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| Opinion: COVID-19 renews interest in reciprocal innovationThe COVID-19 pandemic has spotlighted how crucial it is for scientists around the globe to collaborate. Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass shares how advances made in low-resource settings often result in frugal technologies that can improve care and cut costs here at home. |
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Also in this issue Medical and Nursing Education Partnership Initiatives detailed in new book Lancet Countdown study details growing health impacts of climate change  People in the news: Research!America recognizes NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins and Fogarty Senior Scientist Emeritus Dr. Vivian Pinn WHO honors the late Henrietta Lacks with a Director-Generalâs award Fogarty grantee Dr. Wondwossen Abebe Gebreyes elected to the National Academy of Medicine Dr. Gaston Kuzamunu Mazandu and Dr. Ronald LaPorte have died Details: People in the news  Global health briefs: Global Health Security Index report calls for more preparedness capacity Measles progress threatened by COVID TB deaths rise due to pandemic Road accidents are a leading global killer NIHâs Eye Institute unveils strategic plan Details: Global health briefs E-news extras News & publications featuring Fogarty staff: Biomedical research across the globe: Why now is the time to invest in Africa Open Government Access, Dec. 7, 2021 H3Africa Funds Scientists, Advances Genomics, and Fosters Collaboration in AfricaÂ
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN), Dec. 3, 2021 Whole-genome analysis of Nigerian patients with breast cancer reveals ethnic-driven somatic evolution and distinct genomic subtypes, includes Fogarty author
Nature, Nov. 26, 2021 Perspective: Now is the time to catalyze data science and health innovation in Africa
Dr. Roger Glass
Exemplars in Global Health, Nov. 11, 2021 Other news NIH scientists urge pursuit of universal coronavirus vaccine
NIAID news release, Dec. 16, 2021 Landmark COVID-19 vaccine trial in sub-Saharan Africa is the first to study the efficacy of MRNA COVID-19 vaccines in people living with HIV
HVTN/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center news release, Dec. 13, 2021 Experimental mRNA HIV Vaccine Safe, Shows Promise in Animals
NIAID news release, Dec. 9, 2021 Diverse genome sequences provide a powerful tool for studying risk of heart disease including Africans enrolled from Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria
NIH/NHGRI news, Dec. 8, 2021 NIH announces $1 million prize competition to develop new maternal health diagnostics
NIH News release, Dec. 7, 2021 Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant: a new chapter in the COVID-19 pandemic
Lancet, Dec. 3, 2021 Too many people with HIV fail to achieve durable viral suppression
NIH-funded study estimates global progress toward UNAIDS goal
NIH news, Nov. 30, 2021 Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of ConcernÂ
World Health Organization, Nov. 26, 2021 Lung Autopsies of COVID-19 Patients Reveal Treatment Clues
NIAID/NIH news, Nov. 17, 2021 More global health research news from Fogarty Funding opportunities Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements for Research on Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Populations (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
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