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Joining forces for an HIV-free future Every year a thousand people still become infected with HIV in the Netherlands. With so many ways to prevent infection nowadays, this shouldn’t be happening anymore. By combining education, prevention, testing and treatment, we can stop the spread of HIV...

Laboratory screening tests which detect medical conditions that threaten maternal and child health, constitute an important component of antenatal care (ANC). The SOCIALAB program reveals that in Senegal, less than a 1/3 of pregnant women receive the complete set of 7 recommended ANC tests. Less...

Please come and join us to attend the public defense by Sonia Boender of her thesis: Long-term effects of HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: from access to quality. Friday 20 May at 12.00 hours. Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231, 1012 EZ Amsterdam Promotores: Prof. dr. T.F. Rinke de Wit (Universiteit van Amsterdam) Prof. dr. M....

News from the SPARKS project - What is the impact of technology on healthcare and medicine? Cate Hankins, Deputy Director for Science at the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) and Michiel Heidenrijk, Founder and Executive Director of the Amsterdam health & technology...

The coming five years, no less than five professors will share the Joep Lange Chair. This Chair is initiated by the AMC and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dan Ariely, Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics, and Dr Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the...