Global health news briefs - December 2019

November / December 2019 | Volume 18, Number 6

NCI offers implementation science training

The NIH’s National Cancer Institute (NCI) is offering both a facilitated and an open-access, on-demand course on dissemination and implementation (D&I) research. Each of the six modules introduces fundamental terms, concepts and principles of D&I, with examples of their application.

• Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer (TIDIRC) from the NCI Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS)

World Bank publishes study on AMR

A new World Bank report - Pulling Together to Beat Superbugs - identifies knowledge gaps such as the current level of antimicrobial consumption in humans and animals, and what vaccines could be developed to reduce microbials that stymie efforts to contain AMR.

• Pulling together to beat superbugs: Knowledge and implementation gaps in addressing antimicrobial resistance
  World Bank, October 30, 2019

Report examines global drug regulation

A new study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine provides an overview of the global drug regulation landscape and presents a strategy for improving cooperation among regulatory authorities to ensure the quality, safety and efficacy of medicines.

• Regulating Medicines in a Globalized World
  National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, 2019

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