The TB Modelling and Analysis Consortium (TB MAC) is hosting a short post graduate course on TB modelling at this year’s Union conference in The Hague from 11:30-17:30 on Wednesday, October 24. The Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development is a member of TB MAC's...
History will be made later this month in the field of tuberculosis (TB). The 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health is taking place from October 24-27 in The Hague. It’s the world’s largest gathering of clinicians, public health workers, policymakers, researchers and advocates working to...
Taking on one of the most resistant bacterial species to better adapt prevention and treatment: that’s the mission behind the HECTOR project. The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), one of AIGHD's key research priorities, is increasing rapidly around the world, including AMR bacteria that live within healthy human...
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A new framework is helping researchers and manufacturers more efficiently design and evaluate new diagnostic tests for people with early-stage tuberculosis (TB), potentially saving thousands of lives. TB is the ninth leading cause of death worldwide and the leading cause from a single infectious agent, ranking...
A study presented at the recent AIDS2018 conference suggests there may be multiple risk factors that cause reoccurring tuberculosis (TB) infections – not just HIV, as initially thought. Cape Town, South Africa has a very high prevalence of reoccurring TB in its citizens – over 20%...
A new study has shown that frailty contributes to comorbidities and death among the aging population, regardless of whether someone is living with HIV. In treating aging populations, including those living with HIV, a frailty assessment can help physicians to identify patients at risk for developing...
A newly published study suggests the effectiveness of a common childhood vaccine can be improved by altering intestinal bacteria. More than 200,000 children under the age of five die annually from rotavirus. The disease is the leading cause of diarrhea-related death in children worldwide. Though rotavirus...
Delegates at the recent TB2018 conference came from around the world to work towards a common goal: make tuberculosis (TB) history. More than 400 researchers, public health specialists, advocates, physicians and politicians attended TB2018 on Sunday, July 22 at the RAI Convention Centre. The event was...
A presentation on antimicrobial resistance by one of the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development's (AIGHD) board members has inspired a thesis project for Master's student Loes van der Laan. Loes is a Master’s student in the Research Master Global Health program, offered jointly between...