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Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development @aighd.org · 26/05/2026

Through its fellows’ network, AIGHD again will help shape EU health policy for a more resilient future. Senior fellow and director of the @lawhealthlife.bsky.social , Anniek de Ruijter, will serve as a member of the newly formed @thelancet.com Commission on the European Health Union.

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Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development @aighd.org · 14/04/2026

In a time of challenges for global health, AIGHD applauds the efforts of the @ec.europa.eu to shore up the field’s resilience worldwide. Read our 5 recommendations for the commission’s new Global Health Resilience Initiative: www.aighd.org/2026/04/14/a...

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Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development @aighd.org · 09/03/2026

Fellows are the heart of AIGHD. Once a year, our Fellows gather in person for an annual highlight: the Fellows Fair and Dinner. At the most recent fair, topics ranged from stigma in armed conflict to climate shocks. We look forward to the ideas and future projects that this evening sparked!

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Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development @aighd.org · 15/08/2025

How can the world find its way back to a sustainable and just future for global health? Four thinkers will reflect on this question at the annual 𝑱𝒐𝒆𝒑 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 & 𝑭𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝑺𝒚𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒖𝒎 in Amsterdam on 12 November. Join us at this special event! bit.ly/JLCFsymposium2025.

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Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development @aighd.org · 23/07/2025

People living in communities highly burdened by #tuberculosis (TB) may be exposed to the deadly disease up to 5 times per year without necessarily becoming infected. Building on their work to better understand TB transmission, AIGHD Fellows modelled data from sensitive breath sampling studies.

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Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development @aighd.org · 08/07/2025

The 2025 Joep Lange Chair & Fellows Symposium – on 12 November in Amsterdam – will feature world-leading experts in public health reflecting on the systems, societies, and solutions required to help the world find its way back to a sustainable and just future for global health.

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Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development @aighd.org · 17/06/2025

🔹 (Rapid) genomic surveillance of measles virus in Asella, Ethiopia using the Oxford nanopore technology (Anna Rommerskirchen) 🔹Comprehensive phylogenomic analysis of 'Mycobacterium tuberculosis' in Ethiopia (Betselot Zerihun Ayano)

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Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development @aighd.org · 17/06/2025

Three posters of PhD studies affiliated with EpiGen were on display at the #EDCTPForum: 🔹The hidden challenge: hrp2/3 gene deletions and malaria diagnosis in Southern Ethiopia (Bacha Mekonen)

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Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development @aighd.org · 17/06/2025

#EpiGenEthiopia Lead Investigator Dr Tobias Rinke de Wit: “Setting up networks like this is difficult because there are different countries, angles, priorities... Still, it is the basis for everything: We have to approach the future in Africa on a continental level and not on a country level.”

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Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development @aighd.org · 17/06/2025

The #EpiGenEthiopia project that AIGHD spearheads featured in a symposium at the 12th #EDCTPForum in Kigali, Rwanda, this week. EpiGen aims to generate real-time genomic data about pathogens to inform public health action and is one of 10 such projects on the continent forming the GenEpi Network.

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Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development @aighd.org · 04/02/2025

#Trump2.0 is threatening to dismantle lifesaving programmes for people across the world. #PEPFAR has been critical in the fight against #HIV/AIDS but we believe that this is the wrong move. What happens when you stop PEPFAR for 90 days or 3 months? Check out the figures: pepfarimpact.vercel.app

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Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development @aighd.org · 17/01/2025

The #Stool4TB Consortium has completed their cohort recruitment! The final numbers for their paediatric and adult cohorts stand at 1290 and 677 participants respectively. We are energized by the community's willingness to join us on our journey to #EndTB #Tuberculosis! Read more: stool4tb.org

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Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development @aighd.org · 13/12/2024

The second week of November saw #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek #WAAW2024 #WAAW! We shared a few documents on LinkedIn highlighting our advocacies to support innovation in the field of #AntimicrobialResistance #AMR, to enable #AntimicrobialStewardship, and to increase #EquitableAccess to (1/2)

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