Tropical Infectious Diseases Research Group

Projects

Projects per year 2008 2015 2017 2018 2019 2021 2026

• 29 Active
• 60 Finished

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• Access to Care to Leishmaniasis Treatment in Africa

  Sunyoto, T., Boelaert, M., Picado De Puig, A. & Potet, J.

  15/01/16 → 25/06/19

  Project: PhD-project

• TRYP-ELIM: A demonstration project combining innovative case detection, tsetse control and IT to eliminate sleeping sickness at district level in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  Boelaert, M., Hasker, E., Claeys, Y., Snijders, R. & Croon, A.

  BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUDATION

  21/10/15 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research Project

• Screening HAT: Alternative screening and case finding methodology for HAT and introduction support for new diagnostic tools

  Boelaert, M., Hasker, E. & Everaert, R.

  BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUDATION

  20/09/13 → 31/12/15

  Project: Research Project

• Nodding: An Interdisciplinary Study Contributing to the Identification of the Cause of Nodding Syndrome In Four Countries

  O'Neill, S., Peeters, K., Verdonck, K., Madder, M., Boelaert, M. & Everaert, R.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/08/14 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• MASSIV: Anthropological research and community participation to facilitate mass drug administration of iverctmetin and dyhidroartemisin-piperaquine as an additional intervention for malaria elimination

  D'Alessandro, U., Baltussen, R., Slater, H., Nwakanma, D., Drakely, C., Bousema, T., Kandeh, B., Bradley, J., Peeters, K., Nieto Sanchez, C., Muela Ribera, J., Bastiaens, G., Affara, M., Achan, J. & Everaert, R.

  Medical Research Council

  1/01/18 → 30/09/20

  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

• AZM4NTD: Azithromycin and opportunities for integrated control of Neglected Tropical Diseases

  Inocêncio da Luz, R., Boelaert, M. & Paessens, E.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

  1/11/18 → 31/01/20

  Project: Research Project

• DRC - FA4: Building capacity for health research in three DRC partner institutions Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (IRNB), Ecole de Santé Publique de l’Université de Lubumbashi (ESP) en Centre de Recherche Sanitaire de Kimpese (CRS), and rationalize the fight against Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) while strengthening local health systems with the support of all partners.

  Boelaert, M., Jacobs, J., Büscher, P., Polman, K., Rigouts, L., Dorny, P., Hardy, L., Corsmit, E., Roucher, C., Eddyani, M., Dermauw, V., Bebronne, N., Snijders, R., Inocêncio da Luz, R., Van Cauwenberg, I. & Everaert, R.

  DGD

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• Clinical care and sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV in Indonesia

  Rahmalia, A., Peeters, K., van der Ven, A., van Crevel, R. & Wisaksana, R.

  12/10/21 → 12/10/21

  Project: PhD-project

• COSMIC: Community-based scheduled screening and treatment of malariain pregnancy for improved maternal and infant health : a cluster-randomized trial

  Peeters, K. & Everaert, R.

  European Commission

  1/09/12 → 31/05/17

  Project: Research Project

• Connected Care: Reconfiguration of care for the elderly in Indian transnational families

  Ahlin, T., Peeters, K. & Pols, J.

  14/07/14 → 14/02/20

  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

• EUROLEISHNET: Control of leishmaniasis, from bench to bedside and community

  Boelaert, M., Büscher, P., Dujardin, J., Sunyoto, T., Kühne, V., Zolfo, M. & Everaert, R.

  European Commission

  1/01/15 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• CPP: Coronavirus Pandemic Preparedness project

  Peeters, K. & Everaert, R.

  Koning Boudewijnstichting

  15/01/21 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research Project

• MalaSpot: Eco epidemiology of asymptomatic malaria hotspots, a prerequisite for malaria elimination?

  Van Bortel, W., Coosemans, M., Peeters, K. & Debois, D.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/11/14 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• BOFFA GUINEA: Effectiveness of tiny target technology in controlling tsetse vectors for HAT - Boffa study in Guinea

  Lehane, M., Boelaert, M., Thys, S. & Paessens, E.

  Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

  1/05/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• PROPEL: Effect of maternal Pneumococcal vaccination on early life

  Clarke, E., Peeters, K., Kampmann, B., Antonio, M., Jeffries, D. & Everaert, R.

  Medical Research Council, United Kingdom

  1/04/15 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• Eliminatie van slaapziekte in DRC

  Boelaert, M. & Everaert, R.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• Elimination de la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine en République Démocratique du Congo : étude du processus d’intégration des activités de lutte dans les services de santé de base

  Mulenga Cilundika, P., Boelaert, M., Coppieters, Y., Chenge, M. F. & Lutumba, P.

  1/03/17 → 12/02/20

  Project: PhD-project

• MEN SPEAK OUT: Engaging Men in female genital mutilation prevention in Europe

  O'Neill, S. & Peeters, K.

  European Commission

  1/01/15 → 31/12/16

  Project: Research Project

• ESAHIVCOINFRES: European and South African HIV co-infection research consortium

  Kenyon, C., Meehan, C. & Sy, H.

