Tropical Infectious Diseases Research Group

Projects

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• 37 Active
• 62 Finished

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• Finished

  Impact of the clinical trials on the health behaviours of the communities and the quality of the health services in West and East Africa

  D'Alessandro, U., Peeters, K., Ravinetto, R. & Desager, S.

  The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership

  6/06/11 → 6/06/13

  Project: Research Project

• FEM Health: Assessing the impact of fee exemption on maternal health in West Africa and Morocco: new tools, new knowledge

  Meessen, B., Marchal, B., Richard, F., Korachais, C., Van der Veken, K., Lucet, C., De Brouwere, V. & Everaert, R.

  European Commission

  1/01/11 → 31/03/14

  Project: Research Project

• Modelling transmission dynamics for malaria control and elimination in Peru

  Rosas Aguirre, A. M., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Erhart, A., Speybroeck, N. & Llanos-Cuentas, A.

  1/01/11 → 16/11/15

  Project: PhD-project

• NIDIAG : Syndromic approach to neglected infectious diseases (NID) at primary health care level : an international collaboration on integrated diagnosis-treatment platforms

  Boelaert, M., Büscher, P., Jacobs, J., Ravinetto, R., Polman, K., Bottieau, E., Verdonck, T., Barbé, B., van Griensven, J., Hendrickx, D., van Loen, H., Buyze, J., Meheus, F., Paessens, E. & Everaert, R.

  European Commission

  1/11/10 → 30/04/16

  Project: Research Project

• Plasmodium vivax genotyping and modelling: a new tool for malaria control in Central Vietnam

  Pham, V. T., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Erhart, A., Speybroeck, N. & Hung, L. X.

  1/09/10 → 6/09/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Promoting HTLV-1 blood transfusion safety in an endemic country. Towards expanded, evidence-based HTLV-1 control strategies of Peruvian Blood Banks

  Gonzalez Lagos, E. V., Boelaert, M., Vanham, G. & Gotuzzo, E.

  1/03/10 → 31/12/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Controle de l'Ulcère de Buruli dans le territoire de Songololo en République Démocratique du congo: Impact de la décentralisation et de l'intégration des activités de lutte dans les services de santé de base.

  Phanzu, M. D., Boelaert, M., Ieven, M., Lutumba, P. & Portaels, F.

  1/12/09 → 16/04/15

  Project: PhD-project

• HAT-PolyB VL: Polyclonal B-cell activation in human African tryponosomiasis (HAT): impact on acquired immunity and on rapid diagnostic tests.

  Büscher, P., van Griensven, J., Boelaert, M., Lejon, V., Jacobs, J., Kestens, L., Fransen, C., Bottieau, E., OKENGE, A., Atua, B., MUMBA, D., Muyembe, J., MABIALA, M., Lutumba, P. & Kande, V.

  1/09/09 → 31/12/12

  Project: Research Project

• Validity and feasability of use of a rapid and innovative test for detection of Multi Drug Resistant (MDR) TB cases in Kinshasa, DRC

  Kaswa-Kayomo, M., Boelaert, M., Van Deun, A. & Muyembe, J.

  1/03/09 → 6/07/18

  Project: PhD-project

• KALADRUG-R: New tools for monitoring drug resistance and treatment response in visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent

  Dujardin, J., Boelaert, M., Ostyn, B. & Desager, S.

  European Commission

  1/11/08 → 30/04/13

  Project: Research Project

• P. Vivax morbidity after radical cure treatment in the Peruvian Amazon region

  Soto Calle, V. E., D'Alessandro, U., Erhart, A., Speybroeck, N. & Llanos-Cuentas, A.

  1/09/08 → 12/01/17

  Project: PhD-project

• Latent Variable Models in Diagnostic Medicine with Applications to Visceral Leishmaniasis Research

  Menten, J., Boelaert, M., Lesaffre, E. & Verbeke, G.

  1/05/08 → 24/03/15

  Project: PhD-project

• Active

  COINCIDE: Impact of reducing colistin use in humans and poultry in Indonesia

  Peeters, K., Schneiders, M. & Ielegems, A.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/06/22 → 31/05/25

  Project: Research Project

• JPPP research project: A pilot project to prepare for the Urban health systems, shocks and resilience: what can we learn from COVID-19? project

  Marchal, B., Polman, K., Van Belle, S., Verdonck, T., Michielsen, J., Nieto Sanchez, C. & Everaert, R.

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  1/04/22 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research 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

• 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.

  DGD

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Development project

• FA5 RDC_OC1: Strengthen research and education capacities in the partner institutes (INRB, CRSK, ESP) in DRC (Outcome 1) - Support to interruption of transmission of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) by 2030 (Outcome 2)

  Vanlerberghe, V., Verlé, P., Nicco, E., Van Cauwenberg, I., Everaert, R., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Mutsaers, M., de Jong, B., Van Den Abbeele, J., Dermauw, V., Ariën, K., Hauner, A., Monsieurs, P. & Van Bortel, W.

