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...
When it comes to addressing health concerns, global collective action has never been more important than it is right now. That’s the key message from plenary speaker Prof. Mike Merson at the Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute (APH) annual global health meeting. The event took...
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...
As the old expression goes, there is truly strength in numbers – especially when it comes to training the next generation of global health leaders. Students in the Research Master’s in Global Health program recently completed the Addressing Disease Burden in a Global Context course with...
A well-known and inexpensive test may help rule-out urinary tract infections (UTI) and curb unnecessary antibiotic use for people in Indonesia. In a study published in BMJ Open, researchers evaluated 616 patients from two community-based clinics who has suspected urinary tract infections to determine if a...
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...