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23 Sep

Posted at 15:09h in News
Division: project operations Contract type: temporary (duration PhD) Hours: Fulltime / 40 hours The Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD), in close collaboration with the AMC Department of Global Health and the Division of Infectious Diseases, is recruiting a PhD student to coordinate...

10 Sep

Posted at 10:11h in News, Publications
Disturbance in the microorganism environment of the vagina (‘dysbiosis’) is associated with increased HIV acquisition. However, the mechanisms remain largely unknown. To investigate the association between the vaginal microbiome and the mucosal immune response, we compared cervicovaginal human proteins of 50 Rwandan female sex workers...

28 Aug

Posted at 11:09h in News
Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) is looking for a Project Manager who will be responsible for supporting the implementation and monitoring progress of several projects and programs, for ensuring timely reporting on their scientific and financial progress as well as overseeing all...

25 Aug

Posted at 22:18h in News
Ten years ago, the famous Ugandan dancer, musician, DJ and radio reporter Moses ‘Supercharger’ Nsubuga traveled back to his home town in Uganda to die. He was very sick although he was taking his HIV drugs. Moses had developed HIV drug resistance. To save costs...

15 Jul

Posted at 20:25h in News
Joep Lange’s legacy to be carried forward in Joep Lange Institute and Joep Lange Chair   Amsterdam, 15 July 2015 – Today, almost a year after the MH17 disaster, the foundation of the Joep Lange Institute and the Joep Lange Chair and Fellows program was...

13 Jul

Posted at 19:30h in News
Peter Reiss, Professor of Internal Medicine at the Academic Medical Center (AMC) of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Director of Stichting HIV Monitoring (SHM), gave a radio interview (in Dutch) on Radio 1: De Kennis van Nu, about the progress of the fight against...

30 Jun

Posted at 09:22h in News, Publications
Symposium report Research in action: from AIDS to global health to impact. A symposium in recognition of the scientific contributions of Professor Joep Lange   On Tuesday 14 October 2014, 850 family members, friends, colleagues, prominent scientists and dignitaries from all over the world gathered...

29 Jun

Posted at 11:09h in News
After more than a decade of major achievements, the AIDS response is at a crucial juncture, both in terms of its immediate trajectory and its sustainability, as well as its place in the new global health and development agendas. In May, 2013, the UNAIDS–Lancet Commission—a...

11 Jun

Posted at 16:49h in News
On Saturday, 30 May 2015, the AmsterdamDiner Foundation welcomed more than 1,000 guests to the 23rd edition of one the largest fundraising events in the Netherlands, the AmsterdamDiner. For the second year in a row, the proceeds of the evening went to the ambitious HIV...