African excellence in the spotlight: Young award-winners explain their TB, HIV research
At the 20th edition of the annual INTEREST conference, Clark Joshua Brianwong and Oratile Mokgethi presented the top oral abstracts. Here they share what the Joep Lange and Charles Boucher awards mean to them. CLARK JOSHUA BRIANWONG For the first time in the conference’s history,…
Annual report for 2025 out
AIGHD’s 2025 annual report is now available online. Read about our project and people highlights, as well as the institute’s community and partnership-building efforts. You can also download a PDF version of the report.
Four EU-supported research grants worth millions awarded to AIGHD
Malnourished children suffering from diarrhoea and people at risk of recurrent tuberculosis (TB) will benefit from multimillion-euro research projects that AIGHD coordinates. Four research projects proposed by AIGHD were funded in the latest annual round of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP),…
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EpiGen Ethiopia
Epidemiological genetic research for pandemic preparedness using digital health tools.
SPRINGS Project
Studying the effects of climate change on human health by looking at diarrhoeal disease in prone regions.
Stool4TB
Evaluating a new stool-based QPCR for diagnosis of Tuberculosis in children and people living with HIV