Thanks to a Horizon Europe grant, Amsterdam UMC is set to lead a global consortium to improve policies and interventions Diarrhea is, globally, the third largest cause of death for children under 5. Contributing to more than 500,000 deaths, only pneumonia kills more children each year....
We are posting this item on behalf of The HIV Research Trust. Calling all researchers! Applications are now open for the 2024 HIV Research Trust Scholarship. The HIV Research Trust is a charitable foundation that provides financial support to physicians, nurses, scientists and other health care professionals in early/mid-career who...
Each year, AIGHD and JLI hold a Masterclass on the same theme as the Symposium. The purpose of the Masterclass is to give early-stage researchers the opportunity to practice presenting their work, receive constructive feedback, and network not only with peers but also with experts....
PREDICTING THE FUTURES OF GLOBAL HEALTH Hosted by the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development & the Joep Lange Institute Tuesday 31 October 2023 Location: Theatre 5, Nieuwe Universiteitsgebouw, De Boelelaan 1111, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands Big data and rapid developments in data analysis methods and tools...
Call for Abstracts Interdisciplinary Masterclass in Global Health and Development: ‘Predicting the Futures of Global Health’ Masterclass Dates: 7 & 9 November 2023 // Deadline for Abstracts: 29 September 2023 Led by the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development and the Joep Lange Institute Are you a PhD candidate...
AIGHD Fellow and Scientific Chair for the INTEREST Conference, Professor Kwasi Torpey, will hold his #inaugural#lecture on the topic: Ending HIV/AIDS in Africa: Reflections from the clinic, field, and classroom. This will happen on the 10th of August 2023 at 17:00 hours, #Accra time. Please check which timezone you are...
Emilie Berkhout, an AIGHD PhD Fellow, successfully defended her thesis last 7 July at the University of Amsterdam’s historic Agnietenkapel. Her thesis, entitled “Evaluation of Education Policies in Indonesia” is available on the UvA Digital Academic Repository. You can find the thesis here. A few weeks before her thesis defense, Emilie and I exchanged...
“I had the pleasure of witnessing a well-oiled machine of a South-North Collaboration that is ready to co-implement the EpiGen Ethiopia project.” – Dr. Jean-Marie Vianney Habarugira, Senior Scientific Officer at Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking. EpiGen Ethiopia is a project focused on developing Ethiopia’s capacity...
This year, the International Conference on HIV Treatment, Pathogenesis, and Prevention Research in Resource-Limited Settings (INTEREST) was held in Maputo, Mozambique last 9th to 12th of May. Since its inception in 2007, INTEREST has evolved into a leading and abstract-driven scientific conference with annual meetings...
When COVID-19 became a pandemic, it unearthed deep uncertainties surrounding the strength of our social systems and the ways in which we respond to biological threats like viruses and bacteria. In the time since, we’ve shifted our understanding of epidemics and are continually finding more...