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!
A banner showing the INTEREST 2026 logo and the pictures of the five confirmed speakers.
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Mark your calendars to hear first-hand from these outstanding experts scheduled to speak at #INTEREST2026, taking place in Tanzania in May:
๐ต Glenda Gray
๐ต Friday Saidi
๐ต Penny Moore
๐ต Nomathemba Chandiwana
๐ต Serge Eholie
Register at this link: bit.ly/4prNIiC
Banner showing photos from previous INTEREST conferences in celebration of its 20th edition in May 2026.
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The deadline to submit an abstract for INTEREST's 20th anniversary lies just beyond the festive season. Remember to set aside time to polish yours!
Abstracts may be submitted in ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก or ๐
๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ก & must be <350 words. More info: interestworkshop.org/abstracts
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 ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐ & ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ in Amsterdam on 12 November.
Join us at this special event! bit.ly/JLCFsymposium2025.
โQuantification of tuberculosis exposure in a high-burdened settingโ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
AIGHDโs Sabine Hermans & Frank Cobelens โ also part of โช@amsterdamumc.bsky.socialโฌโฌ, Amsterdam Institute for Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam Public Health โ helped design the research + edited the paper together with Robin Wood (University of Cape Town/Desmond Tutu Health Foundation)
The result has just been published in the journal Scientific Reports.
โThis work suggests that strategies to reduce exposure alone are an inefficient approach to preventing TB cases,โ explained the studyโs lead author, Benjamin Patterson.
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.
The 2025 Joep Lange Chair & Fellows Symposium โ on 12 November in Amsterdam โ 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.
๐น (Rapid) genomic surveillance of measles virus in Asella, Ethiopia using the Oxford nanopore technology (Anna Rommerskirchen)
๐นComprehensive phylogenomic analysis of 'Mycobacterium tuberculosis' in Ethiopia (Betselot Zerihun Ayano)
Three posters of PhD studies affiliated with EpiGen were on display at the #EDCTPForum:
๐นThe hidden challenge: hrp2/3 gene deletions and malaria diagnosis in Southern Ethiopia (Bacha Mekonen)
#EpiGenEthiopia Lead Investigator Dr Tobias Rinke de Wit: โSetting 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.โ
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.
Patane Shilabye (#SouthAfrica) & Clark Joshua Brianwong (#Uganda) won the Joep Lange & Charles Boucher Awards for the highest-scoring abstracts by early-career African scientists at #INTEREST2025!
The abstracts they presented were selected from more than 1,700 submissions. Congratulations! ๐
Woman feeding child in hospital, in Liberia. Pic credit Dominic Chavez, World Bank
A new study has confirmed the safety and efficacy of single low-dose primaquine in reducing malaria transmission in young children & could support global #malaria elimination efforts and limit the spread of drug resistant #malaria.
www.iddo.org/news/new-stu...
@tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk
Dr. Nyaradzo Mgodi is joining the #INTERESTConference once again on its 19th iteration and she will be sharing her work on the the state of the science of #CombinationPrevention and #Contraception.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฟ. ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ #๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ: interestworkshop.org/registration/
#GlobalHealth
Doctor Corine Karema is coming to the #INTEREST2025 Conference where she will discuss Africa's road to ending #Malaria.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ'๐ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ: interestworkshop.org/registration/
#GlobalHealth #INTEREST2025
INTEREST 2025 Conference logo on the upper left corner on a white background. "Jean B. Nachega, MD, PhD, MPH, FRCP, DTM&H, FAAS" "University of Pittsburgh / Johns Hopkins University / Stellenbosch University" "Mpox" On the right, a photo of Dr. Jean Nachega, a Congolese man. Bottom, #INTEREST2025 and the logos of Virology Education and AIGHD.
Our first speaker is a (very) big name in Global Health. Known for his pioneering work on #infectious #diseases on the African continent, Jean Nachega will present on #Mpox for this year's #INTEREST2025 Conference.
