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March / April 2016
Ebola, Zika modelers aim to inform policy decisions
PAHO's Dr Marcos Espinal on global partnerships to fight Zika, Ebola and other diseases
Commission considers how to improve global disease outbreak response
Profile: Fogarty engineering fellow Dr Arti Kundu tests water purity in India
We have much to learn from research in Haiti: Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
Focus on the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences:
NIEHS: 50 years of research and training to improve global health
Scientists study foodborne carcinogens called aflatoxins
School program in rural Bangladesh reduces arsenic exposure, study shows
Researchers help prevent heat-related deaths in India
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Ebola, Zika modelers aim to inform policy decisions
Fogarty recently convened a meeting of disease modelers and U.S. government officials to consider how to provide actionable information early on in outbreaks.
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PAHO's Dr Marcos Espinal on global partnerships to fight diseases
Dr. Marcos Espinal of WHO's Pan American Health Organization discusses PAHO's role in outbreaks such as Zika, and how critical partnerships are to global health.
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Commission considers how to improve global disease outbreak response
An urgent investment is needed to improve the global response to pandemics, according to the Commission on a Global Health Risk Framework for the Future.
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Profile: Fogarty engineering fellow Dr Arti Kundu tests water purity in India
Fogarty fellow and engineer Dr. Arti Kundu studies the role of unclean hands in water contamination in India.
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We have much to learn from research in Haiti
Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass shares his thoughts on how cutting edge research in Haiti on tuberculosis, HIV, chikungunya and other diseases benefits us all.
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Focus on the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
NIEHS, which marks its 50th anniversary this year, supports scientific discovery, training and dissemination of knowledge throughout the world on environmental health challenges.
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Scientists study foodborne carcinogens called aflatoxins
NIEHS has funded research to help scientists better understand how aflatoxins - by-products of mold that can grow in corn, nuts, cereals and other crops - may cause poisoning and liver cancer.
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School program in rural Bangladesh reduces arsenic exposure, study shows
An NIEHS-supported study found that an arsenic education program based in elementary schools was successful in convincing families to switch to safe water sources.
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Researchers help prevent heat-related deaths in India
Local leaders in Ahmedabad, India, developed an action plan to protect people from extreme heat, guided by research funded in part by NIEHS.
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Grantee news: Tuberculosis risk among medical trainees, Pune, India
Emerging Infectious Diseases, March 2016
Teaching the principles of clinical research: NIH Clinical Center course reaches thousands around the world
NIH Intramural Research Program Catalyst, March-April 2016
About the course: Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (IPPCR)
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Experimental Ebola antibody protects monkeys: antibody isolated from Ebola survivor can advance to clinical trials
NIAID/NIH news, February 25, 2016
Grantee news: During pregnancy, offering HIV testing at home doubles the proportion of male partners who test
NAM Aidsmap news, February 24, 2016
Vaginal ring provides partial protection from HIV in large multinational trial
NIAID/NIH news, February 22, 2016
Publication: Doing global science: a guide to responsible conduct in the global research enterprise
InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), Princeton University Press, February 2016
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