Renowned TB-researcher to deliver Spinoza Lecture Prof. dr. Christoph Lange will deliver the Spinoza lecture on Tuesday 14 March. The title of the lecture is “The return of the white plague: emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe”. Controlling the tuberculosis epidemic is severely hampered by the rise in...
Vacature: Secretaresse Omvang: fulltime (40 uur per week) Contract: bepaalde tijd (initieel 6 maanden) Het Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) is op zoek naar een secretaresse. Ben jij die professional, kritisch, altijd op zoek naar de beste oplossingen? Heb je gevoel voor humor en weet je zaken positief...
South Africa diagnoses almost 20,000 patients with Rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis each year. A research team comprising Helen Cox (University of Cape Town), AIGHD researchers Anja van’t Hoog and Frank Cobelens, and other colleagues assessed the impact of the Xpert MTB/RIF test (a rapid test for tuberculosis and...
The AGEhIV Cohort Study is a study focusing on differences in age-related diseases among people living with and without HIV. The study was initiated in 2010 at the HIV outpatient clinic of the Academic Medical Center and the Infectious Disease Research Department of the GGD...
‘Success stories’ are written by the Network of National Contact Points for Science with and for Society in Horizon 2020 to showcase excellence in European research linked to Responsible Research and Innovation. Read more...
Wednesday 15 March, 09:00 - 17:00 hrs Amsterdam health and technology institute (ahti) Paasheuvelweg 25, Amsterdam Please register at f.vanleth@aighd.org Places are limited Click here to see the full program ...
Dr C. Schultsz (1965) has been appointed professor of Global Health, in particular emerging infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance, at the University of Amsterdam's Faculty of Medicine (AMC-UvA). Constance Schultsz conducts research into antimicrobial resistance and emerging infectious diseases. She focuses on bacterial infections which are...
14:00 - 16:30 hrs Lecture Room 4 AMC / Meibergdreef 9 Amsterdam PROGRAM Chair Prof. N. Juffermans 14:00 Setting the scene Arjen Dondorp 14:10 Coma and Convulsions Study in Children; preliminary results Arthur Edridge 14:35 Discussion 14:40 AFRIM study; fluid management in malnourished children Job van...
For the first time the Bangkok International Symposium on HIV Medicine will be streamed live, starting January 18th. Click here for the introductory video....
Arts-onderzoeker Steven van de Vijver deed in samenwerking met het Amsterdam Health & Technology Institute en het Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development onderzoek naar hart- en vaatziektes onder vijfduizend bewoners in de sloppenwijk Korogocho in Nairobi. Op vrijdag 6 januari wijdde Nieuwsuur een item aan obesitas en hypertensie in Afrika. ...