Mozambican Ethics Committee Members Participate in Ethics Practicum at VUMC
April 25, 2017
2017 Vanderbilt University-Mozambique Collaborative Research Ethics Education Program Participants
World Malaria Day Perspective: James Carlucci M.D.
April 24, 2017
World Malaria Day 2017, observed on Tuesday, April 25, seeks to raise awareness and highlight the need to close the gap in access to malaria prevention tools. While the burden of disease continues to decline, efforts to improve access to interventions that prevent, diagnose and treat malaria are needed to reach the Sustainable Development Goals of malaria elimination by 2030, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where malaria is most prevalent.
Nutrition Research Methods Workshop Trains Faculty and Graduate Students in Zambia
April 13, 2017
Current and past fellows, and faculty of the UNZA-Vanderbilt Training Partnership for HIV-Nutrition Research (UVP). The program is supported by the Fogarty International Center.
2017 Global Health Case Competition
March 30, 2017
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In February, the VIGH Student Advisory Council hosted its seventh annual university-wide global health case competition. This year, the competition was held in conjunction with Vanderbilt’s first “Haiti Week,” co-hosted by VIGH and the Vanderbilt Center for Latin American Studies.
Vanderbilt’s first-ever Africa Week set for April 2–7
March 30, 2017
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https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2017/03/29/vanderbilts-first-ever-africa-week-set-for-april-2-7/
To raise awareness of university opportunities to engage with Africa, Vanderbilt will host its first-ever Africa Week April 2-7.
World Health Week 2017
February 14, 2017
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Program Details and RSVP links:
Monday February 20, 12-1pm, LH 202 - Flexner Student Deans' Lectures
Traditional Birth Attendants Encourage Institutional Deliveries in Zambézia Province
February 3, 2017
In the rich farmlands of Birua Village, in Furquia Locality, Namacurra District, Zambézia Province, lives 52 year old Paulina Raposo. She has been a traditional birth attendant for 36 years.
2017 Global Health Case Competition
January 31, 2017
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February 11, 2017 | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Vanderbilt School of Nursing: Room 16Keynote Speaker: Christophe Millien, M.D., Chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology Partners in Health, Mirebalais University Hospital
2016 Core Faculty Publications
January 19, 2017
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2016 Publications (ordered by pub date) List of Core Faculty
Tao J, Qian HZ, Kipp AM, Ruan Y, Shepherd BE, Amico KR, Shao Y, Lu H, Vermund SH. Effects of depression and anxiety on antiretroviral therapy adherence among newly diagnosed HIV-infected Chinese MSM. AIDS. 2017 Jan 28;31(3):401-406. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001287.
VIDEO: Medical Equipment Arrives in Mozambique
Heather Jordan
January 5, 2017
Last year, the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) and Friends in Global Health (FGH) worked together to collect a container full of donated medical supplies, and had it shipped to the Provincial Health Department located in the Zambézia Province of Mozambique. In October 2016, the container arrived in the port of Quelimane. Together with Project C.U.R.E.
VIDEO: For mother and daughter, life is not as it used to be: It is much better!
January 5, 2017
This story was originally published in May of 2016. You can read it here. The video version was released in December and was produced by Rui Esmael.
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PODCAST: New Insecticide Makes Mosquitoes Pop
December 9, 2016
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/new-insecticide-makes-mosquitoes-pop/
The substance prevents mosquitoes taking a blood meal from producing waste—causing them to swell up, and sometimes even explode. Christopher Intagliata reports.
VIGH receives award for research training program in Ebola-affected countries
December 9, 2016
https://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/november-december-2016/Pages/research-capacity-in-countries-affected-by-ebola.aspx
To help the countries most affected by the recent Ebola epidemic, Fogarty has launched a new program to strengthen research training in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. In the first round of funding, four U.S. institutions received grants to partner with academic centers in two of the West African countries. The support will enable them to design training programs to increase expertise in Ebola, Lassa fever and other emerging viral diseases.
Early study finds antibody that ‘neutralizes’ Zika virus
December 9, 2016
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https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2016/11/07/early-study-finds-antibody-that-neutralizes-zika-virus/
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have isolated a human monoclonal antibody that in a mouse model “markedly reduced” infection by the Zika virus.
Vanderbilt Tuberculosis Center receives funding for research in Brazil and South Africa
December 9, 2016
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https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2016/11/10/grants-enhance-tuberculosis-centers-global-research-efforts/
Since July, investigators in the Vanderbilt Tuberculosis Center have been awarded research grants totaling $5 million.
The center’s outlook is global, with a focus on performing epidemiological and clinical studies to improve tuberculosis (TB) treatment and prevention.
Health counselors: A key element in the fight against HIV
November 14, 2016
"The health counselor is the key member of the team. They are the true pillar. It is with the health counselor that patients have their first contact, on which everything else depends."
~Mauro Timana – Chefe Médico at Mocubela