Investing in global health and innovation should be higher priority in Europe’s new research funding program, according to a newly published Lancet commentary. The piece was developed by members of the European Global Health Research Institutes Network (EGHRIN), whose membership includes research institutes and universities affiliated...
A unique project focused on gaining a better understanding of inequality in one of the world’s biggest countries has wrapped up – and provided important insight. The Inequality in India: Dimensions and Trends project, led by AIGHD is part of the larger United Nations University –...
A team of social scientists and malaria researchers are investigating human behavior to improve malaria prevention and control. Christopher Pell, AIGHD academic staff, is collaborating with a team from Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) based in Siem Pang District, north east Cambodia, to understand forest...
This month, as part of a special edition of the British Medical Journal on sexual and reproductive self-care, Prof. Anita Hardon wrote about the value of the social sciences. Specifically, they argue that ethnographic studies have provided crucial insight into sexual and reproductive self-care and...
Four years of intense work, research and analysis have paid off for Alberto Garcia-Basteiro: he successfully defended his thesis yesterday. Alberto first joined AIGHD in 2015 as a PhD candidate under the supervision of Executive Board Chair prof. Frank Cobelens and Dr. Sabine Hermans as co-promoter....
Providing the most effective treatment to patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) – that’s the goal of a recently launched research project. As the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, TB kills more people than HIV and AIDS, according to the World Health Organization. Currently,...