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Professor Koen Peeters Grietens heads the Socio-ecological Health Research Unit at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. He is senior lecturer at Nagasaki University and is affiliated to the Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research.
He holds a PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology and has conducted extensive research on sociocultural factors related to infectious disease transmission dynamics, community perceptions on health and illness, and their impact on the effectiveness of disease prevention, control and elimination strategies.
His professional experience is characterized by high international mobility and extensive field research in low-income countries in West Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia.
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PhD
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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
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Control of urban malaria transmitted by Anopheles stephensi in Ethiopia: development of context sensitive vector control interventions for use in houses
Egid, B., Peeters, K., Wilson, A. L. & Weetman, D.
3/11/21 → …
Project: PhD-project
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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
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CEASE: Controlling emergent Anopheles stephensi in Ethiopia and Sudan
Peeters, K., Jaiteh, F. & Everaert, R.
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Research Project
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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, K., Braet, S., Tzfadia, O. & Everaert, R.
Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Research Project
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Guest editorial: Misdirection in global health creating the illusion of (im)possible alternatives in global health research and practice
Peeters Grietens, K., Friesen, P., Gerrets, R., Kuhn, G., Kingori, P. & Douglas-Jones, R., 2022, In : Science and Technology Studies. 35, 2, p. 2-12 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Misdirection - magic, psychology and its application
Kuhn, G., Kingori, P. & Peeters Grietens, K., 2022, In : Science and Technology Studies. 35, 2, p. 13-29 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A2: International peer reviewed article (not A1-type)
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Modern contraceptive use among adolescent girls and young women in Benin: a mixed-methods study
Ahissou, N. C. A., Benova, L., Delvaux, T., Gryseels, C., Dossou, J-P., Goufodji, S., Kanhonou, L., Boyi, C., Vigan, A., Peeters, K., Sato, M. & Matsui, M., 2022, In : BMJ Open. 12, 1, e054188.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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'There were moments we wished she could just die': the highly gendered burden of nodding syndrome in Northern Uganda
Irani, J., Rujumba, J., Mwaka, A. D., Arach, J., Lanyuru, D., Idro, R., Colebunders, R., Gerrets, R., Grietens, K. P. & O'Neill, S., 2022, In : Qualitative Health Research. 13 p., 10497323221085941.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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Complexities in defining the unit of intervention for reactive community-based malaria treatment in the Gambia
Jaiteh, F., Ribera, J. M., Masunaga, Y., Okebe, J., D'Alessandro, U., Balen, J., Achan, J., Gerrets, R. & Peeters Grietens, K., 2021, In : Frontiers in Public Health. 9, 9 p., 601152.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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