@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @suhealthsci.bsky.social @pittdeptofmed.bsky.social
Professor Frank Cobelens will be joining us in Namibia for the 19th #INTERESTConference to discuss #TBCaseFinding and the role of #NewTechnologies #TBDiagnostics #Tuberculosis.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ'๐ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ: interestworkshop.org/registration/
#GlobalHealth #INTEREST2025
Why arenโt we talking about climate change as a health crisis? ๐
An analysis of 2.4M social media posts shows only 3.1% mention health impacts, despite growing evidence of #ClimateChange affecting #PublicHealth. Health-focused messaging can boost support for #ClimateAction.
๐https://bit.ly/41mFD6g
#EpiGenEthiopia is a genetic epidemiology and digital health surveillance project to enable better informed public health decisions.
They published two genetic profile preprints on the 2023 #dengue outbreak and on #leishmaniasis in Ethiopia.
Read on: epigenethiopia.org/publications
#EDCTP
Great work led by @dinis.nguenha and many other colleagues involved in the #WHIP3TB clinical trial.
Btw, WHIP3TB was funded by #USAID :)
#tuberculosis #TB
@isglobal.bsky.social
@lshtm.bsky.social
@aighd.org
@auruminstitute
@CISManhica
Last week, SPRINGS researchers met across the Netherlands to advance climate-sensitive diarrhoeal disease surveillance.
@jmcolston.bsky.social, from UVA-SOM, worked with local partners at RIVM, IHE Delft and @aighd.org to align Plan-EO & SPRINGS. Collaboration drives impact!
#ClimateHealth
Hello to @springsproject.bsky.social!
Our BlueSky Community is growing and we're all for it!
The SPRINGS Project brings together the fields of #climate and #health to determine the impacts of #ClimateChange on health.
#GlobalHealth #GrowingCommunity
Check out: www.springsproject.eu
Bright red background. From the top, a pill that has been opened dispersing powdery medication. In the middle, white bold text reading 'A PEPFAR suspension will lead to disastrous consequences'. In the bottom, the AIGHD logo and a 'Swipe' icon.
Bright red background. From the top, a pill that has been opened dispersing powdery medication. In the middle, white bold text reading 'A new analysis suggests that a 'short' 3-month pause in PEPFAR antiretroviral therapy (ART) delivery would cause...'. In the bottom, the AIGHD logo and a 'Swipe' icon.
Bright red background. Big white bold numbers from the top reading line 1 '7,600 estimated infant deaths *From a 90-day pause', line 2 '370,000 estimated deaths *from a 90-day pause', line 3: 'Source: https://pepfarimpact.vercel.app/' In the bottom, the AIGHD logo and a 'Swipe' icon.
Bright red background. White bold text reading 'PEPFAR is critical in sustaining our fight to end HIV/AIDS. This program saves lives and facilitates impactful work for the global community'. In the bottom, the AIGHD logo and a 'Swipe' icon.
#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
Square photo with a white background with a solid lavender purple wavy shape background containing the Stool4TB logo, text "100% complete Major Milestone Achievement, Paediatric Cohort". Below is the EDCTP logo and the EU flag.
Square photo with lavender purple background and white wavy shapes containing the Stool4TB logo, text "Paediatric cohort 1290 and adult cohort 677". Next line "Final number of Cohort participants". Below is the EDCTP logo and the EU flag.
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
Last September, the Infectious Disease Institute of Makerere University signed a memorandum of agreement with AIGHD to establish our partnership for a more #HealthEquitable #Future.
Here's our article sharing the momentous occasion: www.aighd.org/2024/10/11/p...
#Partnerships #IDI #GlobalHealth
(2/2) life-saving drugs such as antibiotics and vaccines.
You can find the advocacy documents on the www.amr-global.org website!
You can also read the full document, a result of our second communities of practise which highlights these advocacies in fuller detail: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ghe94...
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)
The #Stool4TB Team recently published two papers, one on @thelancet.bsky.social microbe and another on the European Journal of Medical Research on #stool-based #Tuberculosis tests.
The papers focus on non-sputum based #TB testing and the results are promising! www.stool4tb.org/publications
#HIV
