NCD panel highlights need for comprehensive solutions

Dr. Julio Frenk, speaking during the Global Health Council’s 2011 annual conference session devoted to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), emphasized the need to deploy comprehensive strategies to address NCDs in low-and middle-income countries.
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Egypt science minister Dr. Amr Salama shakes hands with NIH principal deputy director Dr. Lawrence Tabak

Arab Spring provides new opportunities for US collaborations with Egypt

Egypt is poised for a scientific renaissance with a plan to more than double its research investment over the next four years, according to the country’s science minister Dr. Amr Salama, who visited NIH recently to meet with senior leaders.
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Focus on NIAID

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Researcher in scrubs wearing hair net, medical mask and latex gloves swabs nostril of baby pig she cradles in one arm

New research details spread of swine flu virus

The spread of the influenza A/H1 virus follows large-scale movements of swine from the south to the Midwest, according to a new paper by Fogarty investigators published in PLoS Pathogens.
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Domesticated foxes provide insight into human behavior

Russian scientist Lyudmila Trut builds on previous studies demonstrating that domestication of foxes involves the acquisition of the ability to interpret human intent from facial expressions and body language of humans.
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Lyudmila Trut, in thick winter coat, sits on bench, holds fix in her arms, lots of snow on ground in background

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Enews exclusives

Focusing on new medicines for the developing world

Ambassador Goosby's long view on the fight against HIV/AIDS

HHS announces proposal to improve rules protecting human research subjects - HHS News Release, July 22, 2011

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Cancer Detection and Diagnostics Technologies for Global Health
August 22-23, 2011 - NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD
2011 Conference on HIV/AIDS Research - A Collaborative Solution for Tropical Diseases: The Luso-American Response
September 7-9, 2011 - Lisbon, Portugal
World Health Summit
October 23-26, 2011 - Berlin, Germany
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November 13-15, 2011 - Montreal, Canada
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60th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
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Funding Opportunities: Upcoming Deadlines

Womens and Girls Health Administrative Grant Supplements
Only grantees with active grant funding for research or research training from Fogarty, NIAID, NICHD or NIMH may apply.
Updated Deadline: July 29, 2011
International Tobacco and Health Research and Capacity Building Program (R01)
Deadline: September 15, 2011
Chronic, Non-Communicable Diseases and Disorders Across the Lifespan: Fogarty International Research Training Award (NCD-LIFESPAN)
Full awards (D43) and planning grants (D71)
Deadline: September 21, 2011
Ecology of Infectious Diseases Initiative (EID)
This joint NIH-National Science Foundation program is currently being competed under NSF program announcement (NSF 10-616).
Deadline: December 14, 2011
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Updated Deadline: May 21, 2012
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Deadline: November 20, 2011

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