Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Group

Projects

Projects per year 2006 2014 2019 2020 2021 2022 2026

• 29 Active
• 48 Finished

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  Understanding and addressing the double burden of malnutrition at the household level in Guatemala

  Sagastume Cabrera, D., Benova, L., Peñalvo, J. L. & Ramirez, M.

  8/06/23 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• ‘Effective coverage’ of facility-based deliveries: exploring the relevance and feasibility of a global health indicator from the bottom-up

  Molenaar, J., Benova, L. & van Olmen, J.

  19/04/23 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Examination of gaps in malaria data between the populations captured in household surveys and routine systems?

  Taylor, C., Benova, L. & van Olmen, J.

  19/04/23 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Optimizing screening practice for gestational diabetes mellitus in primary healthcare facilities in Tanzania

  Kikula, A. I., Benova, L., Peñalvo, J. L., Pembe, A. B., Kaushik, R. & Sirili, N.

  1/01/23 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• 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

• Is mistreatment of women during facility-based childbirth an independent risk factor for postpartum depression? A mixed methods prospective study in Ethiopia and Guinea

  Asefa, A., Marchal, B., Delamou, A., Gebremedhin, S., Benova, L. & Van Aerde, K.

  Research Fund - Flanders

  1/10/22 → 30/09/25

  Project: Mandate

• Investigating the feasibility of providing injectable PrEP for HIV Prevention in Flanders

  Reyniers, T., De Baetselier, I., Nöstlinger, C., Kenyon, C., Hensen, B. & Van Aerde, K.

  Research Fund - Flanders

  1/10/22 → 30/09/26

  Project: Research 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

• 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., Fiorentino, M., Hensen, B., Van Aerde, K. & Van Aerde, K.

  Research Fund - Flanders

  31/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• Promoten van seksuele gezondheid en preventie van hiv & soa Terreinwerking voor seksuele gezondheid bij sub-Saharaans- Afrikaanse migranten in Vlaanderen

  Manirankunda, L., Ddungu, C., Nöstlinger, C., Hensen, B., Storme, A. & Storme, A.

  Flemish Government - Agency for Care & Health

  1/01/22 → 31/12/24

  Project: Service

• FA5 BURKINA FASO: Improve research capacity in infectious disease to inform policy & control strategies

  Rosanas-Urgell, A., Jacobs, J., Peeters, K., Vuylsteke, B., Mutsaers, M., Eddyani, M., Hyland, P. & Stas, M.

  Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Development 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

• 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

• 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. & Van Aerde, K.

  Research Fund - Flanders

  1/10/21 → 30/09/24

  Project: Mandate

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

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

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  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

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

  Van Belle, S., Benova, L., Van Damme, W., Bhojani, U., Ssengooba, F. & Ielegems, A.

  Research Fund - Flanders

  1/11/20 → 31/10/24

  Project: Mandate

• 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

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

  Belgian Development Agency

  15/09/20 → 15/12/23

  Project: Research 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

• 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

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

  Benova, L., Marchal, B., Castellano Pleguezuelo, V., Semaan, A., Snijders, R. & Van Aerde, K.

  European Commission

  1/01/20 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research Project

• Understanding why and how adolescent friendly conditions of health services affect the health outcomes of Nigerian adolescents living with HIV

  Badejo, O. A., Laga, M., Nöstlinger, C., Van Belle, S., Wouters, E. & Jolayemi, T.

  1/01/19 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• PreP_OPTIMIZE: Optimise PrEP to Maximise Impact

  Vuylsteke, B., Reyniers, T., Nöstlinger, C., Laga, M., Hensen, B., Loos, J., Apers, H., Rotsaert, A., Vanhamel, J., Segers, G., Smekens, T., Van Landeghem, E., Vanbaelen, T., Van Mieghem, H., Scheerder, G. & Van Aerde, K.

  Research Fund - Flanders

  1/01/19 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• Improving facility delivery and postpartum care coverage through facility and community based intervention in the post-Ebola context in rural Guinea

  Camara, B. S., Peeters, K., Delvaux, T., Gerrets, R., de Kok, B. & Delamou, A.

  1/01/19 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• PReGo: Preventing Resistance in Gonorrhoea Study

  Kenyon, C., Buyze, J., Crucitti, T., Vuylsteke, B., Yusuf, E., De Wit, S., Pirnay, J., Soentjens, P. & Khamunde, J. A.

  Research Fund - Flanders

  1/10/18 → 30/09/24

  Project: Research Project

• Finished

  Standardised monitoring tool of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA)

  Laga, M., Nöstlinger, C., Vuylsteke, B., Vanhamel, J. & Ielegems, A.

  European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

  30/04/21 → 29/04/22

  Project: Service

• Contribuer au renforcement de capacités du Centre Maferinyahdans lorganisation de la formation (médicale) continue et la recherche en Guinée

  Van Damme, W., van de Put, W., Delvaux, T. & Everaert, R.

  Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid

  1/01/21 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• Het Belgische en mondiale beleid voor een betere gezondheid in de wereld wordt gevoed door gezamenlijke geproduceerde en beheerde kennis en beleidsbeïnvloedingsinitiatieven.

  Roosen, T. & Delvaux, T.

  Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid

  1/01/21 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• To finalise the analysis and related sub-products of a scoping review of measures taken to maintain the provision and the use of essential services for MNCAAH (Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing)

  Benova, L. & Everaert, R.

  World Health Organisation

  9/12/20 → 15/02/21

  Project: Service

• Documenting stillbirths and early neonatal deaths to improve maternal and newborn health in Cambodia

  Delvaux, T., Benova, L. & Everaert, R.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  20/10/20 → 20/10/21

  Project: Research Project

• Projet Promotion des Droits Sexuels et Reproductifs / Elle Décide

  Delvaux, T., van de Put, W., Van Damme, W. & Ielegems, A.

  Belgian Development Agency

  14/10/20 → 26/06/23

  Project: Service

• Impact of Covid-19 on Maternal Health

  Benova, L. & Everaert, R.

  British Embassy

  1/10/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research Project

• Support in getting insights in SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics in Brussels region and support the detection of clusters

  Laga, M., Peckeu, L., Smekens, T. & Everaert, R.

  GGC

  1/10/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Service

• Beter begrijpen van Covid-19 uitbraken in Woonzorg centra (WZC) in Vlaanderen, een epidemiologisch onderzoek

  Laga, M., Everaert, R. & Peckeu, L.

  Flemish Government - Agency for Care & Health

  1/10/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research Project

• Global study of MATernal health provision during COVID-19 pandemic with embedded case study of megamaternities in sub-Saharan Africa

  Benova, L., Semaan, A., Asefa, A. & Everaert, R.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/04/20 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research Project

• Promoten van seksuele gezondheid en preventie van hiv Terreinwerking voor seksuele gezondheid bij sub-Saharaans-Afrikaanse Migranten

  Manirankunda, L., Ddungu, C., Nöstlinger, C., Laga, M. & Ceulemans, M.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/01/20 → 31/12/20

  Project: Service

• HIV and migration in European Union/European Economic Area.

  Nöstlinger, C., Van Landeghem, E. & Ielegems, A.

  World Health Organisation

  18/12/19 → 31/12/22

  Project: Service

• Examining barriers to providing good quality postnatal care:A mixed-methods study of global configurations of care and local clinical practice adaptations in Tanzania and Guinea.

  Benova, L., Laga, M. & Everaert, R.

  Research Fund - Flanders

  1/11/19 → 31/10/22

  Project: Mandate

• Accord spécifique de coopération relative à la consolidation des formations à distance en e-learning dans le cadre de l' intervention n°5 du portefeuille de Guinée intitulée:"Projet de Formations, Etudes et Expertises" activité 2.2 du résultat 2 intitulé "Les ressources humaines au sein des institutions/organisations, acteurs du programme de coopération sont plus performantes

  Van Damme, W., Everaert, R. & Delvaux, T.

  Belgian Development Agency

  20/10/19 → 19/08/21

  Project: Education project

• Improving Sexually Transmitted Infection diagnostics and control among Men who have sex with Men in low-and high-resource settings

  De Baetselier, I., Kenyon, C., Vanham, G., Vuylsteke, B. & Crucitti, T.

  11/04/19 → 13/09/21

  Project: PhD-project

• Promoten van seksuele gezondheid en preventie van hiv terreinwerking voor seksuele gezondheid bij sub-Sarahaans-Afrikaanse Migranten

  Manirankunda, L., Ddungu, C., Nöstlinger, C., Laga, M. & Ceulemans, M.

  Flemish Government - Agency for Care & Health

  1/01/19 → 31/12/19

  Project: Service

• la PrEP comme nouvel outil pour la prévention du VIH combinéune étude qualitative complémentaire d'un projet de démonstration de la PrEP en cours chez les HSH en Afriquede l'Ouest

  Laga, M., Everaert, R. & Reyniers, T.

  Agence National de Recherche sur le sida & les hépatites virales

  1/08/18 → 31/07/21

  Project: Research Project

• CAMBODIA - 2018 - FA4: National Institutes in Cambodia have increased capacity to generate evidence for the management of health problems and for the strengthening of the health system in Cambodia.

  Lynen, L., Jacobs, J., De Baetselier, I., De Weggheleire, A., Smekens, B., Stassijns, J., Van Damme, W., van de Put, W., Delvaux, T. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• CohMSM-PrEP: Access to Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for Men Who Have Sex With Men: Acceptability and Feasibility in Community-based Clinics in West Africa

  Laga, M., Vuylsteke, B., Cuylaerts, V., De Baetselier, I., Van Aerde, K. & Everaert, R.

  The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

  1/12/17 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research Project

• RBF-TBCare: Designing and evaluating provider results-based financing for tuberculosis care in Georgia: understanding costs, mechanisms of effect and impacts

  Marchal, B., Omolade Abejirinde, I. O., Nebot Giralt, A., Van Aerde, K. & Everaert, R.

  MRC/ESRC/DfID/Wellcome Trust , Medical Research Council

  1/03/17 → 1/03/21

  Project: Research Project

• HIV/SAM 2017: Promoten van seksuele gezondheid en preventie van hiv Terreinwerking voor seksuele gezondheid bij sub- Saharaans-Afrikaanse Migranten

  Manirankunda, L., Ddungu, C., Adobea, D., Nöstlinger, C., Laga, M. & Ceulemans, M.

  Flemish Government - Agency for Care & Health

  1/01/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Service