Authored by: Peter Mugo Thesis Universiteit van Amsterdam Promotor(s): T.F. Rinke de Wit Date of thesis defense: 13/10/2017 Despite a tremendous scale-up of antiretroviral therapy, as many as 54% of HIV-infected persons globally remain undiagnosed hence are not on treatment. This thesis presents findings from a series of studies...
Authored by: Trung Nguyen Vinh Thesis Universiteit van Amsterdam Promotor(s): C. Schultsz Date of thesis defense: 13/09/2017 This thesis investigates the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) and E. coli strains isolated from backyard farm chickens and humans in Vietnam. We found that this prevalence was...
Authored by: Willy Ssengooba Thesis Universiteit van Amsterdam Promotor(s): F.G.J. Cobelens Copromotor(s): F.C.M. van Leth Date of thesis defense: 13/09/2017 Willy Ssengooba’s thesis evaluates the consequences of the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, for diagnosis of this disease tuberculosis in Africa, often in HIV co-infected...
Authored by: Robert Kaba Alhassan Thesis Universiteit van Amsterdam Promotor(s): T.F. Rinke de Wit Date of thesis defense: 01/05/2017 This thesis is about promoting a sustainable National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana through improved client-centred quality care and effective community engagement in quality care assessment. Read more...
Authored by: Cara Kosack Thesis Universiteit van Amsterdam Promotor(s): P.R. Klatser Date of thesis defense: 04/04/2017 In recent year’s point-of-care diagnostic tools especially for the three main killer diseases HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria have been emerging on the market. Read more...
Authored by: Connie Erkens Thesis Universiteit van Amsterdam Promotor(s): F.G.J. Cobelens Date of thesis defense: 29/03/2017 The thesis presents studies into the effectiveness of specific tuberculosis (TB) control interventions in the Netherlands aimed at early case finding and prevention of TB. The first study showed screening of new immigrants...
Authored by: Ragna Boerma Thesis Universiteit van Amsterdam Promotor(s): T.F. Rinke de Wit Copromotor(s): M. Boele van Hensbroek Date of thesis defense: 24/03/2017 This thesis describes the virological and clinical outcomes of children with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa who start antiretroviral treatment (ART). We show that pretreatment HIV drug resistance...
Authored by: Judith Schouten Thesis Universiteit van Amsterdam Promotor(s): P. Reiss Copromotor(s): F.W.N.M. Wit and M. van der Valk Date of thesis defense: 27/01/2017 The introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in 1996 changed HIV infection from an inevitably fatal condition into a chronic manageable disease. During the last decade...
Authored by: Katherine Kooij Thesis Universiteit van Amsterdam Promotor(s): P. Reiss Copromotor(s): F.W.N.M. Wit Date of thesis defense: 27/01/20175 In the era of modern combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) the HIV-infected population is ageing. Studies have suggested that HIV-infected individuals, even if appropriately treated with cART, may be at increased risk...
Authored by: Andrew D. Kerkhoff Thesis Universiteit van Amsterdam Promotores: F.G.J. Cobelens, S.D. Lawn Date of thesis defense: 21/06/2016 Tuberculosis remains the leading cause of death among people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa and worldwide. This thesis found that moderate or severe anaemia was highly predictive of both...