AIGHD is proud to be a part of the RISE team in Indonesia! 'Research on Improving Systems of Education' (RISE) is aimed at conducting high-quality research to build evidence to enhance children’s learning levels throughout the world. RISE aims to gather and interpret data that...
28th June 2017 Today, 33 leading Global Health organisations and members of National Parliaments have issued an open letter to G20 Heads of State, calling for them to increase the prioritisation of health by the G20, and establish the G20 as a permanent global health...
Dear G20 Leaders and Sherpas We are a group of like-minded organisations inspired by the German Government’s prioritisation of global health during its G20 Presidency. Formed by a core group* focused on highlighting the role of global health innovation in, for and by the G20, our...
Functieomvang: fulltime (40 uur per week) Sluitingsdatum: 28 Juni 2017 Het Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) is op zoek naar een Management Assistant. Ben jij die professional, kritisch, altijd op zoek naar de beste oplossingen? Heb je gevoel voor humor en weet je zaken positief...
On 18 May 2017, the Dutch government representatives were invited to attend the G20 discussion on Global Health. In 2018, the Netherlands will host major international conferences on HIV-AIDS and tuberculosis. Frank Cobelens, Chairman of AIGHD's Executive Board, contributed to this Clingendael report on Global Health which...
PRESS RELEASE: INTEREST WORKSHOP 2017 16 MAY 2017 For the first time, Malawi is hosting the annual INTEREST Workshop. The 11th edition of this HIV research event has a record breaking 568 people registered to attend. Over 200 abstracts were submitted for peer review. INTEREST 2017 participants...
As you may know, the Population Council recently launched the Share. Learn. Shape. survey to better understand what women think about HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, and unintended pregnancy. Insights from the survey will help efforts to develop multi-purpose prevention technologies (MPTs). Please help us by sharing the...
The New York Times remembers Dr Mark Wainberg....
Anja van't Hoog and Daniella Brals conducted a five-day training course (3-7 April) in Ilorin, Nigera. Twenty-eight public health resident doctors participated in the course which was kindly organised by Professor Tanimola M. Akande (College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin). Course attendees learnt data analysis...
We are very much saddened to learn of the sudden death of our colleague and friend Professor Mark Wainberg who drowned off the Florida coast on Tuesday while on holiday with his family over Passover. Mark had been at the cutting edge of AIDS research...