Patient-centered communication workshop
In February 2017, Jan Fehr visited Kampala together with Prof. Wolf Langewitz and Dr. Stefan Erb. Prof. Langewitz is specialized in internal medicine... Continue Reading
Research Update December 2016
Update on the SOUTH study: Following a detailed data cleaning process by our team in Kampala, we were able to perform statistical... Continue Reading
The founding of the association “Researchers for Global Health”
On November 6, 2016, the founding members of R4GH came together at our new address in Zurich in order to officially... Continue Reading
Junior Staff
Dana Weissberg & Anna Baumann from Zurich, Switzerland: It is our pleasure to announce that our first doctoral students from the... Continue Reading
Conference on HIV Drug Therapy in Glasgow
We are proud to announce that all three abstracts submitted by our collaboration were accepted to this year’s HIV conference in... Continue Reading
Non-communicable diseases
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases (heart attack/stroke), cancer and diabetes – are the leading causes of death globally. According... Continue Reading
Zurich city councilor for health visits Kampala
In July 2016, a delegation representing key institutions in the City of Zurich’s health system traveled to Kampala for a three-day... Continue Reading
R4GH team members share their personal insights with interested readers in the Personal Insights Blog.
Species Identification of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in the Ugandan Population
Infections with non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are on the rise worldwide, directing the global focus to these lesser known organisms. NTM range from harmless microbes to...
The ALPHA Study
Amikacin Exposure and Toxicity – Pharmacokinetic Pharmacodynamic Analysis in Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Uganda : A Pilot Study Treatment of patients with multidrug-resistant TB...
Gestational diabetes mellitus in HIV-infected women
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common non-communicable diseases worldwide. The number of people with diabetes is increasing rapidly, especially in sub-Saharan Africa....