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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
We conduct research, education, capacity building and policy support in pharmaceutical public health (PPH), an emerging field in global health that aims at analysing and strengthening the pharmaceutical systems.
Our research and capacity building activities are built around the broad theme of access to quality-assured health products, with particular focus on:
- resource-limited settings and fragile health systems, including conflict and migration settings
- pharmaceutical regulation and pharmacovigilance
- quality assurance in supply chains
- regulatory and ethics oversight of pharmaceutical R&D
We lecture at various academic courses at and outside of ITM, and since 2021 we organise a three-week short course on Pharmaceutical Policies in Health Systems. The course counts a diverse and multidisciplinary teaching faculty. It is co-led by colleagues of the School of Public Health of the University of the Western Cape, in South Africa, with which we have a solid institutional partnership.
Tom Smekens is the departmental statistician within the Department of Public Health.
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Profiles
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ReBalance: Network for Evidence & Policy on Access to Controlled Medicines
Ravinetto, R. (Promotor), Tarrafeta Sayas, M. B. (PI), Ravinetto, R. (Promotor) & Tarrafeta Sayas, M. B. (PI)
1/01/26 → 31/12/30
Project: Research Project
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Equitable access to quality-assured health products. Trends, challenges and barriers for non-communicable diseases, taking the example of diabetes related medicine and technologies.
Giachino, M. (PhD Student), Ravinetto, R. (Promotor) & Beran, D. (Promotor)
15/10/25 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Safety Monitoring of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Medicines in Indonesia Using Pharmacovigilance Framework
Rahmaniah, R. (PhD Student), Ravinetto, R. (Promotor), Dochez, C. (Promotor) & Cos, P. (Promotor)
6/06/25 → …
Project: PhD-project
Research output
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Access to Vaccines Among Asylum Seekers, Refugees, and Undocumented Migrants Across the Migratory Cycle in the European Union, European Economic Area, Switzerland and the United Kingdom: A Scoping Review
Aljadeeah, S., Payedimarri, A. B., Dochez, C., Kielmann, K., Wirtz, V. J., Hargreaves, S. & Ravinetto, R., 22-Jun-2026, In: Vaccines. 14, 6, 18 p., 551.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › peer-review
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Assessing safety in the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine implementation programme: an overview and comparison of methods
Schellenberg, D., Hamel, M., Njuguna, P., Furrer, E., Praet, N., Balakrishnan, M. R., Jain, S., Maiga, D., Schuerman, L. & Whitney, C. G., 25-Apr-2026, In: Malaria Journal. 25, 1, 7 p., 195.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Peer-reviewed journal articles › peer-review
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Can a code of professional ethics influence the supply of substandard and falsified medicines? Insights from Ethiopia
Mengesha, A., Dingwall, R., Gibson, L., Bastiaens, H. & Ravinetto, R., 25-May-2026, In: Critical Public Health. 36, 1, 12 p., 2670027.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Peer-reviewed journal articles › peer-review
Open Access