  European Commission

  1/11/11 → 31/10/15

  Project: Research Project

• CYSTINET: European network on Taeniosis/Cysticercosis

  Dorny, P., Gabriël, S., Jansen, F., Thys, S., Dermauw, V., Smit, S. & De Smet, S.

  26/11/13 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• Facteurs socioculturels et contrôle de la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine (THA)

  Mpanya, K. A., Boelaert, M., Dujardin, B. & Lutumba, P.

  17/04/13 → 10/07/15

  Project: PhD-project

• Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 as a promoter of tuberculosis in a country with low HIV prevalence

  Mejia Cordero, F. A., Boelaert, M., Battaglioli, T. C. E., Van der Stuyft, P., Seas, C. & Otero, L.

  1/08/17 → 31/07/19

  Project: PhD-project

• 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.

  European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership

  6/06/11 → 6/06/13

  Project: Research Project

• R2STOP Leprosy: Improved understanding of ongoing transmission of leprosy in the Comoros, a region hyperendemic for the disease

  de Jong, B., Hasker, E., Assoumani, Y., Suffys, P. & Janssens, N.

  Research to STOP neglected tropical disease transmission

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research Project

• Improving clinical care of Febrile Illnesses in Nepal

  Koirala, K. D., Boelaert, M., Chappuis, F. & Rijal, S.

  1/06/14 → 5/02/21

  Project: PhD-project

• SKIN-Leish: Infectiousness in asymptomatic carriers of L. Donovani

  Boelaert, M., Cloots, K., Hasker, E., Van der Auwera, G., Karki, P., Sundar, S. & Everaert, R.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  15/10/17 → 14/01/19

  Project: Research 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

• Le contrôle de la leishmaniose cutanée au Maroc

  Bennis, I., Boelaert, M., De Brouwere, V., Dujardin, J. & Sahibi, H.

  15/02/14 → 3/05/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Management of Visceral Leishmanisis in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India

  Malaviya, P., Boelaert, M., Van Geertruyden, J. & Sundar, S.

  14/06/12 → 30/04/15

  Project: PhD-project

• Methodological and ethical challenges in sponsorship of non-commercial North-South collaborative research

  Ravinetto, R., Boelaert, M., Casteels, M. & De Nys, K.

  14/01/12 → 27/01/16

  Project: PhD-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

• 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

• Non-commercial clinical research in neglected tropical diseases

  Goyal, V., Boelaert, M., Ravinetto, R., Christiaens, T. & Rijal, S.

  11/07/18 → 31/12/20

  Project: PhD-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

• 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 → 15/12/21

  Project: Research Project

• Perception of neglected zoonotic diseases among livestock owners in Africa: the One Health approach

  Thys, S., Boelaert, M., Dorny, P., Dorny, P. & Gabriël, S.

  14/10/15 → 11/09/19

  Project: PhD-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

• 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

• PregnAnZI: Pre-delivery administration of azithromycin to prevent neonatal sepsis and death: a phase III double-blind randomized clinical trial

  Peeters, K. & Everaert, R.

  Medical Research Council, United Kingdom

  1/01/18 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research Project

• RHASA: Preparing for clinical trials of interventions to improve the reproductive health of adolescent girls in sub Saharan Africa

  Buvé, A., O'Neill, S., Crucitti, T. & Everaert, R.

  European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership

  1/12/12 → 30/11/14

  Project: Research Project

• Prevalence, Risk Drivers and Locally Feasible Solutions for Brucellosis Control in Peri-Urban Small Holding Dairy Farms: A One Health Study

  Chauhan, A. S., Boelaert, M. & Antoine - Moussiaux, N.

  12/01/17 → 20/05/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Preventing vector-borne disease outbreaks in emergent peri-urban settings: a transdisciplinary study on the Integrated Housing Development Programme in Jimma, Ethiopia

  Peeters, K. & Everaert, R.

  Medical Research Council, United Kingdom

  1/07/19 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research 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 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research 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

• RHOST: Reactive Household-based Self-administered Treatment against residual malaria transmission in a cluster-randomised trial

  D'Alessandro, U., Peeters, K., Okebe, J., Yeung, S., Nwakanma, D., Di Tanna, G. L., Bradley, J., Balen, J. & Everaert, R.

  Medical Research Council, United Kingdom

  1/10/15 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research Project

• Residual malaria transmission and additional control measures to long-lasting insecticidal nets in Cambodia: an anthropological study

  Gryseels, C., Peeters, K., Hardon, A. & Gerrets, R.

  10/07/13 → 9/05/17

  Project: PhD-project

• ArboviroseTrans : Role of human movement in relation to popular spots in the spatiotemporal dimension of vectorial arbovirus transmission?

  Vanlerberghe, V., Boelaert, M. & Everaert, R.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/18 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research Project

• PRESTACOV: Sero-prevalence and sero-conversion study of health care workers and their households, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  Vanlerberghe, V. & Ielegems, A.

  Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit

  1/07/20 → 31/05/22

  Project: Research Project