South Asia Region Information, Grants and Resources

Countries in Region

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Grant Awards in Region

• View a list of Fogarty grant awards impacting the south Asian region.

• Frugal innovation fights India’s high suicide burden
  Nov / Dec 2018 Global Health Matters
• Study in India sets stage for US tests of screening tool for cognitive impairment
  Sep / Oct 2018 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty trainees in Dhaka collaborate on diarrheal diseases
  Sep / Oct 2018 Global Health Matters
• International study [with sites in Australia and New Zealand] suggests combination therapy may prevent stroke in certain people
  NINDS/NIH news, May 17, 2018
• Antiviral drug not beneficial for reducing mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B when added to existing preventatives: NIH-funded study [in Thailand] observes no significant reduction of infection rates at age 6 months
  NICHD/NIH news, March 7, 2018
• Customizing stroke prevention research in Pakistani population
  Nov / Dec 2017 Global Health Matters
• Energizing psychiatric research in Egypt, India
  Nov / Dec 2017 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Mohammad Aminul Islam battles antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh
  Nov / Dec 2017 Global Health Matters
• Grantee news: US helps Pakistan, Afghanistan improve trauma care
  ShareAmerica, October 23, 2017
• Fogarty grantee icddr,b receives Hilton Humanitarian Prize
  Sep / Oct 2017 Global Health Matters
• Probiotic prevents infant infections in rural India
  NIH Research Matters, August 29, 2017
• Q and A with former Fogarty trainee Dr Soumya Swaminathan of the Indian Council of Medical Research
  Jan / Feb 2017 Global Health Matters
• US-India joint effort targets genes and traits to improve glaucoma screening, prevention and treatment
  National Eye Institute news, September 29, 2016
• Profile: Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow Dr Brie Falkard studies cholera in children in Bangladesh
  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
• Fogarty trains Pakistani scientists in biorisk management
  Jul / Aug 2016 Global Health Matters
• School program in rural Bangladesh reduces arsenic exposure, study shows
  Mar / Apr 2016 Global Health Matters
• Researchers help prevent heat-related deaths in India
  Mar / Apr 2016 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Fogarty engineering fellow Dr Arti Kundu tests water purity in India
  Mar / Apr 2016 Global Health Matters
• Research in Bangladesh shows sari cloth can filter cholera from water
  Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Fogarty nursing fellow Faith Beulah oversees HIV trials in India
  Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
• Trauma and injury in Pakistan
  Sep / Oct 2014 Global Health Matters
• Pakistan builds trauma and injury research capacity
• Researchers aim to cut child injury in Pakistani homes
• Hearing and deafness research in Pakistan
  May / Jun 2014 Global Health Matters
• Deafness studies will speed path to new treatments
• Research in Pakistan yields findings on hereditary hearing loss
• NIBIB Partners with India on Blood Pressure Initiative
  NIH Record, January 17, 2014
• Fogarty Fellow Dr Ramnath Subbaraman examines mental health in Indian slums
  Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
• New Indian rotavirus vaccine provides hope:
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
  May / Jun 2013 Global Health Matters
• Learning from disasters to save lives every day in Pakistan
  The Lancet, May 17, 2013
• US and India advance diabetes research plans
  Mar / Apr 2013 Global Health Matters
• India research agency transitions to new director
  Mar / Apr 2013 Global Health Matters
• Vision research [in India] leads to new theories on brain plasticity
  Nov / Dec 2012 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty grantee at University of Maryland School of Medicine to conduct malaria research and training in Burma
  December 17, 2012
• Fogarty director Dr Roger I Glass joins US health delegation to Burma
  May / Jun 2012 Global Health Matters
• Focus on Pakistan
  May / Jun 2010 Global Health Matters
• US-Pakistan research collaborations improve health
• International collaboration improves screening and care for mentally retarded
• Researchers find suicide and self-harm on the rise
• Traditional surma eye makeup poses lead risk

Elizabeth (Liz) F. Yuan, R.Ph.
International Program Officer for South Asia
Division of International Relations
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31 Room B2C11
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: 301-496-1415
Fax: 301-480-3414
Email (preferred): Liz.Yuan@nih.gov

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Global Research in South and Central Asia
• Cervical Cancer: paradigms at home and abroad [in India]
  National Cancer Institute news, June 2, 2013
• HHS/India Joint Statement on Diabetes Research
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) News, June 2012
• NIH Director Francis Collins tours India research sites
  Jan / Feb 2012 Global Health Matters
• Francis Collins on Partnering with India
  ScienceInsider, December 2011
• National Library of Medicine Asian American Health Portal

• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Asia
• USAID and NIH partner on Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Health in in Philippines and Indonesia
• 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 United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
• Science and Technology Grants Promote Pakistan's Development: U.S.-Pakistan partnership supports work on health, food and technology
  IIP Digital from U.S. Department of State, September 14, 2010

• e-Asia Joint Research Program
• IndianBioscience.org
• Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
• ICMR Guidance for International Collaboration
• ICMR Guidance for International Collaboration
• ICRM National Ethical Guidelines for biomedical and health research involving human participants 2017
• ICRM National Ethical Guidelines on Research Involving Children 2017
• ICRM National Guidelines for Stem Cell Research 2017
• Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) report:
  The Global Burden of Disease: Generating Evidence, Guiding Policy - South Asia Regional Edition
• International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B)
• National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency, Sri Lanka (NARA)
• National Informatics Center, India
• Wellcome-Trust DBT India Alliance, which offers a variety of Research Fellowships
• World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for South-East Asia