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Karen A. Goraleski, Vice President of Research!America
Karen A. Goraleski, Vice President of Research!America talks about how international collaboration has been vital in the development of lifesaving treatments. With America taking the title as the world’s richest nation, the need for strong U.S. investment in global health research and development cannot be underestimated
If U.S. college campuses alone are the metric, we are witnessing an unprecedented interest in global health. Universities cannot keep up with student demand for global health programmes and experiences. Similarly, global health research internship slots at NGOs such as Research!America receive many more qualified applications than we could ever hope to fill. Many in the U.S. agree that this interest in global health, signaling a shift toward a broader world perspective, is very positive. In addition, the search for solutions to global health challenges will bring answers that will help residents of industrialised nations.
Learning from other countries is nothing new for science. Researchers speak a common language – the language of learning. However, what is new to U.S. policy makers as well as to many Americans is that we in the U.S. also benefit from health research conducted outside of the U.S. For example, many parents in the U.S. rely on an over-the-counter product known as Pedialyte® when their children have diarrhoea. This kind of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) was pioneered by U.S. and local researchers in India for the treatment of cholera. ORT prevents more than a million needless deaths per year. It is the first-line treatment for childhood dehydration worldwide and is recommended for treatment of every American child with diarrhoea.
Looking at genetics, research in Venezuela led to the identification of a gene for Huntington’s Disease (HD) in an extended Venezuelan family, all descended from a single female immigrant from Europe in the early 1880s. What does this have to do with Americans thousands of miles away? As a result of this research, prenatal diagnosis is now possible for would-be parents among the more than 30,000 Americans with HD and more than 200,000 who carry the gene.
It is the responsibility of the U.S. science community – individual researchers and as a collective – as well as advocacy organisations like Research!America to proactively engage with policy makers and decision makers to continuously inform them of the value of a strong U.S. investment in global health research and development. Our website features ready-to-use advocacy tools that effectively make the case for a strong U.S. investment in research. These include national and state public opinion data demonstrating Americans’ knowledge and awareness of research for health, advocacy programmes, publications, state-by-state federal research funding data and how that compares to state population, and our voter education initiative, ‘Your Candidates-Your Health.’
A strong U.S. investment in global health research is the smart thing to do for America and the right thing to do for the world.
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