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#HealthPolicyValentines for global health research
GHTC
February 14, 2020

#HealthPolicyValentines for global health research

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, GHTC staff embraced our health policy wonkiness by participating in the time-honored beltway tradition, #HealthPolicyValentines, to share our passion for global health R&D. Check out our favorites.

Marissa Chmiola GHTC
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Faces of Innovation: Dr. Rohit Ramchandani, researcher at the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Waterloo
GHTC
November 26, 2019

Faces of Innovation: Dr. Rohit Ramchandani, researcher at the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Waterloo

Faces of Innovation—a new GHTC project that features scientists on the front lines of research and development on new global health tools and technologies—profiles Dr. Rohit Ramchandani, who we met at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Conferenc. Dr. Ramchandani does research to innovate global treatment options for childhood diarrhea at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland and the University of Waterloo. 

Julien Rashid GHTC
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Faces of Innovation: Dr. Mohammad Nuhu Amin, researcher at icddr,b
GHTC
November 25, 2019

Faces of Innovation: Dr. Mohammad Nuhu Amin, researcher at icddr,b

Faces of Innovation—a new GHTC project that features scientists on the front lines of research and development on new global health tools and technologies—profiles Dr. Mohammad Nuhu Amin, who we met at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Conference. Dr. Amin researches sanitation and diarrheal diseases with support from the United States Agency for International Development.

Julien Rashid GHTC
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Research Roundup: Rotavirus vaccine receives WHO prequalification, mosquito repellent paint, and new health security partnership
PATH/Wendy Stone
October 7, 2018

Research Roundup: Rotavirus vaccine receives WHO prequalification, mosquito repellent paint, and new health security partnership

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Ansley Kahn
GHTC
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Research Roundup: The immunization edition
PATH/Rocky Prajapati
October 15, 2017

Research Roundup: The immunization edition

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Taylor Capizola
GHTC
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Research Roundup: Nanopatch technology, agriculture and antibiotics, and a first-time pledge
PATH/Gabe Bienczycki
October 8, 2017

Research Roundup: Nanopatch technology, agriculture and antibiotics, and a first-time pledge

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Taylor Capizola
GHTC
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Mothers of innovation: Five mothers who have transformed global health
May 6, 2015

Mothers of innovation: Five mothers who have transformed global health

Breakthrough ideas are like children—they start small, they need constant nurturing, they don’t always develop according to schedule, but they change lives forever.

Marissa Chmiola GHTC
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How R&D is saving #momandbaby and helping children reach their #5thbday
June 23, 2014

How R&D is saving #momandbaby and helping children reach their #5thbday

Tomorrow US policymakers and global health advocates will come together to talk progress made on preventing maternal and child deaths.

Marissa Chmiola GHTC
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Research Roundup: New drugs against diarrhea, the End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act, genetically-modified mosquitoes, and mines
PATH/Eric Becker
June 16, 2014

Research Roundup: New drugs against diarrhea, the End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act, genetically-modified mosquitoes, and mines

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Nick Taylor
GHTC
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Changing the reality of diarrheal disease
Jonathan Torgovnik
June 4, 2014

Changing the reality of diarrheal disease

When you walk into a diarrheal disease health clinic in a place like Bangladesh, the reality of the disease strikes you immediately.

Geno de Hostos PATH
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