The Latest News from VIGH

Vanderbilt, Zambia researchers identify predictive factors of delirium in Sub-Saharan Africa

April 27, 2021
https://news.vumc.org/2021/04/22/vanderbilt-zambia-researchers-identify-predictive-factors-of-delirium-in-sub-saharan-africa/
Severity of illness, history of stroke, and being divorced or widowed were independently predictive of delirium in hospitalized patients in Zambia, according to a study published in PLOS ONE.

Clinical Trials Workshop in Zambia Lead by VUMC and University of Zambia Draws Almost 200 Participants

April 14, 2020
The NIH-Fogarty supported UNZA-Vanderbilt Training Partnership for HIV-Nutrition-Metabolic Research (UVP) continues a multi-decade training collaboration between the University of Zambia School of Medicine/University Teaching Hospital (UNZA/UTH) and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH).

Why Mentorship Matters in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

May 17, 2019
"Mentors are teachers but not all teachers are mentors." Lackson Kasonka, Senior Mentor The next generation of global health researchers, scientists and practitioners are benefiting from a mentoring program at the University of Zambia (UNZA) in Lusaka with the help of colleagues from the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with support from the Fogarty International Center.
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