Fogarty/NIH top stories of 2021: Investing in Africa, cancer milestones, breastfeeding research

Top Stories of 2021 View this on the web With the world still in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic and coming to terms with systemic health inequity, Fogarty and its extensive network of international partners continued in 2021 to support, fund and train the next generation of global health leaders. Here are the top stories of the year, as judged by the readers and editors of Global Health Matters. NIH marked the end of an era with the announcement that long-time director Francis Collins was stepping down at the end of 2021.  To help address significant challenges in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in low-resource nations, Fogarty awarded $3.3M in COVID-19 supplements to support research and training. NIH is investing in new technologies to help spur innovation in global health research, awarding $75M to boost data science research in Africa and announcing a $100M investment in Artificial Intelligence. The Fogarty-managed Medical Education Partnership Initiative Junior Faculty Research Training (MEPI-Jr) program provided training, mentorship and research support to 362 junior faculty fellows, whose stories of accomplishment provide inspiration and demonstrate the program's impact. Fogarty's Director Dr. Roger I. Glass renewed the call to invest in Africa to improve economy and health and the Center's commitment to stand against structural racism in biomedical research. Fogarty's Center for Global Health and its partners produced a number of significant publications as part of their efforts to encourage timely and high-quality health research in humanitarian crises and to craft the U.S.-Latin American research agenda on childhood obesity. Former Fogarty trainees are assuming senior global health positions, including Andrew Kambugu  and Emmy Okello in Uganda—just two examples of how the Center is helping build the next generation of low- and middle-income country (LMIC) leaders. Fogarty Fellows and Scholars, early career scientists who spend a year of mentored research abroad, are making a difference: leading a WHO infectious disease elimination program, becoming an NIH lab chief and studying HIV self-testing in a Ugandan fishing community. Breastfeeding in LMICs poses complex research questions: studying cultural factors, investigating how to prevent HIV transmission and examining how water insecurity can disrupt nursing. Fogarty salutes the vital work of the National Cancer Institute and its Center for Global Health, as they achieve significant milestones. Contributions to reducing the global cancer burden include addressing cancer inequities, training foreign scientists at NIH and supporting economic studies of tobacco farming in LMICs to influence policy change. More Information All Fogarty News All NIH News You are subscribed to receive Fogarty News email updates at Email Address. Subscribe to NIH global health funding opportunities email alerts Connect with Fogarty Global Health Matters is produced by the Office of Communications at the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center. For more information, please contact managing editor Ann Puderbaugh, at ann.puderbaugh@nih.govor 301-496-2075. Permission to reprint Global Health Matters content: All text produced in this newsletter is in the public domain and may be reprinted. Please credit Fogarty International Center. Images must be cleared for use with the individual sources, as indicated. The Fogarty International Center, the international component of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, addresses global health challenges through innovative and collaborative research and training programs and supports and advances the NIH mission through international partnerships. Subscribe, update your subscription or unsubscribe to this e-newsletter from the Fogarty International Center subscription page. We encourage you to forward this e-newsletter to colleagues who may find it of interest.

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