Global Health at NIH News Archives

This archive of global health news from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), and from across all of the NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs), demonstrates the broad scope of global health research and research training activities NIH supports.

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2015

• Translational cancer research comes of age in Latin America: Investigators of the U.S.-Latin America Cancer Research Network
  Science Translational Medicine, December 23, 2015
• International study reveals new genetic clues to age-related macular degeneration: NIH-funded research provides framework for future studies of AMD biology, therapy
  NEI/NIH news, December 21, 2015
• NIH-led effort details global brain disorders research agenda in Nature supplement
  Nov / Dec 2015 Global Health Matters
• H3Africa spurs range of genomic research, training
  Nov / Dec 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH aims to increase collaboration on chronic diseases
  Nov / Dec 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH makes Rep John E Fogarty's papers available online
  Nov / Dec 2015 Global Health Matters
• Shining light on Ebola virus for faster diagnosis
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, October 22, 2015
• South Korea, US [NIH] to jointly develop vaccine, cure for MERS
  KBS World Radio, Korea, October 17, 2015
• Related news: NIH and global partners aim to defeat Middle East respiratory virus
  Jul / Aug 2015 Global Health Matters
• Church programs increase HIV testing, treatment in rural Nigeria, NIH study finds
  NICHD news, October 15, 2015
• US and Canada partner to invest $21 million for environmental and occupational health research hubs in developing countries
  Fogarty news, October 8, 2015
• International diabetes research knowledge portal opens to public, scientists
  NIDDK news, October 7, 2015
• NIH awards $36M to train junior faculty in Africa through MEPI program
  Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters
• Rwandan Minister of Health Dr Agnes Binagwaho discusses country's health advances at NIH
  Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters
• NCI studies benzene's effects on factory workers in China, informing US regulation of the chemical
  Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH-funded studies examine Asian diet for clues to improve health
  Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters
• Q and A with Dr Roger Detels on HIV/AIDS research and training in China supported by Fogarty, NIDA
  Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty, NIH aim to inspire future global health leaders
  Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters
• Queen of Spain visits NIH to discuss cancer research
  Sep / Oct 2015 Global Health Matters
• NEI team in Liberia investigates ocular effects among Ebola survivors
  NEI News Brief, September 8, 2015
• Undergrad biomedical engineering teams win NIH's DEBUT Challenge for design of creative new devices focused on global health and point-of-care technologies
  National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) news, August 21, 2015
• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) members [including NIH] fund landmark research into prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes
  Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases news, August 20, 2015
• Scientists adopt new strategy to find Huntington's disease therapies
  Large, international NIH-supported study uses precision medicine to tackle neurological disorders
  NINDS/NIH news, August 7, 2015
• Young South African women can adhere to daily PrEP regimen as HIV prevention:
  NIH-funded study finds men in Bangkok, Harlem also successful in taking daily dose
  NIAID/NIH news, July 21, 2015
• Early antiretroviral therapy prevents non-AIDS outcomes in HIV-infected people
  NIAID/NIH news, July 20, 2025
• Related publication: Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in Early Asymptomatic HIV Infection
  New England Journal of Medicine, July 20, 2015
• HIV control through treatment durably prevents heterosexual transmission of virus
  NIAID/NIH news, July 20, 2015
• US-China renew commitment to global health security
  Jul / Aug 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH and global partners aim to defeat Middle East respiratory virus
  Jul / Aug 2015 Global Health Matters
• Focus on the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at NIH
  Jul / Aug 2015 Global Health Matters
• National Institute on Drug Abuse marks 20 years of International Forum
• Researchers slow HIV spread among drug users in Vietnam
• Scientists tackle disease in Kazakhstan drug injectors
• NIDA, Fogarty work to reduce smoking in Argentina
• Profile: NIDA-supported Fellow documents drugs and HIV risk in Kenya
• Investigational aerosolized Ebola vaccine shows promise in nonhuman primates
  NIAID/NIH news, July 13, 2015
