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...
In June, AIGHD post-doc Logan Stuck was awarded the 2021 Amsterdam Tuberculosis Center (TBC) Seed Grant for his exceptional research proposal, ranked the highest amongst those received. “It is really exciting. This is actually the first research grant I have been awarded. I’ve been involved...
Sylvia, born and raised in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia, has worked in the pediatric sector for nearly her entire career. Her undergraduate degree in special education led to her first position as Child Development Officer at the Paediatric Center of Excellence, where she...
After nearly a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, we are still grappling with the overwhelming number of deaths and the long-term harmful effects of the disease. In order to best understand the lasting consequences of COVID-19 on the health care system, we...
The INTEREST Conference, the premier scientific conference for HIV in Africa, was established by the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) founder, the late Joep Lange, and the late Dr. Charles Boucher of the Academic Medical Education. Both organizations continue to co-organize the...
Every year, more than two million children in low-resource settings die due to substandard quality of care caused by constraints in healthcare systems. Shortage of staff and lack of adequate equipment lead to millions of children dying from conditions that are treatable at low costs. It...
Over the last 20 years, malaria cases have declined across South East Asia. The disease, however, remains a serious issue for people who visit forests in the region. Christopher Pell, a social scientist based at AIGHD, collaborates with researchers from the Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit...
On World Health Day, the Amsterdam Institute of Global Health enthusiastically joins the WHO campaign by highlighting our research contributions that alleviate (health) inequities encountered worldwide. On many levels, societies provide unequal opportunities to access the healthcare system. Many groups endure avoidable health, education, and...
Erasing the stigma against a disease is important in eradicating the disease itself. Vietnam has one of the highest burdens of tuberculosis (TB) in the world and it is estimated that this infectious disease kills approximately 17,000 people per year. While rates of TB have decreased...
It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of Dr. Charles Boucher, one of the founders of the INTEREST conference and dear friend of the late Dr. Joep Lange. Charles has been a driving force in identifying knowledge gaps and providing medical education for...