March / April 2016
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![Heat map of Americas shows how Zika virus could spread from South America to the Caribbean, Mexico and the US](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEig4y1kGEwLLP-ZAtuqSQt0hKMZgRRCaHVh6ckIkspFyOIdl-gnf8DSXXdjKx8UaMTBHV6rwPovsbH124E2pCFeE3bm6XregekT-sOZe_BsYtKzb3FAkTjbjpzEj_tyrpxdWh6cLWH1k_1lseyVnkdUA-yGkwskHIlsaPequQoig-SCtjuAz2AG1Y7oEIwO0vRCevuoxlwhmnOjEEDeDNVqh7RKO6mKPqm0QaYH_1yphyaiVQp4qA=s0-d-e1-ft) |
Fogarty recently convened a meeting of disease modelers and U.S. government officials to consider how to provide actionable information early on in outbreaks. >> Full article |
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. >> Full article | ![PAHO logo](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjNblygNoLuJ21i1wPaMXgKVZqFYAG9NUJesR3MKVn7R1Zs8zm838boSqCJsZXdK_wAAlDFmWNw18Z3m8kg1GS1OiSFakNEqACwvnpctBJqd7w_SjnKKlk8cdnhIt8BwKfTOQT9k8J9pR8SqJPF6lq4Dh4ZIsjJfIUHGwPSxauaDFSukMbYAWVq621RjRwVRqja_sTTZgOcfd0ZknTbEvIvy4ZbWSs=s0-d-e1-ft) |
![Female researcher in lab coat and surgical mask looks into microscope, female close at hand also in mask observes](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjjfao-MIOU6mSelHQNArZFqCHOT2kr7mk4vQ5TsJtSyGJfqf1G4Ie_oPs3nOhSFGzK0DQzIB3y5Qalbx6bgYS6lBqLnYV808QV9ZF2OX0JGcYFWMhk2wPFkzAyGVgqlUu7V6grLT8j0ZDuhvbtXqaHnEVL-cxXED71LBnGBfBBNGvisspAmY5rHrVOrVyc3oDz1az5p6pFENUgYz_fiJoPiEtFViliZZNoy-Ef89Hi5t2dYP4uVhctXthXSKUCSFV71JICJAuEM7F-M0xVcycA-3G46teC=s0-d-e1-ft) |
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. >> Full article |
Fogarty fellow and engineer Dr. Arti Kundu studies the role of unclean hands in water contamination in India. >> Full article | ![Dr. Arti Kundu collects samples from hand surfaces using a bag of sterile water from a female study participant in a busy street](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEj1Jhfts-DqynbgRUa9JWW0EPVZ0jGVb8_HaAuOV8FJ1yNe6V1IXE4QDkEVU25cJiloZGGm7GuLMqoDmKyLT7NLXE8fKW2ioGTFih4SQpYAyi2j4nsoNqg4Y-aP3LcBYZ69gbfIOxwH33VVDbJ_Dn-PdQ-tkGH1NZTUgvHbDgNRyuffYKeIrzzCQ02sarh5eU-82QqilEJ3QnvmYkG3aRPC1WdQ0xT1e74csmxTRMm2DzL2XkAHtk_pd3JLcDC2ldkt4A=s0-d-e1-ft) |
![Haitian researcher Dr. Vanessa Rouzier speaks, slide on challenges in pediatric TB projected in background](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhBs5N08eZ4B4njWUmTJXP_yhy2VBVwFEeDmTCfnzTMqXzoraKO-Z4HiclADieB6M89Eg2D-x56TydO_XaCa4nCZRhGJ6Z735W7Rn0R41qRwip6F_ivxNb4gg5W2DWkBe1BkzjQ4KhA6U0pXsl69A6X_TKDv4bvSPmc2zbcUhuFWpSsPu3nacs1ydLlVyYtLTaSHgltL-HH5A8neoXNUJz0lpnLG2LLIHXXtpNH4cGxPcVqqBXJak5mfg=s0-d-e1-ft) |
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. >> Full article |
NIEHS, which marks its 50th anniversary this year, supports scientific discovery, training and dissemination of knowledge throughout the world on environmental health challenges. >> Full article | ![Many men wading in river bank rinsing large clumps of plastic bags, smoking factories in background on opposite bank](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEihTykNvQ5V0RfsCaW5yggdEE-CEwSUL9KGJa8mKJzAenAZlptRlgL1RLfPIQENU82QKReL8cX-zmBnWW37McVx07sUpJvCDGKIIE0AUKtKtlxhhvS1sb5anvO1u8812t17pg0gEfJpY6ZtNm5VbEfVoOLAsKI0Zq3_NhBlAN948MpCohiOFVDFrSqqUl8He_51jd3uTWy5O1YSfGNXWaP-MRfczrq1KkkzMY0aZz9wgEqvXL-PYEQolvyQ3w=s0-d-e1-ft) |
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. >> Full article | ![Close up in a sunny field of ear of corn with mold growing near the tip](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgnP-7AH4A68SlktJV_oYB3_KFTGrsho9e9J7jCtNRgOn06amjSbOXJTTsts8Cd5UcrP4_M9XE5I1riyxDErVmfQpWL6zJYP04xOwxKAVZZPGFxWQy26Q3UhqwB7npOTXTRDFNX0pShFK5AWI7e3z5WEZPOFnvlOk9J9st2k9rqN4JbVh97tnJWlsOKYwpoRZnwawDH2H7XH6-wSCcl6c4ouLAVBXwAJMR8X2pNhPFwKYNoGAY=s0-d-e1-ft) |
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. >> Full article | ![A group of young girls in Bangladesh reads a book together, illustrated book cover shows people pumping and carrying water](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhXibxfsJMqIgQQZUNLVVomeXLRflfQfmtgg_YOBm0PiVAT1ML_-5St31MGUnrNfiZZ2pxTQTK4MtYvOX0slznS7Vm-Z06T9ORsrgH4-DNTbxxPSYoUn5ujT0d_eoHR9fD3aBywYz6ip9964HE1MDGqs0B62PWAHGFpqZFBWYwbsDweAaYKxxEw46dAupIAPQVlMZxlkfLEsqoePTV0EvaQO6VXoXUo4u13eP5H_y-kkB25-8uk0fkI_Pn3ZNavsH8GM30=s0-d-e1-ft) |
Local leaders in Ahmedabad, India, developed an action plan to protect people from extreme heat, guided by research funded in part by NIEHS. >> Full article | ![In India, a man drinks from a cup at a public outdoor drinking water station in the shade on a street corner](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijZVe9RrcOXcdxobOd4bMv6POK47o0kZDilv8vcGbo1eTjaCNE0NYfd1phN-dF0PIb8_9ChhyJXdaVLqSaR-_QXdpeYtiE06INsaYNlC3JoiVTKcOjzd3TXITPTKlZVM1OYoPU_pIDtYgsHKLBa4dGUClweZ8j-hDKYPr9dE-Ii-gdK4LPNQtRd2k9qb_6eX7_yIzOv7ax_StgPUxV-WNPYdGUc24I-aOEENB0hfSXqZCifCqB7hbq=s0-d-e1-ft) |
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Also in This Issue
E-news exclusives
- Building capacity in implementation science research training at the University of Nairobi
Implementation Science, March 8, 2016
- Global mortality impact of the 1957-1959 influenza pandemic
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, March 1, 2016
- 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
- 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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