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...
A recent systematic analysis of the global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance published in The Lancet last week shows that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major threat to human health around the world, with the largest burden in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The study includes...
Partners of AMR-Global have been awarded funding to carry out a research program on antimicrobial resistance. The collaboration is co-funded by the PPP Allowance made available by Health~Holland, Top Sector Life Sciences & Health, to stimulate public-private partnerships. The program is titled “AMR-Global: Reducing inappropriate...
Today marks the end of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week organized by the WHO. The 2021 theme, Spread Awareness, Stop Resistance, calls on One Health stakeholders, policymakers, health care providers, and the general public to be Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness champions. While the world has been captivated by the COVID-19 pandemic...
Next week is the 15th annual INTEREST Conference―the premier scientific conference for HIV Africa! Now is your last chance to register for this exciting event from 12-14 October. Just like the conference held in December of 2020, this year’s event will be virtual due to...
EGHRIN (The European Global Health Research Institutes Network) is proud to host a satellite event during the Tenth EDCTP Forum from 17-21 October 2021, where the theme will be ‘Equity in research for health’. AIGHD is the secretariat of EGHRIN and will be co-organizing the event. Global public health research...