In the Netherlands, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on February 27, 2020. In the past several weeks, the virus has continued to spread throughout the country and around the world. As citizens react to the outbreak and the measures introduced, AIGHD staff...
Every year, we mark our calendars for World TB Day—a day to raise public awareness about the devastating disease and commemorate the thousands of people who lose their live to tuberculosis each day. Yet, in a time when coronavirus news is at the forefront of...
The coronavirus reached the Netherlands last week and began spreading around the country. How has the Dutch population reacted? What is a useful frame of reference for this situation? And what are the legal guidelines for dealing with the outbreak? Four UvA researchers - a...
On 03 and 04 March 2020, a broad range of stakeholders with complementary expertise and experience in the fight to end tuberculosis (TB) will convene in Amsterdam to discuss and build consensus on the elements, challenges and objectives of the new Global Roadmap for the...
A recent publication on a completed AIGHD project recommends improvements for maternal and child health in low- and middle- income countries. The SOCIALAB project, aimed at identifying the barriers preventing the uptake of laboratory screening test by pregnant women visiting antenatal care services in Senegal. The...
The International Day for Women and Girls in Science is celebrated each year on February 11 and is an opportunity to promote full and equal access to, and participation in, science for women and girls across the globe. Established in 2015 by the UN, this...
Former AIGHD PhD-student and Junior Researcher, Heleen Nelissen, co-authored a recently published article on healthcare-seeking behavior of insured and uninsured individuals in rural Nigeria. Associate professor Wendy Janssens and assistant professor Anja van’t Hoog of AIGHD were also co-authors of this publication. Year-long weekly financial...
After years of dedicated research and hard work, Dr. Elske Hoornenborg successfully defended her dissertation in the Aula of the University of Amsterdam, in the Oude Lutherse Kerk in Amsterdam last Wednesday morning. Her PhD focused on HIV and PrEP in the Netherlands, but her...
On the final day of the global health elective course, Future Medicine, first- and second-year masters students presented their solutions to problems in the Ghanaian medical supply chain using innovative technology. Three groups of students offered suggestions for ways to enhance pharmaceutical manufacturing, distribution, and...
Curious, focused and thoughtful: those are all words that describe AIGHD Chairman Prof. Frank Cobelens. He has worked at the organization since its inception in 2009, and seen it evolve from a small research group into a fully-fledged interdisciplinary institute. The institute was established by Prof....