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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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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, T., Braet, S., Tzfadia, O., Everaert, R. & Ramanantsoa, A.
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Research Project
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Communication in neglected tropical diseases' elimination: a scoping review and call for action
Nieto-Sanchez, C., Hatley, D. M., Grijalva, M. J., Peeters Grietens, K. & Bates, B. R., 2022, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 16, 10, 22 p., e0009774.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Doing 'reciprocity work': the role of fieldworkers in a mass drug administration trial in The Gambia
Fehr, A., Nieto-Sanchez, C., Muela, J., Manneh, E., Baldeh, D., Ceesay, O., D'Alessandro, U., Dabira, E., Kingori, P., Peeters Grietens, K., Bardají, A., Bunders-Aelen, J. & Zuiderent-Jerak, T., 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Global Public Health. p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Doubt at the core: unspoken vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers
Heyerdahl, L. W., Dielen, S., Nguyen, T., Van Riet, C., Kattumana, T., Simas, C., Vandaele, N., Vandamme, A-M., Vandermeulen, C., Giles-Vernick, T., Larson, H., Peeters Grietens, K. & Gryseels, C., 2022, In: Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 12, 2 p., 100289.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Drawings as tools to (re)imagine space in interdisciplinary global health research
Dens, S., Nieto-Sanchez, C., De Los Santos, M., Hawer, T., Haile, A., Solari, K., Cisneros, J., Vega, V., Solomon, K., Addissie, A., Yewhalaw, D., Otero, L., Peeters Grietens, K., Verdonck, K. & Van Acker, M., 2022, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 10, 985430.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Facilitators and barriers to status disclosure and partner testing of women living with HIV in Indonesia: a mixed methods study
Rahmalia, A., Wisaksana, R., Laga, M., van Crevel, R. & Grietens, K. P., 2022, In: Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters. 30, 1, 15 p., 2028971.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review