Fund global health: Save lives and money

Abstract

The Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) equips low and middle income countries with the expertise to contain epidemics at their source, concomitantly minimizing risk of spread to the U.S. Considering the comparative cost of a public health emergency response, such as Congressional appropriations during the Ebola outbreak, the Fogarty budget is overwhelmingly cost-effective. Nonetheless, the White House has proposed abolishing this crucial program. Support of the Fogarty Center should be a priority for the current Administration to secure the health of the American people.

Global Perspectives on Race in Health Research: Neocolonial Extraction and Local Marginalization

“…In its early years, FIC/NIH convened and hosted global scientists from high-income nations in Europe and Japan to nurture collaborations with US scientists. In the 1980s, however, the global HIV/AIDS pandemic focused the urgency of engaging LMICs and providing training opportunities for indigenous investigators who could tackle autochthonous challenges in their home nations [85][86][87][88][89][90][91]. Since 1989, more than 7,500 individuals from over 130 countries have trained through FIC programs [92].…”

Global Health Perspectives on Race in Research: Neocolonial Extraction and Local Marginalization

“…In its early years, FIC/NIH convened and hosted global scientists from high-income nations in Europe and Japan to nurture collaborations with US scientists. In the 1980s, however, the global HIV/AIDS pandemic focused the urgency of engaging LMICs and providing training opportunities for indigenous investigators who could tackle autochthonous challenges in their home nations [ 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 ]. Since 1989, more than 7500 individuals from over 130 countries have trained through FIC programs [ 97 ].…”