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 been done...
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 learned...
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 increased use....
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 Rwanda”by John Rusine-Bahunde,...
New Partnership with India Aims to Build Vaccine Manufacturing Network for Hookworm, Other Diseases. WASHINGTON, D.C., BANGALORE, AMSTERDAM — October 14, 2015 — The Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) and Sabin Vaccine Institute Product Development Partnership (Sabin PDP) today announced a new research and...
A third of the world’s population has been exposed at some point in their lives to tuberculosis. If they have no signs of active TB currently, they are considered to have latent tuberculosis infection. In 2015 WHO published guidelines on the management of latent tuberculosis...