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16 Dec

Posted at 21:51h in News
Medisch Contact journalist Marieke van Twillert interviewed Frank Cobelens about his appointment as the new chair of the Excecutive Board of AIGHD, about World Aids Day and the active prevention and care of hiv/AIDS worldwide. And how the battle against tuberculosis can use some aids...

14 Dec

Posted at 11:26h in News
Since Tuesday, December 8, the NEJM Group Open Forum powered by Medstro launched a Journal Club-like discussion with Jean-Michel Molina, MD, PhD, and co-authors about their currently embargoed New England Journal of Medicine article entitled, “On-Demand Preexposure Prophylaxis in Men at High Risk for HIV-1...

24 Nov

Posted at 15:27h in News
Viral load (VL) monitoring is being rapidly scaled up in resource-limited settings to help meet the UNAIDS 90-90-90 treatment goal of 73% viral suppression among all people living with HIV (PLHIV). Dried blood spots (DBS) make VL testing available to peripheral sites, however they have...

12 Nov

Posted at 17:24h in News
Frank Cobelens appointed chair of Executive Board at AIGHD   Prof. Frank Cobelens is appointed chair of the Executive Board at the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) as of 1 January 2016. Cobelens is linked to AIGHD and the AMC as professor...

11 Nov

Posted at 18:06h in News
New results from the AGEhIV Cohort Study, investigating comorbidity and aging in HIV, were presented during an oral abstract session, jointly organized by the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) conference and the International Workshop on Co-morbidities and Adverse Drug Reactions in HIV in Barcelona, Spain...

27 Oct

Posted at 08:20h in News
Haroon Ali – Pil biedt homo’s seks zonder angst (deel 1, 10 oktober 2015)   Peter (42) is een consultant uit Rotterdam, die in zijn vrije tijd graag naar het theater gaat en uit eten met vrienden. Alexander (48) is een gepensioneerd danser uit Amsterdam, die...

22 Oct

Posted at 20:36h in News, Publications
New PhD research on how to battle the disease burden in the slums of Kenya   Data suggest that it is only a matter of time before cardiovascular diseases will be the number one cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, very little research has...

22 Oct

Posted at 20:02h in News
by Tobias Rinke de Wit The ‘Yellow Wings’ Cessna looks like a half demolished nineteen sixties motorbike equipped with far too tiny wings remotely supposed to keep us up in the ultrathin Kenyan air. My WhatsApp reveals a daunting message from my wife, after she...

22 Oct

Posted at 19:42h in News, Publications
Male views on female condom use.   Female condoms are under-utilized throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Programs have traditionally presented female condoms as a means of women’s empowerment. However, prevailing gender norms in sub-Saharan Africa assign sexual decision-making to men, suggesting that male acceptance is imperative for...

22 Oct

Posted at 19:31h in News
You are invited to attend the public defense of the theses: • “Antiretroviral Treatment in Rwandan Children Living with HIV: Clinical and Psychosocial Outcomes”by Philippe Rwatana Mutwa, at 12:00 hours.   • “HIV drug resistance and Hepatitis co-infections in HIV-infected adults and children initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in...