This article was written originally in Dutch. You can find the Dutch version below the English text. On 24 March 1882, German physician Robert Koch discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB). Since 1982, this date has been declared World Tuberculosis Day, a day...
“My mother would be in better health if this technology were available at the time,” shared Sophia Shanko, a young and bold biotech CEO leading ShanX (SXM, EIN) into the future of antimicrobial diagnostics. What began as a small team located in the towering buildings...
Applications for 2025's HIV Research Trust Scholarship is finally open! The closing date of the scholarship's application portal will be on 11:00 BST on 2 April 2025 so make sure to submit your files before then! Scholarships are for early- to mid-career researchers in resource-limited settings...
It's only been 10 days since Trump 2.0's administration began and already, we see many confusing and tumultuous executive orders taking hold and changing the global development and aid landscape. From the US's withdrawal from World Health Organization to the recent suspension of all USAID programming...
The first week of November saw the 4th edition of the Joep Lange Chair and Fellows Symposium. Co-organized by AIGHD and the Joep Lange Institute, the symposium is built on the legacy of our late founder, Prof. Joep Lange, who dedicated his life to bridging...
This year’s Joep Lange Chair and Fellows Symposium will be held on the 7th of November, 13:00-17:00 at De Balie in Amsterdam. Check out the full programme on the Joep Lange Chairs website: jlc.aighd.org. 2024 marks a special year for our organization as we celebrate 15...
The Infectious Disease Institute (IDI) of Makerere University came to AIGHD’s Amsterdam office last 18-20 September 2024 for a partnership visit. The IDI team, composed of Executive Director Andrew Kambugu, Head of Research Stephen Okoboi, and Bioinformatics Scientist Ronald Galiwango, met with their counterparts from...
All interested are invited to take part in our October series of Joint Online Trainings hosted by the Stool4TB, CAGE-TB, and PreFIT project team. The PreFIT, Stool4TB, and CAGE-TB teams are once again opening up their free online scientific and academic skills trainings to any and...
We're happy to share that AIGHD's Annual Report for 2023 is now available online! 2023 brought about a plethora of changes to AIGHD. A new Executive Board led by Prof. Anna Vassall, Diana Numan, and Prof. Dr. Constance Schultsz took the helm in the first half...
We’re extremely proud to announce that the first version of our Publications website is now live! You can visit it here: publications.aighd.org. The purpose of this publications website is to consolidate all the collective knowledge we hold as an institute through our Fellows. This is a great...