Global Health Research News - Fogarty International Center @ NIH

Global Health Research News - Fogarty International Center @ NIH

May 2020

• From easing lockdowns to scaling-up community-based COVID-19 screening, testing, and contact tracing in Africa - shared approaches, innovations, and challenges to minimize morbidity and mortality [Free access] , featuring Fogarty grantee Dr. Jean Nachega as lead author
  Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 31, 2020
• Mobile health technology for enhancing the COVID-19 response in Africa: A potential game changer? [Open access] 
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, May 29, 2020
• International community rallies to support open research and science to fight COVID-19  with launch of COVID-19 Technology Access Pool
  WHO news, May 29, 2020
• Peer-reviewed data shows remdesivir for COVID-19 improves time to recovery
  NIAID/NIH news, May 22, 2020
• Human viruses can jump into animals, too - sowing the seeds of future epidemics , featuring Fogarty's Dr. Martha Nelson
  Scientific American, May 20, 2020
• Long-acting injectable drug prevents HIV among men who have sex with men and transgender women, according to large international NIH study
  NIAID/NIH, May 18, 2020
• Coordinated strategy to accelerate multiple COVID-19 vaccine candidates is key, NIH experts say
  NIAID/NIH news, May 11, 2020
• NIH clinical trial testing antiviral remdesivir plus anti-inflammatory drug baricitinib for COVID-19 begins
  NIAID/NIH news, May 8, 2020
• COVID-19: Shining the light on Africa , co-authored by Fogarty senior scientist emeritus Dr Joel Breman
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, May 5, 2020
• Study to determine incidence of novel coronavirus infection in US children begins
  NIAID/NIH news, May 4, 2020
• New NIAID study examines immune responses in people hospitalized with COVID-19
  NIAID Now blog, May 1, 2020
• Investments on grants for biomedical research by funder, type of grant, health category and recipient (World Report) 
  Global Observatory on Health R&D, May 2020