• Related publication: Aerosolized Ebola vaccine protects primates and elicits lung-resident T cell responses
  Journal of Clinical Investigation, July 13, 2015
• The African Journal Partnership Project: Raising the visibility of African medical publishing and research
  The BMJ, June 25, 2015
• NCATS-FDA Team Receives HHS Innovation Ventures Support to Crowdsource Information on Treating Tropical Diseases
  NCATS/NIH news, June 2015
• Study of Ebola survivors opens in Liberia: Trial to examine long-term health effects of Ebola virus disease
  NIAID/NIH news, June 17, 2015
• International collaboration aims to speed development of genomic medicine
  NHGRI/NIH news, June 3, 2015
• NIH, South Africa partner on $8M in research projects
  May / Jun 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH marks 20 years of advancing behavioral and social sciences
  through the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
  May / Jun 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH encourages veterinarians to consider research careers
  May / Jun 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIAID helps launch first "African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics" (ACE) in Mali
  NIAID/NIH news, April 29, 2015
• NIH launches largest clinical trial focused on HIV-related cardiovascular disease, with roughly 100 sites in Canada, Puerto Rico, Thailand and the US
  NHLBI/NIH news, April 15, 2015
• NIH meeting advances Alzheimer's research agenda
  Mar / Apr 2015 Global Health Matters
• Lack of adherence in HIV trial has broad implications
  Mar / Apr 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH examines lead's impact on dementia, bone density
  Mar / Apr 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH, South African Medical Research Council award $8 million in HIV, TB grants
  NIAID/NIH news, April 13, 2015
• 8 Million Dollars' worth of grants awarded to scientists at South African universities
  South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) news, April 13, 2015
• NIH research: Think globally
  NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., address the importance of continuing to pursue research on a global scale amid fiscal constraints.
  Science, April 10, 2015
• Experimental Ebola vaccine safe, prompts immune response: Results from US government-sponsored phase 1 trial of VSV vaccine reported
  NIAID/NIH news, April 1, 2015
• For most children with HIV and low immune cell count, cells rebound after treatment: NIH-funded study finds T-cell level returns to normal with time
  NICHD/NIH news, March 23, 2015
• Anti-herpes drug may help control HIV, NIH study finds
  NICHD/NIH news, March 13, 2015
• Ebola test vaccines appear safe in Phase 2 Liberian clinical trial: Liberia-US partnership planning Phase 3 trial and study of Ebola survivors
  NIAID/NIH news, March 26, 2015
• Liberia-U.S. clinical research partnership opens trial to test Ebola treatments: Initial study will evaluate experimental drug cocktail ZMapp
  NIAID/NIH news, February 27, 2015
• NIH-funded scientists create potential long-acting HIV therapeutic
  NIAID/NIH news, February 19, 2015
• Study suggests alternative approach to AIDS vaccine
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, February 24, 2015
• NIH-sponsored HIV vaccine trial launches in South Africa
  NIAID/NIH news, February 19, 2015
• Liberia-U.S. clinical research partnership opens trial to test Ebola treatments: Initial study will evaluate experimental drug cocktail ZMapp
  NIAID/NIH news, February 27, 2015
• NIH Ebola vaccine trial gets underway in Liberia
  Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
• Medical Education Partnership Initiative aids Ebola response
  Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
• HHS Secretary says US plays key role in global health
  Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
• Focus on nursing research
  Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
• Nursing research and training spur global health gains
• Sari cloth can filter cholera from water, research shows
• Lab-on-a-chip provides speedy disease diagnoses
• Research aims to curb mental, emotional pain of HIV
• Study finds mothers can help reduce daughters' risk of HIV infection in Jamaica
• Role of nursing research in global health: Q and A with NINR Director Dr Patricia A Grady
• Measuring health impact of indoor air pollution is key
  Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
• Evaluating the health benefits of clean cooking adoption: Indicators and biomarkers of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)
  Meeting report and presentations from the December 2014 Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves / NIH household air pollution workshop
• Sub-Saharan Africa genomics study gives clues about disease
  Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
• NIH, Brazil launch novel funding program
  Jan/Feb 2015 Global Health Matters

