It's official! The Netherlands will host the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health in 2018. The annual conference is one of the most important conferences on tuberculosis and is attended by delegates from more than 125 countries presenting research from every region of the...
Dr. Frank van Leth was elected Chair of the TBnet research network during its annual meeting held in Milan last week. TBnet is a European research collaboration consisting of over 600 members. Its constituency consists of clinicians and specialists from the field of immunology, laboratory science,...
The GeneXpert is a molecular test for tuberculosis (TB) which is much more sensitive than the mainstay of diagnosis in most parts of the world, sputum smear microscopy. South Africa was one of the first countries to implement it as the first-line diagnostic for TB....
In this non-randomized study in Kampala, Uganda, we implemented an SMS reminder service to help TB patients to remember to take their drugs and to offer them a line of communication to the clinic. The service was rated highly by the participants but was underpowered...
You are cordially invited to attend the inaugural lecture "The Next Generation" by Constance Schultsz, (Professor of Global Health, in particular emerging infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance) on Thursday 14 September (4pm) at the aula of the University of Amsterdam. "The emergence and spread of infectious diseases, including infections caused by bacteria resistant...
The UNAIDS' HIV this month contains abstracts or summaries of articles and reviews from scientific journals that are carefully filtered from a selection of close to 1000 articles and reviews over a period of one month. The article "Treatment decisions and mortality in HIV-positive presumptive smear-negative...
Zomerrubriek - Jaloerse blikken uit het buitenland; dít doen we goed In het onlangs uitgekomen UNAIDS-rapport, over de voortgang van de wereldwijde hiv- en aidsbestrijding, ontving Amsterdam een schouderklopje. De stad haalde als een van de eerste steden ter wereld de doelstellingen van de Verenigde Naties...
PRESS RELEASE Amsterdam on the way to becoming an AIDS-free city Amsterdam is one of the first European cities to call a halt to HIV and AIDS once and for all. According to the latest report published by UNAIDS on the eve of the international AIDS conference in...
Prof. Peter Reiss, project leader of the Amsterdam H-TEAM was interviewed by Dutch newspaper Het Parool about the significantly lower numbers of HIV diagnoses in Amsterdam, the recently published UNAIDS report announcing Amsterdam as one of two cities in the world to have reached the international...
For the first time, the G20 leaders have jointly declared responsibility for global health, focusing on two broad areas: 1) Safeguarding against health crises and strengthening health systems; 2) antimicrobial resistance. Below is a summary of the G20 leaders' declaration: The G20: Emphasise the importance of universal...