A new approach to studying a common family of bacteria has earned an AIGHD researcher a grant. Kees van der Ark, microbiologist and Postdoctoral Fellow at AIGHD, was awarded a grant by the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy to study antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus suis, a...
The first guideline around self-care for sexual reproductive health and rights has been released today by the World Health Organization. AIGHD collaborated with the WHO to develop the guideline, with Prof. Anita Hardon (AIGHD Academic Staff) co-chairing the guideline development group, a global team comprised of...
The Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development is one of the organizations that signed the Call to Action for awareness on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the Netherlands on June 20. Prof. Constance Schultsz, Academic Staff at AIGHD, was part of the announcement, which occurred...
A comprehensive paper on an innovative workplace treatment program has been published in the well-known HIV/AIDS journal Antiviral Therapy. The paper, ‘Reaching 90-90-90: outcomes of a 15-year multi-country HIV workplace programme in sub-Saharan Africa’ was published last month and highlights a joint initiative between Heineken, PharmAccess...
Some people consider the number 13 to be unlucky. But for the organisers of the recent INTEREST Conference, it’s a number they’ll remember for years to come. The 13th annual INTEREST Conference took place in Accra, Ghana May 14-17 and had the largest number of abstract...
Social science offers a new way of looking at responses to infectious disease outbreaks, according to a recent report led by AIGHD. The report Towards People-Centred Epidemic Preparedness & Response: From Knowledge To Action, was produced as part of the GAPS project and seeks to improve...