Maternal and child health news, resources and funding for global health researchers
Fogarty has a strong commitment to improving the health of children, adults, families and communities throughout the world. Several Fogarty programs currently address issues related to maternal and child health, including vaccinations, trauma, birth defects, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), fetal alcohol syndrome and childhood nutrition.
The
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) leads NIH research efforts in the fields of child health and development, including pregnancy and fertility. The
NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) works in partnership across NIH to ensure that women's health research is part of the scientific framework at the NIH and throughout the scientific community.
Fogarty participated in the
MAL-ED program to investigate linkages between malnutrition and intestinal infections and their effects on children in the developing world. Fogarty and NIH partners also support research to reduce
household air pollution from elemental stoves for cooking or heating, which impacts women and children.
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Recent Maternal and Child Health News
- Glutathione peroxidase 3 is a potential biomarker for konzo, co-authored by Fogarty International Research Scientist Matthew Bramble
Nature Communications, September 6, 2024
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When overweight and undernourished live under one roof
Global Health Matters, July/August 2024 -
Empowering women and children from Nepal to the Amazon
Global Health Matters, July/August 2024 -
Exploring the genomic traits of infant-associated microbiota members from a Zimbabwean cohort, co-authored by Fogarty trainee Danai Tavonga Zhou
BMC Genomics, July 25, 2024 -
Umbilical cord milking does not appear to increase risk of neurodevelopmental delay in non-vigorous infants
NIH News, July 1, 2024
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Updated September 11, 2024