The fight against poverty-related diseases is gaining ground as scientists prepare trials of vaccines for hookworm, leishmaniasis and other parasitic diseases common in the developing world, thanks to the support of public research funding. The problem has been that developing countries harbour most of the planet’s...
The Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA) houses the main departments and laboratories within the University of Amsterdam/Academic Medical Center (AMC) involved in patient care, education and research in the field of Infectious Diseases and Immunity. CINIMA coordinates, integrates and combines the knowledge present...
On Thursday, February 13 2014, Professor of Public Health Tanimola M. Akande delivered the University of Ilorin’s 142nd inaugural lecture. With his team of researchers, Professor Akande has played an instrumental role in the impact evaluations of PharmAccess health programs in Kwara State, Nigeria. In his...
Can health insurance reduce blood pressure? A community-based health insurance program in sub-Saharan Africa helps reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. AMSTERDAM – February 21, 2014 High blood pressure is now the leading risk factor for death in sub-Saharan Africa. A new study demonstrates that improved...
MOU signed for research collaboration between the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health Development (AIGHD) and the African Population Health Center (APHRC) Visit website APHRC click here ...
New computer models that predict how a patient will respond to HIV drug therapy without the need for HIV genotype also work well for cases in Africa New computer models described in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy predict how patients whose HIV therapy is failing will...
AIGHD has been named along with collaborating partners Medical Action Myanmar and ArtAids recipients the recipient of the Netherlands Dance Theater Switch Award 2014. NDT will present this benefit evening on March 22, 2014 at the Lucent Dans Theater in Den Haag. For Switch, the dancers compile an...
On Monday 13 January 2014 - Tuesday 14 January 2014 the '4th International Workshop on HIV & Women, from Adolescence through Menopause' will take place in the Westin Georgetown in Washington DC, USA on 13-14 January 2014. For more information, please visit: http://www.virology-education.com/event/upcoming/4th-hiv-women-workshop-2014/ ...
Press release - 19 December 2013 - A novel triage approach results in lower costs for diagnosing tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries A group of Dutch, American, and British investigators show a cheaper way to diagnose tuberculosis. They report in the journal PLOS ONE that...
The Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA) houses the main departments and laboratories within the University of Amsterdam/Academic Medical Center (AMC) involved in patient care, education and research in the field of Infectious Diseases and Immunity. CINIMA coordinates, integrates and combines the knowledge present...