  DGD

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Development project

• FA5 VIETNAM: Capacity building & policy support in parasitological disease

  Kattenberg, J. H., Peeters, K., Dermauw, V. & Stas, M.

  DGD

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Development project

• FA5 NEPAL: Evidence-based vector-borne disease management and elimination of visceral leishmaniasis in Nepal

  Hasker, E., Cloots, K., Müller, R., Van der Auwera, G., de Gooyer, T. & Everaert, R.

  DGD

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Development project

• FA5 PERU: Better policies and less infectious diseases in Peru and Latin America

  Van der Auwera, G., Verdonck, T., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Mutsaers, M., Nieto Sanchez, C., Müller, R., Bartholomeeusen, K., Eddyani, M., Hyland, P. & Stas, M.

  DGD

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Development project

• FA5 RWANDA: Make Rwandan institutes leaders in infectious disease prevention, diagnosis and control

  Rigouts, L., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Kattenberg, J. H., de Jong, B., Cuella Martin, I., Mitchell, E., Theunissen, C., Polman, K., Trevisan, C., Ravinetto, R., Roosen, T. & Janssens, N.

  DGD

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Development 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

• 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

• 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. & Janssens, A.

  Global Health Innovative Technology Fund

  27/08/21 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research Project

• Effectiveness of innovative interventions on curbing transmission of leprosy

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

  30/06/21 → …

  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

• 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

• 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, T., Braet, S., Tzfadia, O., Everaert, R. & Ramanantsoa, A.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research Project

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

  Peeters, K., Gryseels, C., Schneiders, M., Dielen, S., Nguyen, T., Vandamme, A., Vandaele, N., Vandermeulen, C., Giles-Vernick, T., Larson, H. J. & Everaert, R.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/11/20 → 31/10/23

  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

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

  Benova, L., Marchal, B., Castellano Pleguezuelo, V., Semaan, A., Snijders, R. & Janssens, A.

  European Commission

  1/01/20 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research 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

• 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

• An economic evaluation of strategies for sleeping sickness elimination

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

  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

• 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

• CHARHAT-DRC: Cryptic human and animal reservoirs compromise the sustainedelimination of gambiense-human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  Van Reet, N., Boelaert, M., Inocêncio da Luz, R., Miaka, E. M., Phanzu, D. M., Mumba-Ngoyi, D., Mposhi, M., Stas, M. & Hasker, E.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/12/18 → 30/11/23

  Project: Research Project

• ZCL Morocco: A systemic insecticide to control zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Errachidia province - Southeastern Morocco: an intervention trial for an innovative vector control tool

  Hasker, E., Bennis, I., Sunyoto, T., Cloots, K., Van Bortel, W., Poche, R. M., Poche, D. M., Janssens, A. & Hasker, E.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/11/18 → 31/07/23

  Project: Research Project

• Innovative strategies to ascertain the Elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Nepal

  Cloots, K., Hasker, E. & Vlas, de, S. J.

  11/07/18 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• An anthropological analysis of the community participatory approach of a malaria elimination trial in The Gambia: determinants for community members’ participation

  Masunaga, Y., Peeters, K. & Gerrets, R.

  11/07/18 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• A transdisciplinary study of the ethical implications of adolescent enrollment in a clinical trial in The Gambia

  Fehr, A. E. T., Peeters, K. & Bunders, J.

  26/04/18 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Exploring the Ethical issues in Clinical Research with Pregnant Women in low resource settings; and acceptability of interventions for pregnant women: An Ethnography Of The Pregnanzi-2 Trial In The Gambia

  Njue, M. W., Peeters, K., Gerrets, R. & Badaji, A.

  29/01/18 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Targeting residual malaria transmission among the Ra‐glai ethnic minority in Vietnam using a transdisciplinary approach

  Nguyen, T. T., Peeters, K., Gryseels, C., Gerrets, R. & Nguyen, X. X.

  1/08/17 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• TRYP-ELIM-BDD: Eliminating Human African Trypanosomiasis in the three (formerly) Bandundu provinces, the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  Philips, S. & Hasker, E.

  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  1/11/16 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research Project

• Designing an innovative malaria elimination strategy based on reactive case and community participation: a mixed-­‐methods study

  Jaiteh, F., Peeters, K., Masunaga, Y., Gerrets, R. & Achan, J.

  1/10/15 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Antigen discovery for the diagnosis of invasive salmonellosis: A targeted proteomics approach

  Saleh, S., Büscher, P. & Gevaert, K.

  22/01/15 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Mesure et modelisation de la mortalité due au paludisme dans la zone de superveiillance démographique de Nanoro, Burkina Faso

  Derra, K., D'Alessandro, U., Erhart, A., Bocquier, P. & Haliodu, T.

  1/01/12 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Assessment of Co-Infections as Determinants of Treatment Failure in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

  Martinez Medina, D., Boelaert, M., Dujardin, J. & Llanos-Cuentas, A.

  1/11/10 → …

  Project: PhD-project