AIGHD Senior Fellow, Arjen Dondorp, was awarded the Christiaan Eijkman medal in honor of his extensive research in global health, specifically in the management and eradication of falciparum malaria. Over the years, Arjen and his team have worked tirelessly to improve the care for critical...
The Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development together with the Law Centre for Health and Life, will lead a new research project on the translation of new Coronavirus variants of concern into regulatory and policy routes for pandemic preparedness more generally. This project is part...
Earlier this month, we sat down with Prof. Tobias Rinke de Wit, Director of Research PharmAccess, molecular biologist, public health specialist and Senior Fellow at AIGHD, to discuss his pioneering work in digitalizing diagnostics in Africa: ‘Connected Diagnostics’. ‘Connected Diagnostics’ refers to digitalizing rapid point-of-care diagnosis...
With millions of people constantly on the move around the globe, whether due to war, famine, or simply in search of a better life, migration has become a global reality. This phenomenon impacts many aspects of life, shapes world events, and prompts political debates. But...
On 24 June, Boas van der Putten successfully defended his PhD entitled “Using genomics to understand the global spread of Escherichia coli and antimicrobial resistance”. Boas’ interest in antimicrobial-resistant E. coli began far before his PhD journey. While writing a literature thesis alongside his supervisor, Prof....
Calling all Researchers in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region! AIGHD and AFEW International are, once again, organizing the annual INTERACT workshop on 13-14 December 2022 in Riga, Latvia. The workshop will bring together scientists, clinicians, members of civil society, and government officials to...