Tropical Infectious Diseases Research Group

Projects

Projects per year 2008 2015 2017 2018 2019 2021 2025

• 29 Active
• 59 Finished

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• 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

• Vaccine Hesitancy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Understanding the Spread of Misinformation

  Peeters, K. & Everaert, R.

  British Embassy

  1/10/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research Project

• Understanding social vulnerability for malaria control and elimination

  Dierickx, S., Peeters, K., Hardon, A. & Nguyen, V. K.

  22/01/14 → 4/10/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Towards the control of scabies and associated skin infections in Western Australia's remote Aboriginal communities: A Community-based approach

  Hendrickx, D., Boelaert, M., Walker, R. & Carapetis, J.

  10/07/13 → 30/04/18

  Project: PhD-project

• CUBA - 2018 - FA4: To strengthen Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri (IPK, Cuba) and National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology (INHEM, Cuba) towards accomplishment of their academic mission through capacity building and scientific co-operation.

  Boelaert, M., Vanlerberghe, V., Battaglioli, T. C. E., De Baetselier, I., de Jong, B., Torrea, G., Ariën, K., Heyndrickx, L. & Everaert, R.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• The interplay of sense making and decision-making processes on treatment and prevention of Nodding Syndrome by different stakeholders: an ethnographic exploration in Cameroon, Tanzania and Uganda

  Irani, J., Peeters, K., Pool, R. & Gerrets, R.

  19/10/17 → 15/07/21

  Project: PhD-project

• The clinical management of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in India

  Burza, S., Boelaert, M. & Van Geertruyden, J.

  22/01/15 → 11/06/19

  Project: PhD-project

• The challenge of equitable perinatal mental health coverage through local health systems in rural Uganda

  Sarkar, N., Criel, B., Bunders - Aelen, J. G. F., Peeters, K. & Bardaji, A.

  30/04/15 → 22/10/20

  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, K., 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

• KalaCORE: Supporting the national Vector Control strategy in Nepal through capacity development

  Boelaert, M., Cloots, K., Ostyn, B. & Paessens, E.

  Mott MacDonald Limited

  1/01/16 → 28/02/19

  Project: Development 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Eliminatie van slaapziekte in DRC

  Boelaert, M. & Everaert, R.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development 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

• 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

• 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

• CPP: Coronavirus Pandemic Preparedness project

  Peeters, K. & Everaert, R.

  Koning Boudewijnstichting

  15/01/21 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research 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

• 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

• 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

• 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