https://www.fic.nih.gov/_layouts/15/feed.aspx?xsl=2&web=%2F&page=30279b42-5722-49b2-b0f3-be98db29fc97&wp=095b207c-062f-4ff6-be1e-7eb39ab925d2News from Fogarty International Center60https://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/january-february-2026/Pages/progress-report-dsi-africa.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsThe Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) initiative aims to create and support a pan-continental network of data scientists and technologies able to transform health. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/january-february-2026/Pages/ai-cancer-detection-sub-saharan-africa.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsAkbar Waljee, MD, a gastroenterologist and professor at the University of Michigan, collaborates with colleagues from DS-I Africa in the U.S. and at Aga Khan University in Nairobi, Kenya. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/january-february-2026/Pages/people-in-global-health-news.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsHelene M. Langevin, MD, Walter J. Koroshetz, MD, and Gary H. Gibbons, MD, are leaving NIH. Kyle Walsh, PhD, is joining NIH. Walter C. Willett, MD, MPH, DrPH, receives a Prince Mahidol Award. ASTMH elects Albert Icksang Ko, MD, president.Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/january-february-2026/Pages/global-health-briefs.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsTue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/january-february-2026/Pages/cafe-newsletter.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsThe journal "Annals of Global Health" has published a special collection of articles commissioned by Fogarty with additional support from the NIH Health and Extreme Weather (HEW) initiative. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/january-february-2026/Pages/emma-laurence.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsFogarty Fellow Emma Lawrence, MD, from the University of Michigan, examined home blood pressure monitoring among pregnant women at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/january-february-2026/Pages/qa-joseph-zunt.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsJoseph Zunt, MD, a neurologist & Professor of Global Health at University of Washington School of Public Health, focuses on infectious diseases, neglected diseases, stroke; his work in Peru examined HTLV-1 infections.Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/january-february-2026/Pages/loretta-sweet-jemmott.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsLoretta Sweet Jemmott, a nurse and professor at Villanova University and member of the faculty at University of Pennsylvania, creates skills-based interventions to change behaviorFri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/january-february-2026/Pages/center-for-global-health-studies.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsFogarty's Center for Global Health Studies addressed health challenges through multidisciplinary and multi-sector dialogue, collaboration, and training. Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/january-february-2026/Pages/a-model-for-ethical-collaboration.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsDS-I Africa scientists need to understand how to manage and integrate data within their research projects, says Michèle Ramsay, a professor at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg, South Africa.Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/january-february-2026/Pages/synthetic-data-safe-sharing.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsThe Kaloleni-Rabai Health and Demographic Surveillance System is embedded in 7 rural and 3 peri-urban community health units in Kenya, says Dorcas Mwigereri, a research fellow at Aga Khan University Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/september-october-2025/Pages/Jepchirir-Kiplagat.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsFor her Fogarty LAUNCH project, Jepchirir Kiplagat, PhD, examined the feasibility of integrating HIV care services with screening & management of hypertension & diabetes among older adults in Kenya. Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/september-october-2025/Pages/qa-nidia-trovao.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsNídia Sequeira Trovão, PhD, a molecular epidemiologist, leads Fogarty’s Genomic Epidemiology and Evolution of Pathogens section. She was educated in Portugal and Belgium.Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/september-october-2025/Pages/lois-cohen.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsLois Cohen, PhD, shares her memories of Stone House (Fogarty's building on the NIH campus) in the early 1970s. Cohen worked with Dr. David Barmes on the International Collaborative Studies of Oral Health Systems, the largest dental study ever launchedWed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/september-october-2025/Pages/guidance-international-research-partnerships.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsThe National Institutes of Health remains committed to its support of research collaborations with institutions and scientists outside the United States; Director Jay Bhattacharya recently clarified the standards he’s set for partnerships across borders Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/september-october-2025/Pages/ER-Medicine-Trauma-Care.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsResearchers funded by Fogarty and the National Institutes of Health are working to strengthen various aspects of emergency medicine and trauma care in Pakistan, Cameroon and Rwanda.Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/september-october-2025/Pages/Junaid-Razza.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsJunaid Razzak, MD, professor and vice chair of research, Emergency Medicine, New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medicine conducts much of his research in Pakistan and other LMICs, yet his work has applications across the globe, including in the U.S.Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/september-october-2025/Pages/UCLA-Catherine-Juillard.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsDrs. Catherine Juillard and Ariane Christie, trauma surgeons at UCLA, discuss translating their African research in Cameroon to a U.S. context -- they collaborate with Dr. Alain Mefire-Chichom of University of Buea.Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/september-october-2025/Pages/Sudha-Jayaraman.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsDr. Sudha Jayaraman, a trauma and acute care surgeon at the University of Utah, focuses on building-out Rwanda's prehospital system for emergency care with colleagues Dr. Melissa Watt, Dr. Menelas Nkeshimana and Rwanda Build, an acceleratorWed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/september-october-2025/Pages/Directors-column.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsDr. Peter Kilmarx reflects on the goals of MAHA--including reducing chronic disease in children and improving health across the lifespan--and how global health research collaboration contributes directly to improving health here at home.Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/september-october-2025/Pages/strategic-framework-hew.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsA strategic framework, posted online in late September, presents the mission, goals, objectives and high priority scientific approaches of NIH’s Health and Extreme Weather (HEW) program.Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 ESThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/march-april-2025/Pages/director-blog-fogarty-newsletter.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsDr. Andrey Kuzmichev, Fogarty’s Communications Director, introduces the new design of Global Health Matters, made possible by Carla Conway of Uncommon Design. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/march-april-2025/Pages/seeing-becoming-qa-gbenga-ogedegbe.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsDr. Gbenga Ogedegbe shares his thoughts on how global health research benefits Americans. A faculty member at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, he's served on scientific panels for the CDC, WHO, the European Union Research Council. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/march-april-2025/Pages/getting-to-the-heart-mark-huffman.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsDr. Mark D. Huffman, a former Fogarty cardiology fellow, has led global cardiovascular research, mentoring future leaders in heart disease prevention. His work spans the U.S., India, Nigeria, and beyond.Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 EDThttps://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/march-april-2025/Pages/fogartys-contribution-to-ncds-research.aspx?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsOf Fogarty’s 446 total grants, 194 or 43% are noncommunicable disease-related. Fogarty spent 31% of its total budget of $65.5M on chronic disease programs and grants, and 60% of that $20M goes to training grants for NCD researchers, 22% to research. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 EDT