HIV/AIDS news, resources and funding for global health researchers
Fogarty has made significant
investments in research training to combat HIV/AIDS. The AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) was the first of its kind and has built public health capacity in 100 low- and middle-income countries. A second program, International Implementation, Clinical, Operational and Health Services Research Training Award for AIDS and Tuberculosis (IICOHRTA-AIDS/TB) was developed to strengthen the capacity to conduct clinical research and implementation science, including operations and health services research focused on HIV infection, TB, and HIV/TB co-infection prevention, care and treatment. The programs have been combined to form the
Fogarty HIV Research Training Program.
The lack of health professionals trained to cope with AIDS remains an obstacle to in sub-Saharan Africa, where the illness is the leading cause of death. To address this, HHS partnered with the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to transform medical education in sub-Saharan Africa. The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI), administered by Fogarty and HRSA, is designed to increase the quantity and quality of health care workers and researchers throughout the region.
Featured Event
Barmes Global Health Lecture
The Fogarty International Center and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) present the David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture 2024: Global HIV/AIDS Response: Then, Now, Future.
Speaker: Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy, overseeing the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. ET (USA)
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Recent Global HIV/AIDS News and Resources
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NIH Ending the HIV Epidemic Projects Bridge Gaps Between HIV Research and Public Health Practice
NIAID Now blog, April 8, 2024
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Linkage Case Management and Posthospitalization Outcomes in People With HIV, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipient Saidi Kapiga
JAMA, March 6, 2024 -
Children surpass a year of HIV remission after treatment pause
NIH/NIAID news, March 6, 2024 -
Long-acting HIV treatment benefits adults with barriers to daily pill taking and adolescents with suppressed HIV
NIH/NIAID news, March 6, 2024 -
New report documents increase in HIV drug resistance to dolutegravir
WHO news, March 5, 2024 -
Vaginal ring and oral pre-exposure prophylaxis found safe for HIV prevention throughout pregnancy
NIH/NIAID news, March 5, 2024 -
Tools Underestimate Cardiovascular Event Risk in People with HIV
NIAID news, March 4, 2024 -
The HIV-2 proviral landscape is dominated by defective proviruses, co-authored by Fogarty trainee Catherine K. Koofhethile and Fogarty grant recipient Roger Shapiro
AIDS, March 1, 2024 -
New Guidelines for Use of Statins by People with HIV to Prevent Cardiovascular Events
HIV.gov blog, February 29, 2024 -
Implementation of REDCap mobile app in an oral HIV clinical study, co-authored by former Fogarty Global Health Fellow Ashley Karczewski
BMC Public Health, February 28, 2024 -
Hepatitis B surface antigen loss in individuals with chronic hepatitis B virus and HIV-1 infections in Botswana, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipients Roger Shapiro, Joseph Makhema, and Shahin Lockman, Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Sikhulile Moyo, and Fogarty trainees Mompati Mmalane and Simani Gaseitsiwe
AIDS, February 1, 2024 -
Gaps and Opportunities for Strengthening In-School Support for Youth Living With HIV, co-authored by Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Irene Njuguna
The Journal of School Health, February 2024
Related Fogarty News and Information
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Finding a ‘win’ while war is waged in Ukraine
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The collateral benefits of PEPFAR
Fogarty Director’s blog, September 29, 2023 -
This infectious disease expert helped build Uganda’s research infrastructure
Global Health Matters, September/October 2023
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Video:Advancing Implementation Science for Adolescent HIV in High Burden African Countries
International AIDS Conference satellite co-chaired by Fogarty Acting Director Rachel Sturke and public health advisor Susan Vorkoper
July 24, 2023 -
Expanding bioethics from community engagement to genetics in Uganda
Global Health Matters, July/August 2023 -
TB drug interactions among people living with HIV in Uganda
Global Health Matters, July/August 2023 -
Profiling the lung microbiome to fight COPD in Uganda
Global Health Matters, July/August 2023 - Building health research resilience: Fogarty's impact in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Fogarty Director’s blog, July 27, 2023
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Updated April 12, 2024