As 2018 draws to a close, so does the celebration of 50 years of the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Join us to reflect on this remarkable anniversary year, recognizing that we have come so far, yet much remains to be done.
These in-depth focus sections, articles and feature stories topped the list for readers and editors of our Global Health Matters newsletter in 2018.
Top global health research stories of 2018
- Fogarty marks 50 years of global health partnerships and considers future directions
- Sub-Saharan Africa’s health care and research workforce gets a $26 million boost
- Fogarty launches a new program to reduce HIV/AIDS stigma and lower transmission of the disease
- NIH supports cancer research to reduce disease burden
- Research and technology help to fight cancer in women in low- and middle-income countries
- In Vietnam, a project studies using text messages to curb smoking
- Global studies show a single dose of HPV vaccine provides protection
- Fogarty and NIH have catalyzed cancer research in Malawi
- Dr. Tamiwe Tomoka discusses training Malawian cancer researchers
- A Fogarty-led study explores how to repurpose the HIV delivery platform to combat noncommunicable diseases
- Tackling the growing, global burden of dementia
- A study in India sets stage for US tests of screening tool for cognitive impairment
- Fogarty grantees receive supplemental funding for training in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
- As dementia rises in sub-Saharan Africa, there is an urgent need for research
- Fogarty supports multigenerational research training:
- Multigenerational research in South Africa leads to HIV discoveries
- Generations of mentorship improve health in Haiti
- Dr. Mark Kaddumukasa discusses the power of multigenerational mentorship in Uganda
- Fogarty-funded researchers study adolescent health to improve health across the lifespan
- Teen pregnancy can impact health for a lifetime
- Healthy habits in teens may help reduce the noncommunicable disease burden
- HIV/AIDS is a key battleground for teen health researchers
- NIH-supported research targets the global suicide burden
- Research boosts mental health task-shifting and innovative approaches
- Frugal innovation fights India’s high suicide burden
- Global studies help bring down China’s suicide rate
- A low-cost mental health innovation enables access to care in Africa and in the U.S.
- The first Fogarty ophthalmology Fellow studies rare pediatric cancer in Ethiopia
- Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass on new opportunities in global health research for NIH and Fogarty
Collage of photos (clockwise from top left):
- Courtesy of GHESKIO
- Courtesy of Fogarty/NIH
- By Aga Szydlik of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases and the University of the Witwatersrand
- By Richard Lord for Fogarty/NIH
- By Richard Lord for Fogarty/NIH
- By rmnunes/iStock/Thinkstock
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