ENDVOC consortium issues strategic recommendations to strengthen cohort-based research for future health threats
The recommendations call on researchers, authorities and funders to ensure consistent protocols, robust infrastructure, and flexible ethical and funding mechanisms. Longitudinal cohort studies, which track individuals over time, have proven invaluable for understanding disease progression, identifying risk factors, and evaluating interventions such as vaccines. During…
Biostatistics boost for Zimbabwe as mentorship delivers TB prediction model
Mathematics was her “go to” subject at school, muses biostatistician Mildred Pepukai, “because you don’t have to spell anything”. Her aptitude for numbers has taken Mildred far in life: first from collecting data in the field to analysing it; from a bachelor’s degree in applied…
Advancing HIV & TB science: Young award-winners share their stories
At the 19th INTEREST conference in Windhoek, Namibia, Patane Shilabye from South Africa and Uganda’s Clark Joshua Brianwong took home the prestigious Joep Lange and Charles Bouchers awards for high-scoring scientific abstracts submitted by African early-career researchers. Here, they talk about why they study what…
WHAT WE DO
RESEARCH
We conduct collaborative, interdisciplinary research on urgent themes in global health and development: antimicrobial drug resistance, chronic care & aging, the economics of human development, health markets, infectious disease elimination, and urbanization & health.
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We develop and inspire the next generation of global health leaders at undergraduate, post-graduate and professional levels to shape a healthier and more prosperous future for all.
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EpiGen Ethiopia
Epidemiological genetic research for pandemic preparedness using digital health tools.
RapidProfiling SARS-CoV-2
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