Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Unit of HIV/AIDS was created in 2011 and is headed by Prof. Lut Lynen (MD, internist). The unit’s field of interest is AIDS care in resource-limited settings, in particular HIV co-infections and opportunistic infections.
Research
- HIV co-infections (tuberculosis, hepatitis C)
- Diagnosis and management of MDR-TB
- Clinical decision making and guideline development
- Models of care for HIV patients
Teaching
- Short Course on Antiretroviral Therapy (2003-2010)
- Electronic Short Course on Antiretroviral Therapy (2008-)
- Short Course on Clinical Research and Evidence Based Medicine (2008-)
- AIDS care modules in all courses at ITM (2003-)
- Drug-resistant tuberculosis
Capacity building and operational research in low-resource settings
- Management of HIV & co-infections, in particular TB and hepatitis C
- Clinical Decision Making & Guideline Development
- Prognostic research: score building
In Cambodia, Ethiopia, South Africa
Service delivery by the Unit of HIV/AIDS includes active participation in
- Medical services (HIV, STI, Travel Medicine)
- WHO guideline development group in the field of HIV and opportunistic infections
- Advisory committees: Swaziland TasP advisory committee
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Relevant interventions to tackle the gaps in HIV/HCV prevention and care in key affected populations, Myanmar.
Tun, N. N., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., van Olmen, J. & Conlon, C. P.
8/06/23 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Implementation and outcomes of then advanced HIV care package in high HIV/TB burden settings
Gils, T., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., Vlieghe, E. & Reither, K.
8/06/23 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Drug resistant tuberculosis: optimize the composition of new treatment regimens in Vietnam
Nguyen, T. M. P., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., Callens, S., Viet Nhung Nguyen, V. N., Binh Hoa Nguyen, B. H. & Thi Thanh Thuy Hoang, T. T. T.
1/01/23 → …
Project: PhD-project
Research output
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A four-drug standardized short regimen for highly resistant TB in South-West Nigeria
Fadeyi, M. O., Decroo, T., Ortuño-Gutiérrez, N., Ahmed, B., Jinadu, A., El-Tayeb, O., Adebola, W., Kehinde, A., Lynen, L. & Gils, T., 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Health. ihad023.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Attrition one year after starting antiretroviral therapy before and after the programmatic implementation of HIV "Treat All" in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Makurumidze, R., Decroo, T., Jacobs, B. K. M., Rusakaniko, S., Van Damme, W., Lynen, L. & Gils, T., 2023, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 23, 1, p. 558Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Evaluation of tuberculosis diagnostic test accuracy using Bayesian latent class analysis in the presence of conditional dependence between the diagnostic tests used in a community-based tuberculosis screening study
Keter, A. K., Lynen, L., Van Heerden, A., Wong, E., Reither, K., Goetghebeur, E. & Jacobs, B. K. M., 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 3, p. e0282417Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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