title: Global health: the Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health: vision and mission, programs, and accomplishments.
abstract: The Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the US National Institutes of Health has supported long-term training and research for more than 3600 future leaders in science and public health from low-income and middle-income countries; tens of thousands more persons have received short-term training. More than 23 extramural training and research programs plus an intramural program are now operating. Newer FIC training programs are addressing chronic, noncommunicable diseases and strengthening the quality of medical schools and health care provider training. Most FIC trainees return to their countries of origin, where they mentor and train thousands of individuals in their home countries.
authors: Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, 16 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. joel.breman@nih.gov
authors: Joel G
authors: JG
authors: Breman
authors: Kenneth
authors: K
authors: Bridbord
authors: Linda E
authors: LE
authors: Kupfer
authors: Roger I
authors: RI
authors: Glass
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003141:Communicable Diseases; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics*; D014146:Training Support / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States