Generate evidence, include knowledge institutions & mitigate funding shifts: AIGHD’s input to the EU Global Health Resilience Initiative
In a time of negative headlines about global health, AIGHD applauds the European Commission’s efforts to shore up the sector’s resilience worldwide. As an academic institution working at the intersection of research, implementation, and capacity strengthening in global health, we are well-positioned to offer recommendations…
Project to improve flu vaccines celebrates 2 clinical trials, 15 publications at final meeting
Counting two clinical trials, 15 scientific papers, and two PhD degrees (one awarded with honours), the INDIGO project had much to celebrate at its final consortium meeting in February 2026. Jointly funded by the European Commission and India’s Department of Biotechnology, INDIGO aimed to develop…
Master’s internship on TB risk in Africa leads to paper as first author
Research for a master’s internship at AIGHD has just appeared in the venerable eClinicalMedicine, one of The Lancet’s Discovery Science journals. First author Tessa Haverkate charted the environmental and demographic risk factors for contracting tuberculosis (TB) in seven African countries. She found that latitude, urban settings,…
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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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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