A new approach to HIV testing and prevention

Ahti’s data specialist Lene Böhnke presented the study done for the H-Team (the HIV Transmission Elimination Amsterdam) at the 11th edition of the Netherlands Conference on HIV (NCHIV) that took place on Tuesday 21 November 2017 in the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in Amsterdam. NCHIV provides an update and platform for discussion of new insights and developments in research on the pathogenesis, epidemiology, prevention and treatment of HIV. The idea of this particular study is Lees meer…

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“Suicide Prevention: painfully successful”

Jan Mokkenstorm (founder and director of 113 Zelfmoordpreventie) and Maarten de Venster (portfoliomanager NewHealth Collective) shared their ideas and experiences on how technology can help to improve mental care at AHTI Connect ‘Mental care in the virtual world – how technology can help’ on Thursday, October 19, 2017. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts In the past few years, the importance of suicide prevention is becoming more and more acknowledged by Lees meer…

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October 19: Ahti connect ‘Mental care in the virtual world – how technology can help’

Thursday, October 19, from 16.00 – 18.00, is the second ahti connect at the Amsterdam health & technology center (AHTC). Theme of this edition is ‘Mental care in the virtual world: how technology can help’. Depression and tech ‘Mental illness’ is becoming the biggest disease among people. Its increase puts extra pressure on the already heavily burndened care sector. The need for mental care is broad: from the traditional form, such as treatments by psychologists, Lees meer…

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Constantijn van Oranje gives start signal startups Amsterdam knowledge institutes

Constantijn van Oranje has given the start signal for Amsterdam Venture Studios at Science Park Amsterdam. During the opening ceremony, the five Venture Studios at the Amsterdam Science Park (UvA), the VU Campus, the Amsterdam Health & Technology Center (AMC), the City Centre Campus UvA (Humanities Lab) and Amstel Campus (HvA) were opened simultaneously. From now on, students and researchers from the Amsterdam knowledge institutes can benefit from additional support when starting their own business Lees meer…

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