On this day 10 years ago, Malaysian Airlines flight #MH17 was struck down by a missile as it traversed over Donetsk, Ukraine. Two of our dear colleagues, Prof. Joep Lange, founder of AIGHD, and Jacqueline van Tongeren, were on this flight as they headed to...
2024 marks a special year for our organization as we celebrate 15 years of AIGHD. This year is also dedicated to the memory of AIGHD’s founder Joep Lange, who tragically died ten years ago and yet, still continues to inspire us with his passion for...
This year, the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development will celebrate its 15th year of founding. This year also marks the 10th year of remembrance since the tragic loss of our founder, Prof. Joep Lange, and his partner, Jacqueline van Tongeren. With such a momentous...
Since its launch in 2020 at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), the innovative 'Figure It Out' course has taken a step beyond its traditional campus boundaries. "Offering this course outside of the VU for the first time marks a significant expansion of our educational mission," explains...
We are proud to share that AIGHD Senior Fellow Dr. Catherine Hankins was recently inducted as a laureate into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame last April 13, 2024. With a long history of working in the field of Public and Global Health, Dr. Hankins...
A diverse group of researchers, public health officials and TB survivors worked together to create a consensus TB Dictionary. In the ongoing fight against tuberculosis (TB), a newly launched Global TB Dictionary aims to provide a common language for researchers, policy makers, funders and affected communities....
AMR-Global is a public-private consortium built to respond to the ever-growing AMR crisis. Founded in 2019, we recently held our 5th annual meeting at Vakwerkhuis Delft to discuss current updates and to strategize for the future. Led by AIGHD Director for Science Constance Schultsz, the...
As part of the MAGIcIAN and OASIS knowledge dissemination platform, AIGHD is organizing the Rethinking Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Conference. With antimicrobial resistance being an ever-evolving threat against human and global health, the MAGIcIAN and OASIS projects have been key in developing our knowledge to combat...
AIGHD virtually sat down with Prof. Peter Reiss, Dr. Irini Sereti, and Ass.Prof. Ivan Vujkovic-Cvijin to discuss the recent paper they co-authored which looks at the relationship between People Living with HIV (PLHIV) and their gut microbiome. You can find the open access paper here. It’s an early...
Last January 16th , the AIGHD Fellows Team organized a large gathering of our Netherlands-based Fellows. With over 50 attendees, this is one of our most successful and well-attended Fellows events since the program began in 2021. This year, we hosted the Fellows Fair and...