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World AIDS Day 2021
Amsterdam, 1 December 2021 – This World Aids Day (1 December) marks forty years after the first five cases of AIDS were first identified in the CDC’s...
Michiel de Goeje retires, Bart van Osch new QA Director
Amsterdam, 25 November 2021 – This month, our QA Director Michiel de Goeje retired after 34 years of service at IDA Foundation. Bart van Osch, IDA’s new...
An exciting year ahead
Amsterdam, 22 November 2021 - 21 November 2021 marks 49 years of bridging the gap in access to medicines. This means that our 50th year of operations has...
Preventing antimicrobial resistance
Amsterdam, 19 November 2021 - This week marks the beginning of the annual World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW), aiming to create awareness around...
Reaching children with paediatric kits
Amsterdam, 10 November 2021 - According to WHO, despite significant advances in driving down child mortality rates in recent decades, almost 5.2 million...
Catching up with local health partners in Chad and Benin
Amsterdam, 28 October 2021 – We have some catching up to do! The COVID-19 pandemic has limited our ability to travel to IDA’s agents and distributors who...
Why are values important to our organisation?
Amsterdam, 21 October 2021 – On World Values Day, we take some time to look at what we value most in life. IDA Foundation's five values shape our unique...
IDA underlines the importance of hand hygiene
Amsterdam, 15 October 2021 – Today is Global Handwashing Day. On this day the Global Handwashing Partnership raises awareness on the importance of hand...
More cancer treatment on new WHO EML
Amsterdam, 6 October 2021 – The World Health Organization published the latest edition of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML)...