The term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements. Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and architecture. In addition, the work of De Stijl artists is...
Amsterdam Institute for Health and Technology welcomes opportunity to promote healthy living The proposal for the Amsterdam Institute for Health and Technology (AIHT) has been ranked second by the jury of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Solutions Design Contest. The Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD)...
The Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA) houses the main departments and laboratories within the University of Amsterdam/Academic Medical Center (AMC) involved in patient care, education and research in the field of Infectious Diseases and Immunity. CINIMA coordinates, integrates and combines the knowledge present...
Data on ART outcomes as well as prevalence and incidence of transmitted and acquired HIVDR are scarce in Rwanda. We describe HIVDR at baseline as well as treatment outcomes and acquired HIVDR one year after ART initiation in a cohort of antiretroviral–naïve HIV patients initiating...
Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Onno Schellekens recently published a Brookings working paper titled Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria One State at a Time: A Public-Private Partnership Community-Based Health Insurance Model. [PDF] Download the paper The paper discusses the topic of universal health coverage in the context of...
Smear microscopy remains the cornerstone for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in resource limited setting, despite its know limited sensitivity. Several techniques have been proposed to increase the sensitivity, including concentration of the specimen. The current study included 915 TB-suspects and showed that sensitivity of the smear-microscopy...