The impact of INTEREST: Frackson Shaba on his 2018 Joep Lange Award Win
“My father’s passing was a turning point in my life. I figured that the only way to ever leave my village was my...
25 May, 2021
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Why African migrants live longer than those who stay behind
In a recent publication titled, Epigenetic-age acceleration in the emerging burden of cardiometabolic diseases among migrant and non-migrant African populations: a population-based cross-sectional RODAM...
19 May, 2021
AIGHD Representation at the G20 Global Health Summit
21 May 2021 marks the Global Health G20 Summit, an annual event where world leaders, heads of international and regional organizations, and representatives...
18 May, 2021
A new era for health emergency preparedness in Europe? EGHRIN and LERU publish article in The Lancet
18 May 2021. In a correspondence article published yesterday in The Lancet, The League of European Research Universities (LERU) and the European Global...
18 May, 2021
Interdisciplinary research aims to prevent forest malaria in South East Asia
Over the last 20 years, malaria cases have declined across South East Asia. The disease, however, remains a serious issue for people who...
25 April, 2021
HIV and the lungs: Important discoveries in recently published Lancet Healthy Longevity article
Earlier this month, Sebastiaan Verboeket and colleagues published a paper in the Lancet Healthy Longevity journal about the long-term effects of HIV-infection on...
21 April, 2021
EDCTP and AIGHD launched a Global Roadmap for Tuberculosis Vaccine Development
EDCTP and AIGHD have launched a Global TB Vaccine R&D Roadmap. It identifies priorities for the development and implementation of new TB vaccines...
21 April, 2021
The road to equality: building a fairer, healthier world
On World Health Day, the Amsterdam Institute of Global Health enthusiastically joins the WHO campaign by highlighting our research contributions that alleviate (health)...
07 April, 2021
Through collaborative research, the Amsterdam TB Centre envisions a Tuberculosis Free World
As we mark our calendars for World TB Day, a day to raise awareness of tuberculosis around the world, we highlight the importance...
24 March, 2021
Increased education to reduce stigma has aided Vietnam’s decline in TB cases
Erasing the stigma against a disease is important in eradicating the disease itself. Vietnam has one of the highest burdens of tuberculosis (TB) in...
23 March, 2021