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Every year, the Amsterdam Diner Foundation (visit the website) organizes one of the largest charity Dinner galas of the Netherlands, where attendees are committed to a world without aids. On behalf of AIGHD, PharmAccess Foundation, Health Insurance Fund, SafeCare Medical Credit Fund and ahti, guests...

The Zimbabwe Sentinel (telling the other story), published an article on 9th INTEREST. Presenting her speech during the 9th International Workshop on HIV Treatment, Pathogenesis and Prevention Research in Resource-Limited Settings (INTEREST) in Harare recently Sinead Delany Moretl we said money really matters in preventing HIV spread...

May 5th, in Harare, Zimbabwe the Minister of Health the Honourable Dr. David Parirenyatwa opened the 9th International Workshop on HIV Treatment, Pathogenesis, and Prevention Research in Resource-Limited Settings and Dr. Tsitsi Apollo presented on HIV in Zimbabwe. The Netherlands Ambassador in Zimbabwe, Gera Sneller, was in attendance....

Frank van Leth has been elected as member of the Steering Committee for TBNET. Within the committee, Frank will be responsible for epidemiology and statistics, providing advice and guidance in new and future projects. He will be formally installed during the TBNET meeting in Amsterdam later...

The Amsterdam Institute for Global health and Development co-organized an important workshop on the diagnostics of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), which was held in Dakar, Senegal from 9-13 March 2015. The workshop ‘Ebola diagnostics : Networking for Capacity strengthening and Ebola preparedness’ was hosted by...

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Treatment for high blood pressure and diabetes greatly reduces the risk of stroke and heart attacks. However, high quality CVD prevention care is neither available nor affordable for most people in SSA....