The Joep Lange Chair and Fellows Program brings together experts from different backgrounds and geographies to collaborate on research that will help drive change in the field of global health. The Chair is established by the Joep Lange Institute and is hosted by the Department...
In countries with high HIV prevalence rates, women with low bargaining power struggle to convince partners to have protected sex. The introduction of female condoms, which are more acceptable to men, helps these women to successfully negotiate protected sex with their partners. This benefit of...
The TB Modelling and Analysis Consortium (TB MAC) is hosting a short post graduate course on TB modelling at this year’s Union conference in The Hague from 11:30-17:30 on Wednesday, October 24. The Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development is a member of TB MAC's...
History will be made later this month in the field of tuberculosis (TB). The 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health is taking place from October 24-27 in The Hague. It’s the world’s largest gathering of clinicians, public health workers, policymakers, researchers and advocates working to...
When it comes to addressing health concerns, global collective action has never been more important than it is right now. That’s the key message from plenary speaker Prof. Mike Merson at the Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute (APH) annual global health meeting. The event took...
Taking on one of the most resistant bacterial species to better adapt prevention and treatment: that’s the mission behind the HECTOR project. The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), one of AIGHD's key research priorities, is increasing rapidly around the world, including AMR bacteria that live within healthy human...