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• Volunteer at New ASH-HVO Site in Tanzania
• February 14, 2013

• Last summer, ASH leadership and staff traveled to Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to consider adding this site to the current list of ASH-HVO sites, which includes Uganda, Peru, and Cambodia. Read more about how and why the Tanzania site was chosen, the needs of this important program, and how you can volunteer your time and expertise.

• ASH International Clinical Collaboration Replicates High Cure Rate of APL in Developing Countries
• January 14, 2013
• Data published online today in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) describe the work of an ASH international clinical network collaborative focused on modernizing treatment protocols for patients in the developing world with acute promyeloctyic leukemia (APL) that has drastically improved cure rates in patients in Central and South America, achieving comparable outcomes to those observed in patients in the United States and in Europe.

• ASH Shines a Light on Tanzania's First Female Hematologist
• January 3, 2013

• ASH international programs intersect in Dar es Salaam with Dr. Stella Rwezaula, MD, the first female hematologist in Tanzania.

• ASH Provides Hematology Training Support to Promising Physicians From Developing Countries
• October 8, 2012
• ASH today announced the 13 hematologists and medical professionals from developing countries selected to participate in the Society’s 2012 Visitor Training Program.

• American Society of Hematology Announces 2012 Translational Research Training in Hematology Program Participants
• February 28, 2012

• The American Society of Hematology (ASH) and the European Hematology Association (EHA) announce the names of 20 early-career hematologists chosen to participate in the 2012 Translational Research Training in Hematology (TRTH) joint program. The TRTH, now in its third year, provides junior researchers from around the world with a unique, yearlong training and mentoring experience with the goal of fostering the next generation of global leaders in the field of translational research.

• ASH Provides Hematology Training Support to Promising Physicians From Developing Countries
• October 7, 2011

• The American Society of Hematology (ASH) today announced the 11 hematologists and medical professionals from developing countries selected to participate in the Society’s 2011Visitor Training Program. This program provides funds for hematologists and medical professionals from developing nations to train on a specific topic or technique under the mentorship of an ASH member anywhere in the world for up to 12 weeks.

• Enhancing Diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in Mexico
• April 4, 2011

• ASH partners with La Agrupación Mexicana para el Estudio de la Hematología and the U.S. National Cancer Institute to address cytogenetic analysis in Mexico.

• Health Volunteers Overseas Seeks Volunteer for Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia
• March 26, 2010

• Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO), ASH’s partner organization, is currently recruiting a pediatric leukemia expert to volunteer to teach and train for two-to-four weeks at the Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

• NIH Grant Announcement: Independent Scientist In Global Health Award (K02)
• February 25, 2010

• # Eligible Project Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI): Also referred to as the Candidate, individuals with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research and career activities are invited to work with their sponsoring institution to develop an application for support.

• International Travelers May Be Subject to Enhanced Security Requirements
• February 4, 2010

• International travelers who are seeking to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program are now subject to enhanced security requirements.

• Fat Tissue May Be a Source of Valuable Blood Stem Cells, Study Says
• January 27, 2010

• Bone marrow is a leading source of adult stem cells, which are increasingly used for research and therapeutic interventions, but extracting the cells is an arduous and often painful process.

• IC-APL Improves Research Collaboration in Uruguay
• December 7, 2009

• Through participation in the International Consortium on Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (IC-APL), Uruguayan hematologists have had better coordination on a national level, revitalized their hematology society, and started collaborating on a national registry for all hematologic malignancies, not solely APL, according to Dr. Lem Martinez, the Uruguayan national coordinator for the IC-APL, during a 2009 IC-APL meeting.

• Workshop in Latin America Promotes Research for Early-Career Investigators
• December 7, 2009

• If you have the chance to train abroad, go back to your country. Turn the apparent weaknesses of your country — malnutrition, poverty — into strengths.” Dr. Guillermo Ruiz-Argüelles imparted this wisdom to early-career Latin American researchers last spring in São Paulo, Brazil, during the NCI-ASH Hematology Clinical Trials Workshop, which took place prior to the Highlights of ASH^® meeting.

• Chemotherapy Without Borders: Improving Leukemia Outcomes in the Developing World
• December 7, 2009

• Initiatives to improve health in the developing world have traditionally focused on reducing the terrible burden that infectious diseases place upon poor people.

• ASH Visitor Training Program Helps Patients With Chuvash Polycythemia
• December 6, 2009

• As a participant in the ASH Visitor Training Program (VTP), Dr. Galina Myasnikova recently found herself far from her home in the Chuvash Republic, an autonomous region in Russia, and the home of Chuvash polycythemia, an autosomal recessive disorder endemic to the mid-Volga River region of Russia.

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