2014

• NIH accelerates clinical trials of Ebola vaccines
  Nov/Dec 2014 Global Health Matters
• Obama visits NIH to call for more funding for Ebola research
• President Obama Speaks on the Fight Against Ebola [Video] [Archive]
  Archive of the White House videos, December 2, 2014
• "A test of our character as a nation": President Obama on what we need in the fight against Ebola [Archive]
  Archive of the White House Blog, December 2, 2014
• President's visit to NIH highlights research on Ebola
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, December 2, 2014
• Research needed to treat sickle cell disease in Africa
  Nov/Dec 2014 Global Health Matters
• Study probes link between malnutrition, gut infection
  Nov/Dec 2014 Global Health Matters
• Research effort tackles Latin American child obesity
  Nov/Dec 2014 Global Health Matters
• Sophisticated HIV diagnostics adapted for remote areas
  NIBIB/NIH news, December 1, 2014
• NIAID/GSK experimental Ebola vaccine appears safe, prompts immune response
  NIAID/NIH news, November 28, 2014
• Sickle cell anemia treatment so successful in kids that trial is halted
  NHLBI/NIH news, November 19, 2014
• HHS and NIH take steps to enhance transparency of clinical trial results
  NIH news, Nov 19, 2014
• NIH study identifies drug regimen for preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission
  NIAID/NICHD/NIH news, November 17, 2014
• NIH-Led Study Explores Prevention of Heart Disease in HIV-Infected People
  NIAID/NIH news, October 28, 2014
• NIH Special Grand Rounds on Ebola [Video]
  Featuring NIAID Director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci and NIH Clinical Center colleagues
  October 22, 2014
• NIH Ebola update: working toward treatments and vaccines
  NIH Director's Blog, updated October 22, 2014
• NIH begins early human clinical trial of VSV Ebola vaccine
  NIAID/NIH news, October 22, 2014
• The Malnutrition and Enteric Disease Study (MAL-ED): Understanding the Consequences for Child Health and Development
  Clinical Infectious Diseases, Supplement, November 1, 2014 issue
• A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Implementation Science: The NIH-PEPFAR PMTCT Implementation Science Alliance
  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS), November 1, 2014 issue
• NIH study casts doubt on plans to scale up preterm birth treatment in low resource settings
  NICHD/NIH news, October 14, 2014
• US-Africa summit encourages investments in health, African leaders visit NIH campus
  Sep / Oct 2014 Global Health Matters
• NIH speeds efforts to test vaccine against Ebola
  Sep / Oct 2014 Global Health Matters
• Related resource: NIH Ebola research news, information and resources
• Scientists, including reps of nine NIH ICs, propose urgent research agenda for HIV comorbidities
  Sep / Oct 2014 Global Health Matters
• Q and A with Dr Michael M Gottesman, NIH Deputy Director for Intramural Research
  Sep / Oct 2014 Global Health Matters
• New strategies in battle against antibiotic resistance
  NIH Director's Blog, September 18, 2014
• NCI grantee news: A potential breakthrough on liver cancer [second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide]
  Tufts University news, September 5, 2014
• NIH issues finalized policy on genomic data sharing
  NIH news, August 27, 2014
• Non-invasive imaging shows earlier sign of cardiovascular disease in vessels of HIV patients
  NIDDK news, August 25, 2014
• Experimental chikungunya vaccine induces robust antibody response
  NIAID/NIH news, August 14, 2014
• African leaders visit NIH campus
  Fogarty news, August 12, 2014
• Eradicating Ebola: In U.S. Biomedical Research, We Trust
  NIH Director's Blog, August 11, 2014
• NIH awards two new H3Africa grants to explore the understanding of genomics research in Africa
  NIH news, August 4, 2014
• Fogarty marks decade supporting research fellowships with trans-NIH support
  Jul / Aug 2014 Global Health Matters
• Rwandan Health Minister Dr Agnes Binagwaho discusses research collaborations with NIH
  Jul / Aug 2014 Global Health Matters
• Global leaders [including NIAID] raise alarm on antibiotic resistance
  Jul / Aug 2014 Global Health Matters
• Mosquitoes are spreading chikungunya disease in the Americas, NIAID is testing a vaccine candidate
  Jul / Aug 2014 Global Health Matters
• Universities, including NIH leadership, meet to consider global health challenges
  May / Jun 2014 Global Health Matters
• Collins hails US-Brazil science collaborations
  May / Jun 2014 Global Health Matters
• Focus on NIDCD
  May / Jun 2014 Global Health Matters
• Global research is vital for deafness, speech disorders
• Studies in developing countries identify causes of stuttering
• Deafness studies will speed path to new treatments
• Research in Pakistan yields findings on hereditary hearing loss
• From Uganda to NIH, to Solve a Seizure Mystery
  NIH Director's Blog, June 3, 2014
• NIH World RePORT [beta] illustrative mapping database of biomedical research funding expanded to include sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and East Asia/Pacific region data - April 2014
• NIH celebrates a decade of brain disorders research
  Mar / Apr 2014 Global Health Matters
• Hookah smoking poses health risks, NIH studies show
  Mar / Apr 2014 Global Health Matters
• NIH tech transfer office speeds global health products
  Mar / Apr 2014 Global Health Matters
• NIH leaders, grantees present at CUGH meeting
  Mar / Apr 2014 Global Health Matters
• NIDA signs binational agreements with Peru and the United Arab Emirates
  NIDA International Program news, April 2014
• NIH funds influenza research and surveillance network
  NIH news, April 10, 2014
• HIV-Infected Men at Increased Risk for Heart Disease, Large Study Finds
  NIAID news, March 31, 2014
• Robust Research Efforts Needed to Address Ongoing, Global Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance
  NIAID, March 20, 2014
• Sickle-Cell Disease in Africa: An Interview with Tanzanian Researcher Julie Makani
  NIH Catalyst, March-April 2014
• South African study 'opens new possibilities for curing HIV'
  SouthAfrica.info, March 4, 2014
• The Future of Biomedical Research by NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins
  The ASCO Post from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, March 1, 2014
• NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins testifies to a Senate subcommittee regarding research to treat or prevent Alzheimer's Disease, including a clinical trial in Colombia [Video]
  C-SPAN, February 26, 2014
• Youth born with HIV may have higher heart disease risk, NIH network study shows
  NIH / NICHD News, February 24, 2014
• Overview of Brain Disorders
  Jan / Feb 2014 Global Health Matters
• Cassava root causes cognitive damage in Congolese villages
• Education may curb epilepsy linked to pig parasite in Burkina Faso
• Fogarty-supported researchers spur Alzheimer's research in Colombia
• Alzheimer's gene protects cognition in Brazilian slums
• Studies in Vietnam show early intervention is critical for disabled children
• Study shows parasite mutation behind drug-resistant malaria in Cambodia
  Jan / Feb 2014 Global Health Matters
• NIH joins global effort to fund diabetes research
  Jan / Feb 2014 Global Health Matters
• NCI collaborates with Beijing clinician-scientist
  NIH Record, January 31, 2014
• NCI's Center for Global Health Boosts Grant-Earning Capacity in Africa
  NIH Record, January 17, 2014
• NIBIB Partners with India on Blood Pressure Initiative
  NIH Record, January 17, 2014
• Fogarty awards new HIV/AIDS mentoring grants
  Fogarty news, January 6, 2014

