Last week, 2-3 November, AIGHD representatives Sujan Katuwal and Tobias Rinke de Wit participated in the official kick-off meeting in Nairobi, Kenya of ‘DI-DIDA’: Digital Innovations and Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases in Africa. AIGHD is a Consortium Member, providing scientific support to this 5-year project,...
It is with great pride we announce that Arjen Dondorp has been appointed Full Professor. As of 01 November 2022, Arjen Dondorp has been appointed full Professor of Translational Global Health at the University of Amsterdam. His chair resides in the Department of Global Health,...
AIGHD welcomes the new Dutch Global Health Strategy 2023 – 2030. The first of its kind, it will be an essential foundation for concerted government and stakeholder actions to address important health challenges that threaten not only the Netherlands and Europe, but especially low- and...
The movement from one country to another, whether by choice or by force, is a reality that we continue to confront around the world. It is the specific health consequences, physically and mentally, resulting from this movement that sit at the intersection of migration and...
"Yes, yes, yes, yes,” in the experience of Dr. Charles Agyemang, AIGHD Senior Fellow and Professor of Global Migration, Ethnicity and Health, this refrain is an all-too-common experience for doctors seeing a recent migrant for the first time. It might seem efficient but this agreeableness...
The INDIGO project, coordinated by AIGHD, has begun its phase 1 trial of a novel low-dose influenza vaccine that combines 1/5th of a dose of a licensed influenza vaccine with a new adjuvant, an ingredient used in several vaccines to help create a stronger immune...