The latest figures released today by Stichting HIV Monitoring (SHM) for 2017 reveal a reduction in both HIV diagnoses and the estimated number of newly-acquired HIV infections in the Netherlands. In 2017, fewer people were diagnosed with HIV (750) than in 2016 (820). The figures, published...
Intern David van Melle is investigating the global problem of antibiotic resistance by engaging an important population: the very patients who are resistant to the drugs. David, a third-year Master’s of Medicine student at the Amsterdam UMC, is completing his scientific internship at the Amsterdam Institute...
A comprehensive review on HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) in low and middle-income countries was recently published in The Lancet HIV. Antimicrobial drug resistance is an increasing problem with respect to treatment of common infectious diseases, including malaria, tuberculosis, bacterial infections and HIV. The most recent WHO progress...
For the first time, the 13th annual INTEREST Conference will be held in Ghana. The conference co-chairs are pleased to announce the event will take place in Accra from May 14-17, 2019. Registration has also officially opened. This year’s co-chairs are Professor Kwasi Torpey (Local Chair),...
Ensuring appropriate and safe antibiotic prescribing for elderly patients: that’s the goal of an Amsterdam UMC led study. The guidelines for diagnosing a urinary tract infection (UTI) include a urine culture but for elderly nursing home residents, bacteria are often present in urine without causing infection...
It was a historical week for tuberculosis science, advocacy and research and it happened right here in the Netherlands. The Union World Conference on Lung Health was held in The Hague from October 24-27. More than 4,000 scientists, advocates, policy makers, health care providers and politicians...