2013

• Bill Gates celebrates research collaborations with NIH
  Fogarty news, December 4, 2013
• NIH programs build synergy, capacity in Africa
  Nov / Dec 2013 Global Health Matters
• NIDA Director Dr Nora D Volkow discusses addiction with the Dalai Lama
  Nov / Dec 2013 Global Health Matters
• NIH Human Microbiome Project: Research shows promise, may result in treatments
  Sep / Oct 2013 Global Health Matters
• NIH Clinical Center celebrates 60 years of research
  Sep / Oct 2013 Global Health Matters
• Researchers at Clinical Center show mouse virus may cause breast cancer in humans
  Sep / Oct 2013 Global Health Matters
• Role of gender in global health research: Q and A with Dr Janine Clayton, Director, NIH ORWH
  Sep / Oct 2013 Global Health Matters
• NIH awards $17 million in grants to augment genomics research in Africa
  NIH News, October 18, 2013
• Study [in South Africa and Zambia] evaluates population-wide testing, early treatment for HIV prevention
  NIH News, September 30, 2013
• NIDA information reaches Africa and Saudi Arabia
  NIDA News, September 2013
• New door opens in the effort to stave off mosquito-borne diseases
  NIGMS Biomedical Beat blog, August 16, 2013
• Investigational Malaria Vaccine Found Safe and Protective: NIH Vaccine Researchers Publish Results of Early-Stage Clinical Trial
  NIH / NIAID news release, August 8, 2013
• USAID, NIH announce global health research collaboration awards
  Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
• Mental health must be integrated into care delivery
  Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
• Chronic disease battle needs global collaboration
  Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
• Q and A with Dr Sally J Rockey, NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research
  Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
• US, Russia continue to forge research collaborations
  Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
• African science journals and paper submissions grow
  Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
• Research must validate cleaner cookstoves
  Jul / Aug 2013 Global Health Matters
• Related journal article: Household Air Pollution in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Health Risks and Research Priorities
  PLOS Medicine, June 4, 2013
• Fogarty Director Dr. Roger Glass guest-hosts the June 2013 podcast Experts describe research needed to reduce air pollution from stoves in developing world [podcast] from NICHD
• NIH World REPORT - A database on global health research in Africa
  The Lancet Global Health July 5, 2013
• NIH releases World RePORT [beta] illustrative mapping database of biomedical research around the world funded by NIH and others - December 2012

