It’s been five years since Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over Eastern Ukraine. All 298 on board were killed, including our director Prof. Joep Lange and our colleague Jacqueline van Tongeren, who were on their way to the 20th International AIDS Conference in...
Shared on behalf of the HIV Research Trust The HIV Research Trust is a charitable foundation that provides financial support to physicians, nurses, scientists and other health care professionals in early/mid-career who are located in resource-limited settings from low-income and lower-middle-income countries working in the field of HIV...
Can digital tools help improve access to health care? A newly launched ‘diaries’ research study hopes to find out. The Enhancing UHC in Kenya through digital innovations research project seeks to understand how Kenyan rural households manage their household finances and, how they decide on which...
As a student, Professor Charles Agyemang envisioned a global health career focused on HIV. But after a discussion with his supervisor, he realized he found a new passion: migrant health. This chance conversation turned out to be the start of an extraordinary academic career, marked by...
In a time where most people are busy preparing their vacations, AIGHD’s 2019 interns were busy finalizing their master’s theses. Since March, 18 interns have been working under the supervision of AIGHD academic staff members to write and deliver their final thesis presentations. On Friday,...
AIGHD's Dr. Vanessa Harris has something to celebrate: her thesis was recognized as one of the top PhD theses of 2018 from the Amsterdam UMC. She received the honor at an annual awards session on Tuesday, June 18. She successfully defended her rotavirus thesis titled The...