The Infectious Disease Institute (IDI) of Makerere University came to AIGHD’s Amsterdam office last 18-20 September 2024 for a partnership visit. The IDI team, composed of Executive Director Andrew Kambugu, Head of Research Stephen Okoboi, and Bioinformatics Scientist Ronald Galiwango, met with their counterparts from...
Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) Research Fellow and AIGHD PhD Fellow Mwelwa Chibuye (she/her) holds a specialist degree in Genetics and a Master’s degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Amsterdam’s Department of Global...
The 18th International Conference on HIV Treatment, Pathogenesis, and Prevention Research was once again successfully held last 14-17 May 2024. This year, the conference was hosted at the prestigious Palais des Congrès de Cotonou in Cotonou, Benin. With over 850 delegates across the globe and...
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...
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....
Last 18-20 September 2023, the highly anticipated in-person EpiGen Ethiopia project kick-off took place at the National Training Centre of the Ethiopian Public Health Institute in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting was opened by Dr. Geremew Tasew (Director for Bacterial, Parasitic, and Zoonotic Diseases Research Directorate at...
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...
“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...
Genomic epidemiology for surveillance and control of poverty-related and emerging/re-emerging infections in sub-Saharan Africa...