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

Countries in Region

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

Grant Awards in Region

• Fogarty grant awards impacting the south Asian region

South Asia Region News

• Follow-up household assessment for child unintentional injuries two years after the intervention: A community-based study from Karachi, Pakistan co-authored by Fogarty grantees Junaid Abdul Razzak and Adnan Hyder
  Injury, November 29, 2022
• Reproducibility and Relative Validity of a Dietary Screener Adapted for Use among Pregnant Women in Dhulikhel, Nepal, Fogarty grantee Shristi Rawal co-author
  Maternal and Child Health Journal, September 27. 2022
• Determinants of vaccine coverage and timeliness in a northern Pakistani village, co-authored by Fogarty's Chelsea Hansen and Zeba Rasmussen
  PLOS One, February 17, 2022
  
• Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chronic Disease Care in India, China, Hong Kong, Korea, and Vietnam, Fogarty grantee Kavita Singh lead author
  Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, January 24, 2022
• US and India partner on vaccine research
  ShareAmerica news, January 6, 2021
  
• Substantial and sustained reduction in under-5 mortality, diarrhea, and pneumonia in Oshikhandass, Pakistan: evidence from two longitudinal cohort studies 15 years apart, co-authored by Fogarty scientists
  BMC Public Health , May 24, 2020
  
  

Related Fogarty News and Information

• Using sociology to tackle AIDS in Indonesia
  Jul / Aug 2022 Global Health Matters
• Early career researchers in Ethiopia and India find common ground
  Jul / Aug 2022 Global Health Matters
• The paradox of antimicrobial resistance in India
  May / Jun 2022 Global Health Matters
• Adjuvant developed with NIH funding enhances efficacy of India’s COVID-19 vaccine
  NIAID/NIH news, June 29, 2021
  
• Profile: Type 2 diabetes syndemic in India characterized by Fogarty Scholar Dr Emily Mendenhall
  Sep / Oct 2020 Global Health Matters
• Grantee news: Impact of the Fogarty training program on trainee and institutional research capacity building at a government medical college in India
  Annals of Global Health, July 28, 2020
• Scientists use mobile health app to mitigate pain in Nepal
  Mar / Apr 2020 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Eric J Nelson’s cholera research in Bangladesh spawns global projects
  Mar / Apr 2019 Global Health Matters
• Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Shuchi Anand studies chronic kidney disease in India
  Jan / Feb 2019 Global Health Matters
• 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
• Probiotic prevents infant infections in rural India
  NIH Research Matters, August 29, 2017
• Q and A with former Fogarty trainee Dr Soumya Swaminathan
  Jan / Feb 2017 Global Health Matters

Fogarty Contact

Ranjan Gupta, PhD
Regional Program Director, South Asia / Eurasia
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

NIH News & Resources

• NIH Resources in Asian and Pacific Island Languages
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
  Global Research in South and Central Asia
• National Cancer Institute (NCI):
• Working with India to advance cancer research
  NCI Center for Global Health blog, September 15, 2017
• A milestone in cancer research and treatment in India
  NCI Center for Global Health blog, February 19, 2016
• NIH Director Francis Collins tours India research sites
  Jan / Feb 2012 Global Health Matters
• Francis Collins on Partnering with India
  ScienceInsider, December 2011

US Government Resources

• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Asia
• 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)

Online Resources

• DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance, which offers a variety of Research Fellowships
• e-Asia Joint Research Program
• IndianBioscience.org
• Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
• Indo-US Science Technology Forum (IUSSTF)
• 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 Informatics Center, India
• World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for South-East Asia
  

Updated December 20, 2022