With the world still in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic and coming to terms with systemic health inequity, Fogarty and its extensive network of international partners continued in 2021 to support, fund and train the next generation of global health leaders. Here are the top stories of the year, as judged by the readers and editors of Global Health Matters.

NIH marked the end of an era with the announcement that long-timedirector Francis Collins was stepping down at the end of 2021. To help address significant challenges in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in low-resource nations, Fogarty awarded$3.3M in COVID-19 supplements to support research and training. NIH is investing in new technologies to help spur innovation in global health research, awarding$75M to boost data science research in Africaand announcing a$100M investment in Artificial Intelligence.

The Fogarty-managedMedical Education Partnership Initiative Junior Faculty Research Training (MEPI-Jr) programprovided training, mentorship and research support to 362 junior faculty fellows, whose stories of accomplishment provide inspiration and demonstrate the programs impact. Fogartys Director Dr. Roger I. Glass renewed the call toinvest in Africa to improve economy and healthand the Centers commitment tostand against structural racism in biomedical research. Fogartys Center for Global Health and its partners produced a number of significant publications as part of their efforts to encourage timely andhigh-quality health research in humanitarian crisesand to craftthe U.S.-Latin American research agenda on childhood obesity.

Former Fogarty trainees are assuming senior global health positions, includingAndrew KambuguandEmmy Okelloin Ugandajust two examples of how the Center is helping buildthe next generation of low- and middle-income country (LMIC) leaders. FogartyFellows and Scholars, early career scientists who spend a year of mentored research abroad, are making a difference: leading aWHO infectious disease elimination program, becoming anNIH lab chiefand studying HIV self-testing ina Ugandan fishing community.

Breastfeeding in LMICsposes complex research questions: studyingcultural factors, investigating how toprevent HIV transmissionand examining howwater insecurity can disrupt nursing. Fogarty salutes the vital work of the National Cancer Institute and its Center for Global Health, as they achievesignificant milestones. Contributions to reducing the global cancer burden include addressingcancer inequities, trainingforeign scientists at NIHand supportingeconomic studies of tobacco farming in LMICsto influence policy change.

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