• Cervical Cancer: paradigms at home and abroad [in India]
  National Cancer Institute news, June 2, 2013
• FDA, with NIH and other partners, acts against compromised antimalarial drugs
  May / Jun 2013 Global Health Matters
• Focus on genomics and NHGRI: Genomics breakthroughs mount to fight disease
  May / Jun 2013 Global Health Matters
• NICHD initiative seeks to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
  May / Jun 2013 Global Health Matters
• NCI's Varmus visits Fogarty Fellows, Scholars in China
  May / Jun 2013 Global Health Matters
• NIH Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) initiative
• NIDA and INSERM forge new collaboration on the neuroscience of addiction
  NIDA news, May 14, 2013
• From CUGH 2013 meeting: NIH pursuing unprecedented opportunities in global health
  Mar / Apr 2013 Global Health Matters
• News from CUGH 2013 mtg: US Plays Unique Role in Fighting Deadliest Diseases [Video]
  Voice of America, April 10, 2013
• Q and A with Dr Christopher P Austin, NCATS director
  Mar / Apr 2013 Global Health Matters
• US and India advance diabetes research plans
  Mar / Apr 2013 Global Health Matters
• Training and Capacity Building: Dr. Luz Claudio: A Mission to Build Capacity in Latin America
  Global Environmental Health newsletter from NIEHS, March 2013
• The 2010 Global Burden of Disease Report: What It Means for NIEHS and Global Environmental Health
  NIEHS Global Environmental Health newsletter from NIEHS, March 2013
• NIH's NICHD celebrates 50 years of improving children's health
  Jan / Feb 2013 Global Health Matters
• NICHD network discovers ways to save mothers, babies
  Jan / Feb 2013 Global Health Matters
• NICHD supported research discoveries protect babies from HIV
  Jan / Feb 2013 Global Health Matters
• NIH and NIMHD call for more partnerships, policies and community action
  Jan / Feb 2013 Global Health Matters

2012

• NIH releases World RePORT [beta] illustrative mapping database of biomedical research around the world funded by NIH and others - December 2012
• NIH holds cookstove research training workshop - November / December 2012
• H3Africa begins building Africa's genomics expertise: opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass - November / December 2012
• First recipients of research grants to support genomic studies in Africa announced by the NHGRI - October 2012
• Improving treatment of Burkitt's lymphoma and saving children's lives - November / December 2012
• Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine can protect women with HIV - November / December 2012
• Subscribe to the new bimonthly Global Environmental Health Newsletter from The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) at NIH - November 2012
• Building Momentum: NCI's Center for Global Health [Archive] - NCI Cancer Bulletin, October 30, 2012
• New database aims to capture international Alzheimer’s disease research efforts - National Institute on Aging (NIA) News, October 10, 2012
• NIBIB-funded research indicates silk product may eliminate need for vaccine cold chain - July / August 2012
• NIBIB marks decade of innovation, highlights technology for low-resource settings - July / August 2012
• NHGRI supported research discovers genetic link in tropical foot disease - May / June 2012
• Fogarty partners with National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: reducing chronic diseases must be a global priority - June 2012
• First-ever Alzheimer's prevention trial to take place in Colombia - May 2012
• Exploring the Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health, Q and A with Dr. Pamela Collins, Director of the NIMH Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health - March / April 2012
• NIH Director Francis Collins tours India research sites - January / February 2012
• NIH mHealth research agenda continues to evolve - January / February 2012
• Q and A with Dr. Ted Trimble, recently named director of NCI's Center for Global Health - January / February 2012
• US-Irish cancer collaboration agreement is renewed - January / February 2012

2011

• NIH aids effort to produce meningitis vaccine for Africa - November / December 2011
• Studying how best to diagnose, treat heart disease in poor countries - September / October 2011
• NIH Clinical Center receives 2011 Lasker~Bloomberg Award for Public Service - September 2011
• The NIH Clinical Center, the nation's largest hospital devoted entirely to clinical research, has provided training and resources to more than 21,000 people around the world
• NCI on how an HPV vaccine study in Costa Rica yields insights on cancer prevention - September 2011
• A panel on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) at the Global Health Council's 2011 annual conference highlighted the need for comprehensive solutions - July / August 2011
• The National Library of Medicine marks its 175th anniversary. Read more about the history of the NLM, or access the National Library of Medicine (NLM) 175th Anniversary website - May / June 2011
• Webcast of 30 years of HIV/AIDS: A Personal Journey, a lecture by National
  Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci on May 31, 2011
• The National Cancer Institute encourages considering cultural differences to improve end-of-life treatment with training offered by the Middle East Cancer Consortium - January/February 2011

Updated August 2017