A success for Dutch public-private partnership AMR-Global: Two Dutch Topsectors join forces to fund the GLORIA program AMR-Global, a Dutch public-private partnership bringing together experts in science, business, policy, and society to fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), has successfully obtained funding for its full GLORIA...
On 6 December, the SoNAR-Global project was awarded the Etoiles de l'Europe Award. This project is supported by AIGHD researchers Chris Pell, Danny de Vries, Luisa Fernanda Toro Alzate and Karlijn Hofstraat. The Etoiles de l’Europe Award honors coordinators of European projects for research and innovation...
The H-TEAM’s Saskia J. Bogers and colleagues published a paper on improving indicator-condition guided testing for HIV in the hospital setting in Lancet Regional Health Europe. For Amsterdam to reach its goal of zero new HIV infections by 2026, it is vital that all HIV testing...
Last week, 2-3 November, AIGHD representatives Sujan Katuwal and Tobias Rinke de Wit participated in the official kick-off meeting in Nairobi, Kenya of ‘DI-DIDA’: Digital Innovations and Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases in Africa. AIGHD is a Consortium Member, providing scientific support to this 5-year project,...
The INDIGO project, coordinated by AIGHD, has begun its phase 1 trial of a novel low-dose influenza vaccine that combines 1/5th of a dose of a licensed influenza vaccine with a new adjuvant, an ingredient used in several vaccines to help create a stronger immune...
The Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development together with the Law Centre for Health and Life, will lead a new research project on the translation of new Coronavirus variants of concern into regulatory and policy routes for pandemic preparedness more generally. This project is part...
On 17 July, founder of the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, the late Prof. Joep Lange, was honored in a ceremony dedicating a bridge in his name. The Joep Langebrug, located on the Beethovenstraat over the Zuider Amstel Canal, was named after the...
SAVE THE DATE Migration and Health The Joep Lange Chair and Fellows Symposium Hosted by the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development & the Joep Lange Institute 3 November 2022 Location TBD Amsterdam, The Netherlands With millions of people constantly on the move around the globe, whether due to war, famine,...
On the 13th and 14th of June 2022, the League of European Research Universities (LERU) and the European Global Health Research Institutes Network (EGHRIN) organised, together with Universitat Barcelona, a Town Hall meeting in Barcelona on global health. The meeting was entitled “Healthy people, healthy societies: an integrated approach”, and emphasised...
Paul Farmer was an incredibly kind and caring figure in the global health world and focused on delivering quality healthcare in areas with limited access to medical resources. He was a renowned medical anthropologist and physician who will be remembered as a global health champion...