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...
When it comes to improved health care outcomes, the poor experience bigger improvements compared to wealthier populations, according to a recent economics study. Published in the Journal of Development Studies and co-authored by former AIGHD researcher Katalin Buzasi as part of the Compare2Care project, the research...
Site visits to hospitals, excursions to laboratories, and student-led teaching methods, these are just a few of the things that make the annual TBnet Academy unique. Each year, the TBnet Academy brings together around 20 young clinicians and researchers to attend a three-day intensive course about...
A new public-private partnership is working to tackle one of the biggest global health threats. AMR-Global is a recently launched public private partnership (PPP) that seeks to establish relationships with academia and organizations within and outside the Netherlands to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) around the world. AMR...
It’s a year of firsts for the 13th annual INTEREST Conference. It’s the first time the conference has received more than 600 abstract submissions. It’s the first time this HIV-focused scientific event is being held in Accra, Ghana. And it’s the first time that Journalist Scholars Training is...