Americas and the Caribbean region news, resources and funding for global health researchers
Fogarty and NIH have a long history of supporting medical science advances in Latin America and the Caribbean, which faces many of the same chronic disease challenges found in the U.S. as well as the perennial threat of infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and Chagas disease. Over the decades, Fogarty has helped build capacity in the region, funding cutting-edge research at institutions like GHESKIO in Haiti and Cayetano Heredia University in Peru.
Countries in Region
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
NIH Funded Research Impacting Americas and the Caribbean
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grant funding to U.S. universities, NIH facilitates international collaboration in the Americas and the Caribbean in all areas of the biomedical and behavioral sciences.
Fogarty/NIH News
- Implementation of REDCap mobile app in an oral HIV clinical study, co-authored by former Fogarty Global Health Fellow Ashley Karczewski
BMC Public Health, February 28, 2024
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How a Simple Tool Is Saving Lives of Children with Cancer in Latin America
National Cancer Institute's Cancer Currents blog, February 15, 2024 -
PAHO releases toolkit to enhance management of cardiovascular risk and hypertension in the Americas
PAHO news, January 31, 2024 -
Implementation of a Multi-Site Digitally-Enhanced School Clinician Training and ADHD/ODD Intervention Program in Mexico: Randomized Controlled Trial of CLS-R-FUERTE, co-authored by Fogarty Global Brain Disorders Research grant recipient Lauren Haack
Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science, January 9, 2024 -
Scaling up antivenom for snakebite envenoming in the Brazilian Amazon: a cost-effectiveness analysis, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipient Charles Gerardo
The Lancet Regional Health Americas, January 2024 -
Development of a Pilot Literacy Scale to Assess Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors towards Climate Change and Infectious Disease Dynamics in Suriname, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipients Wilco Zijlmans and Maureen Lichtveld and Fogarty Global Health Fellow Firoz Abdoel Wahid
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2023 -
Addressing gaps in neurosurgical care in Peru
Global Health Matters, November/December 2023 -
Examining impact of COVID-19 on mortality in the U.S.
Global Health Matters, November/December 2023 -
Seroprevalence of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus-1 in a Jamaican Antenatal Population and Assessment of Pooled Testing as a Cost Reduction Strategy for Implementation of Routine Antenatal Screening, co-authored by Fogarty trainees Ynolde Leys, Tiffany Butterfield, and Jacynth Moore
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, October 23, 2023 -
HPAI Influenza Devastating Birds, Marine Mammals in Peru--Study Identifies Concerning Viral Mutations
NIAID Now blog, September 11, 2023
U.S. Government Resources
Other Resources
Fogarty Contact
Kevin Bialy, M.A.A.
Regional Director for the Western Hemisphere
Division of International Relations
Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health
Building 31 Room B2C11
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220
Telephone: (301) 496.6273
FAX: (301) 480-3414
Email (preferred):
kevin.bialy@nih.gov
Updated April 12, 2024