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...

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!

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝! Mark your calendars to hear first-hand from these outstanding experts scheduled to speak at #INTEREST2026, taking place in Tanzania in May: 🔵 Glenda Gray 🔵 Friday Saidi 🔵 Penny Moore 🔵 Nomathemba Chandiwana 🔵 Serge Eholie Register at this link: bit.ly/4prNIiC

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 – 𝟔 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭! 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 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 or 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 & 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 𝑱𝒐𝒆𝒑 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 & 𝑭𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝑺𝒚𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒖𝒎 in Amsterdam on 12 November. Join us at this special event! bit.ly/JLCFsymposium2025.

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 – 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.

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! 🎉

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. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗿. 𝗠𝗴𝗼𝗱𝗶 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝘁 #𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: interestworkshop.org/registration/ #GlobalHealth

Doctor Corine Karema is coming to the #INTEREST2025 Conference where she will discuss Africa's road to ending #Malaria. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿'𝘀 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: interestworkshop.org/registration/ #GlobalHealth #INTEREST2025

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. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿'𝘀 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: interestworkshop.org/registration/ #GlobalHealth #INTEREST2025

Why aren’t we talking about climate change as a health crisis? 🌍 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. 👉https://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

#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

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

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

At the beginning of November, we hosted the 4th edition of the Joep Lange Chair and Fellows Symposium at #DeBalie in Amsterdam. Come take a look at what our speakers had to say about #Justice in #GlobalHealth! #HealthEquity #Development #AMR #Amsterdam #Health www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwSa...