Department of Public Health

Projects

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• 81 Active
• 180 Finished

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  PrEP implementation in Belgium: Studying PrEP users’ behaviours, attitudes and care needs

  Rotsaert, A., Hensen, B., Reyniers, T., Vuylsteke, B. & Schim van der Loeff, M. F.

  15/11/22 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Optimizing the service delivery of PrEP for HIV prevention in Belgium

  Vanhamel, J., Kielmann, K., Vuylsteke, B. & Callens, S.

  6/07/22 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• CABU-EICO: Optimising community antibiotic use and infection control with behavioural interventions in rural Burkina Faso and DR Congo

  van der Sande, M., Ielegems, A., Halidou, T., Phanzu, M., Wouters, E., Cooper, B., Baker, S., Giles-Vernick, T., Ingelbeen, B., van Kleef, E. & Meudec, M.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/05/22 → 30/04/25

  Project: Research Project

• SCaling Up an integrated care package for diaBetes and hYpertension for vulnerable people (SCUBY): policy analysis and strategy development.

  Martens, M., Damme, W. V., Van Belle, S., van Olmen, J., Remmen, R. & Wouters, E.

  27/04/22 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Postnatal care provision after facility birth in two sub-Saharan African countries: A mixed methods study

  Semaan, A., Benova, L., van den Akker, T. & Housseine, N.

  27/04/22 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Mixed Method Approach to study the behavioural aspects of injectable PrEP use among West-African MSM

  Reyniers, T., Laga, M., Van Aerde, K. & Everaert, R.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  31/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• Claiming Citizenship: A Study of How Adolescent Muslim Girls and Young Women Negotiate Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Rights in Urban India

  Contractor, S. Q., Marchal, B., Van Belle, S., Nambiar, D. & Ruano, A. L.

  1/01/22 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• TB/NTM Research Cluster

  de Jong, B., Sengstake, S., Rigouts, L., Tzfadia, O., Ardizzoni, E., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., Hasker, E., Van Rie, A. & Janssens, N.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Research Project

• Impact evaluation of interventions, addressing spatiotemporal transmission heterogeneity and human mobility, to control arboviruses.

  Baldoquin Rodriguez, W., van der Sande, M., Vanlerberghe, V., De Baets, B., Baetens, J. & Romani, T. M. E.

  3/11/21 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Statistical methods for estimating age and time-dependent epidemiological malaria parameters and the analysis of social network data as a new approach to the development of malaria elimination strategies

  Grosso, A., Peeters, K., Abrams, S. & Hens, N.

  3/11/21 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy: Evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose and oral ferrous sulphate in a low-middle income country

  Babah, O. A., Benova, L., Larson, E., Hanson, C. & Afolabi, B. B.

  3/11/21 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Paving the way forward: Using implementation science to understand barriers and facilitators of uptake for Intravenous iron in the Management of Anaemia in Pregnancy for Resource-Limited Settings: IVON Nigeria Trial

  Akinajo, O. R., Benova, L., Sidney Annerstedt, K., Afolabi, B. & Banke-Thomas, A.

  3/11/21 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Preventing stillbirths in high burden settings : Examining gaps and opportunities to strengthen routine perinatal data collection and to improve quality of care

  Christou, A., Benova, L. & Everaert, R.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/10/21 → 30/09/24

  Project: Research Project

• 3V Trial: Viability & Value of the Lung Flute ECO for Sputum Sample Collection and Tuberculosis Testing in Vulnerable Groups

  Hasker, E., Mitchell, E., Snijders, R. & Paessens, E.

  Global Health Innovative Technology Fund

  27/08/21 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research Project

• Magnitude and Severity of abortion related complications in two African fragile and conflict-affected settings

  Pasquier, E., Benova, L., Degomme, O., Fillipi, V. & Owolabi, O.

  30/06/21 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Considerations from emerging infection outbreaks and a pandemic for the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance

  Ingelbeen, B., van der Sande, M., van Kleef, E. & Bonten, M. J. M.

  30/06/21 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Effectiveness of innovative interventions on curbing transmission of leprosy

  Ortuno Gutierrez, N., Hasker, E. & Richardus, J. H.

  30/06/21 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• RECOVER: Rectifying the effects of COVID-19 on Vulnerable Populations in West-Africa : a Research Action

  Marchal, B., Affun-Adegbulu, C. & Everaert, R.

  Various

  9/06/21 → 30/11/23

  Project: Service

• Influences on contraceptive method choice among adolescents and youth in sub-Saharan Africa

  Calhoun, L., Benova, L., Delvaux, T. & van den Akker, T.

  27/04/21 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• A qualitative study to investigate the use of complex perspectives in policy evaluation in public health

  Castellano Pleguezuelo, V., Marchal, B. & Petticrew, M.

  27/04/21 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Use of digital solutions to improve quality of care in primary health care for paediatric patients in LMIC

  Bernasconi, A., van der Sande, M., van der Sande, M. & Grobbee, D. E.

  27/04/21 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Implementation of safe and effective radical cure vivax malaria – a policy analysis approach

  Ruwanpura, V. S. H., Peeters, K., Ley Thriemer, K., Price, R. N. & Lynch, C. A.

  27/04/21 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Advancing the implementation of quality improvement strategies to reduce maternal mortality using realist evaluation: the case of Maternal Death Reviews in Benin

  Boyi Epse Hounsou, M. C., Marchal, B., Delvaux, T., Benova, L., Zweekhorst, M., Ouendo, E. & Dossou, J.

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: PhD-project

• CEASE: Controlling emergent Anopheles stephensi in Ethiopia and Sudan

  Peeters, K., Jaiteh, F. & Everaert, R.

  The Wellcome Trust

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research Project

• Le renforcement des capacités des équipes cadres des districts sanitaires à l’ère de la réforme de l’administration sanitaire provinciale en République Démocratique du Congo : une évaluation réaliste

  Bosongo, S. I., Marchal, B., Criel, B., Coppieters, Y. & Chenge, F.

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: PhD-project

• SNA_Leprosy: Improving leprosy prevention strategies by integrating social network analysis with spatial and molecular epidemiology data of Mycobacterium leprae in the Comoros

  Peeters, K., Hasker, E., de Jong, B., Ronse, M., Verdonck, K., Braet, S., Tzfadia, O. & Everaert, R.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research Project

• Examining the quality of maternal and newborn healthcare delivery in an African city – the case of Kampala, Uganda

  Birabwa, C., Benova, L., van Olmen, J., Banke-Thomas, A. & Waiswa, P.

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: PhD-project

• Performance of community-based ART programmes for key populations in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa

  Ibiloye, O. J., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., Van Belle, S., van Olmen, J., Masquillier, C. & Jwanle, P.

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: PhD-project

• Community as a starting point of antibiotic resistance emergence and spread in low resource settings: Risk factors assessment and consequences in primary healthcare outcomes

  Valia, D., van der Sande, M., Robert, A., Rodriguez-Villalobos, H. & Tinto, H.

  3/11/20 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Inequalities in access to hospital for childbirth care in sub-Saharan Africa

  Straneo, M., Benova, L., van den Akker, T. & Hanson, C.

  3/11/20 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Pro-actively addressing the challenges for an effective uptake of COVID-19 vaccination in Belgium: a transdisciplinary approach

  Peeters, K. & Everaert, R.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/11/20 → 31/10/23

  Project: Research Project

• Msichana/Chakti! Understanding accountability in sexual and reproductive health of adolescents girls living in slums: a realist evaluation

  Van Belle, S., Benova, L., Damme, W. V. & Everaert, R.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/11/20 → 31/10/24

  Project: Research Project

• ADOSEN: Un appui à la mise en place d'un modèle de services adaptéesaux adolescent(e)s à travers une recherche action dans le cadre de l'intervention santé de la femme, du nouveau-né, de l'enfant et de l'adolescent

  Benova, L., Ielegems, A. & Delvaux, T.

  Belgische Technische Coöperatie

  15/09/20 → 15/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• Preventie van Diabetes type 2 en zwangerschapsdiabetes bij vrouwen van reproductieve leeftijd in Kisantu, DR Congo

  Peñalvo, J. L., Sagastume Cabrera, D. & Ielegems, A.

  Stad Antwerpen

  1/09/20 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research Project

• Exploring and learning from evidence, policy and systems responses to COVID-19 in West and Central Africa

  Damme, W. V. & Ielegems, A.

  International Development Research Centre

  1/08/20 → 31/01/23

  Project: Research Project

• Entomological evidence to support Visceral Leishmaniasis elimination in Nepal

  Roy, L., Hasker, E., Van Bortel, W., Van Bortel, W. & Caljon, G.

  1/07/20 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• EIDRC-ECA: Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Center - East and Central Africa

  Hasker, E., Vanlerberghe, V., Lepore, L., van Griensven, J., Ariën, K., Kreppel, K. & Janssens, A.

  Washington State University

  1/06/20 → 31/05/25

  Project: Research Project

• Queer people in straight systems: The impact of sexual orientation laws on the health of sexual minorities

  Siegel, M., Laga, M., Nöstlinger, C. & Pietschnig, J.

  17/04/20 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Co-design and evaluation of improved information tools to support better monitoring of inpatient newborn care

  Muinga, N., Benova, L., Zweekhorst, M. & English, M.

  17/04/20 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Advancing the state of patients rights’ enforcement in the public and private health care facilities in South India

  Putturaj, M., Marchal, B., Criel, B., Van Belle, S., Krumeich, A., Engel, N., Prakash, B. N. & Prashanth, N.

  1/01/20 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Understanding antimicrobials use: An ethnographic study of rural communities in Burkina Faso

  Compaore, A., Peeters, K., Jacobs, J., Sariola, S. & Tinto, H.

  1/01/20 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Development and validation of a novel life course microsimulation model linking diet to noncommunicable diseases

  Peñalvo, J. L., Mertens, E., Ocira, J., Colizzi, C., Sagastume Cabrera, D. & Everaert, R.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• ALERT: Action Leveraging Evidence to Reduce perinatal morTality andmorbidity in sub-Saharan Africa

  Benova, L. & Paessens, E.

  European Commission

  1/01/20 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research Project

• An economic evaluation of strategies for sleeping sickness elimination

  Snijders, R., Hasker, E., Fink, G. & Tediosi, F.

  3/07/19 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Scale-Up an integrated care package for diaBetes and hYpertension for vulnerable people in Cambodia, Slovenia and Belgium

  Danhieux, K., Damme, W. V., van Olmen, J., van Olmen, J., Remmen, R. & Wouters, E.

  3/07/19 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• The incidence and risk factors of mortality associated with HIV and TB infections in Kenya

  Onyango, D. O., van der Sande, M., Grobbee, D. E., Yuen, C. & Wandiga, S.

  3/07/19 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Community Participation in Neglected Tropical Diseases Elimination: A case study of Human African Trypanosomiasis elimination in Democratic Republic of Congo

  Vander Kelen, C., Hasker, E., Torr, S. & Pulford, J.

  3/07/19 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• The role of innovative tools for sand fly control in the visceral leishmaniasis (VL) elimination initiative in the South-East-Asian region

  Chowdhury, R., Hasker, E., Van Bortel, W. & Caljon, G.

  11/04/19 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• People-centered digitized healthcare system: Using technology as a platform to strengthen the continuum of care in Kibaha, Tanzania

  Peeters, K. & Everaert, R.

  D-tree international, Inc

  1/04/19 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research Project

• SCUBY: Scaling-up of evidence-based health interventions at population level for the prevention and management of hypertension and/or diabetes

  van Olmen, J., Damme, W. V., Van Aerde, K. & Sy, H.

  European Commission

  1/01/19 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research Project