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23 Jan

Posted at 14:34h in News
AIGHD congratulates Dr Eric P Goosby on his appointment by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as United Nations Special Envoy on Tuberculosis. Learn more about Special Envoy Eric Goosby..>

22 Jan

Posted at 14:11h in News
Only 5 days left! Last call for abstract submission for the 8th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2015) on 19-22 July 2015 in Vancouver, Canada. Submit your abstract and register now: ias2015.org This biennial forum is the largest open scientific conference...

19 Dec

Posted at 12:23h in News
The symposium Research in Action: From AIDS to Global Health to Impact on 14 October 2014 highlighted Joep’s scientific legacy. The scientific symposium traced Joep Lange’s career, starting in the early eighties with the treatment of the first AIDS patients and the design of antiretroviral...

12 Dec

Posted at 12:39h in News
The International AIDS Society (IAS) announced that Amsterdam, Netherlands will host the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018), and will be held in July 2018 at the Amsterdam RAI and is expected to bring together approximately 18,000 participants from around the world. "This is recognition...

04 Dec

Posted at 15:07h in News
An additional two PhD students received Young Investigator Awards for presenting their research at CROI 2015. New results from the AGEhIV Cohort Study, investigating comorbidity and aging in HIV, will be presented at the CROI 2015 conference as well. Two abstracts have been accepted for...

21 Nov

Posted at 10:19h in News
Three Masters’ students joined the PASER (Pan-African Studies to Evaluate Resistance) research group for internships this year and their hard work has paid off. Today they all received Young Investigator Awards and will present their research at the prestigious CROI 2015 conference in Seattle. The...

17 Oct

Posted at 15:52h in News
People around the world need access to life-saving drugs. UNAIDS and Antiviral Therapy have launched a journal supplement, in a collaboration brokered by Joep Lange, to highlight the lessons learned for HIV and for other diseases on scaling up access to generic drugs. Urgent attention...

01 Sep

Posted at 10:13h in News, Publications
Diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is often slow, especially in patients admitted to hospital. This poses risks of transmission of TB to other patients, in particular when these have HIV infection. Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos of the Foundation for Tropical Medicine investigated, together with colleagues from Brazil and...

18 Aug

Posted at 13:04h in All News
A qualitative study of Rwandan adolescents' views on sex and HIV This qualitative study explored the views and experiences of adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV in Kigali, Rwanda, regarding sex, love, marriage, children and hope for the future. The adolescents reported experiencing similar sexual needs...

18 Aug

Posted at 13:04h in News, Publications
A qualitative study of Rwandan adolescents’ views on sex and HIV This qualitative study explored the views and experiences of adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV in Kigali, Rwanda, regarding sex, love, marriage, children and hope for the future. The adolescents reported experiencing similar sexual needs...