May / June 2023

CUGH 2023: Reimagining Global Health

Global Health emerged as an academic field over the last two decades. A plenary panel co-moderated by Acting Fogarty Director Dr. Peter Kilmarx addressed key overarching questions in the field.

Delivering hope and health care in Haiti & Ghana

By focusing on telemedicine and medication delivery during the overnight hours, MotoMeds aims to prevent illnesses from turning into emergencies.

Improving heart failure care in Southern IndiaÂ

During her Fogarty fellowship, Dr. Anubha Agarwal realized data collected in high-income countries wasn't going to work.Â

Studying the effect of pesticide on Thai farmers and their familiesÂ

Pornpimol Kongtip of Mahidol University, Thailand, discusses her GEOHealth Hub project.Â

Promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion beyond bordersÂ

Training individuals from populations who are underrepresented as health researchers can help reduce health disparities around the world.Â

Also in this issue

People in the news:Â

Global health briefs:

Funding opportunities

Featured Event

Pharmacy-Centered HIV Research: Current Landscape and Future Frontiers

Date: June 28–29, 2023, at 1 p.m. ET/USA
Location: Virtual

This two-day event focuses on using implementation science research and collaboration between sectors to build models for effective pharmacy-based delivery and support of HIV-related services.

Sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, the NIH Office of AIDS Research in partnership with Fogarty.

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