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...
Today, World AIDS Day 2022, we remember the 40 million people who lost their lives from HIV/AIDS over the past 40 years. We also celebrate successes with >75% of all 38.4 million HIV+ people on life-saving antiretroviral treatment, over 50% reduction of new infections and...
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...