia

• Through grant funding to U.S. universities, NIH facilitates international collaboration in Eurasia, South and Central Asia in all areas of the biomedical and behavioral sciences.

Fogarty/NIH News

• Data on non-communicable diseases: A missed opportunity in Pakistan, co-authored by Fogarty grantees Taimoor Ahmad and Zainab Samad
  Journal of Global Health, September 1, 2023
• Can community based solar energy initiatives deliver on women's empowerment in India? Evidence from rural Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, co-authored by NIH Climate and Health Scholar Praveen Kumar
  Energy Research & Social Science, August 23, 2023
• Building health research resilience: Fogarty's impact in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  Fogarty Director’s blog, July 27, 2023
• Sequential viral introductions and spread of BA.1 across Pakistan provinces during the Omicron wave, co-authored by Fogarty’s  Nídia S. Trovão, David Spiro, and Zeba Rasmussen
  BMC Genomics, August 3, 2023
• Studying the effect of pesticide on Thai farmers and their families
  Global Health Matters, May/June 2023
• Improving heart failure care in Southern India
  Global Health Matters, May/June 2023
• Reducing waste and environmental impact of high-volume eye surgeries
  Global Health Matters, May/June 2023
• Prevalence of dementia in India underestimated
  Global Health Matters, Mar / Apr 2023
  
• Disclosure of HIV status and associated clinical outcomes of children and adolescents living with HIV in Asia
  Fogarty-IeDEA Mentorship Program (FIMP) fellow Johanna Beulah Sornillo, lead author
  AIDS Care, February 15, 2023
• Cultivating oral health research within and beyond Thailand’s borders: Q&A with Dr. Waranuch Pitiphat
  Global Health Matters, Jan /Feb 2023

Funding/Training Opportunities

• DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance - offers a variety of Research Fellowships
• e-Asia Joint Research Program
• India Collaborative Vision Research Program (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAR-21-249)
  Expires: November 9, 2023
• Pakistan-U.S. Science and Technology Cooperation Program - Implemented by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in the U.S. and by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in Pakistan, and co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
• U.S.-India Science and Technology Forum Visitations & Fellowships 

U.S. Government Resources

• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Europe/Eurasia Office
  
• NIH Resources in Asian and Pacific Island Languages
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID): Global Research in South and Central Asia
  
• US Agency for International Development (USAID) on Europe and Eurasia
• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Asia

Other Resources

• Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) reports:
  • The Global Burden of Disease: Generating Evidence, Guiding Policy - Europe and Central Asia Regional Edition
  • The Global Burden of Disease: Generating Evidence, Guiding Policy - South Asia Regional Edition
    
• American International Health Alliance - Eurasia
• Center for Strategic and International Studies - Russia and Eurasia Program
• Eurasia Foundation
  
• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - Kennan Institute
  
• IndianBioscience.org
• Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
• Indo-US Science Technology Forum (IUSSTF)
• International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b)
  
• National Informatics Center, India
• World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for South-East Asia
  

Fogarty Contact

Ranjan Gupta, Ph.D.
Regional Program Director for Eurasia and South and Central Asia
Division of International Relations
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31 Room B2C11
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: 301-402-6212
Fax: 301-480-3414
Email (preferred): ranjan.gupta@nih.gov

Updated September 18, 2023

NIH News & Resources

• NIH Clinical Center Sabbatical in Clinical Research Management
  
• NIH Office of Technology Transfer International Mentoring Opportunities
• NIH Visiting Program
• NIH Clinical Center Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research
• NIH Information for Foreign Applicants and Grantees