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Prof. Koen Peeters is tenure-track professor and heads the Unit of Medical Anthropology at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. Prof Peeters is also a senior lecturer at the Nagasaki University School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health. He holds a PhD in social and cultural anthropology and has conducted extensive research on sociocultural factors related to infectious disease transmission dynamics, perceptions on health and illness, and their impact on the effectiveness of prevention, control and elimination strategies.
His professional experience is characterised by high international mobility and extensive field research in low-income countries, including West Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD
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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
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Humanitarianism as a Form of Government: Interactions in Aid, Meaning-Making, and Well-being for Helpers of Refugees in Greece and Germany, a Multi-sited, Transdisciplinary Ethnography
Witcher, A. L., Peeters, K., Gerrets, R., Kalir, B., Krause, K. & Fumadó Perez, V.
11/04/19 → …
Project: PhD-project
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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
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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
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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
Research output
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Further evidence needed to change policy for the safe and effective radical cure of vivax malaria: insights from the 2019 annual APMEN Vivax Working Group meeting
Ruwanpura, V. S. H., Nowak, S., Gerth-Guyette, E., Theodora, M., Dysoley, L., Haile, M., Peeters Grietens, K., Price, R. N., Lynch, C. A. & Thriemer, K., 2021, In : Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies. 35 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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In pursuit of a cure: the plural therapeutic landscape of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in Cameroon - a mixed methods study
Ronse, M., Irani, J., Gryseels, C., Smekens, T., Ekukole, S., Teh Monteh, C., Tatah Ntaimah, P., Dierickx, S., Verdonck, K., Colebunders, R., Njamnshi, A. K., O'Neill, S. & Peeters Grietens, K., 2021, In : PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 15, 2, p. e0009206Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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Interventions to increase facility births and provision of postpartum care in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review
Camara, B. S., Delamou, A., Grovogui, F. M., de Kok, B. C., Benova, L., El Ayadi, A. M., Gerrets, R., Grietens, K. P. & Delvaux, T., 2021, In : Reproductive Health. 18, 1, p. 16 22 p., 16.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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Understanding adherence to reactive treatment of asymptomatic malaria infections in The Gambia
Jaiteh, F., Okebe, J., Masunaga, Y., D'Alessandro, U., Achan, J., Gryseels, C., de Vries, D., Ribera, J. M. & Grietens, K. P., 2021, In : Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 10 p., 1746.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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Diagnostic practices and treatment for P. vivax in the interethnic therapeutic encounter of South-Central Vietnam: a mixed-methods study
Nguyen, T. T., Nguyen, X. X., Ronse, M., Nguyen, Q. T., Ho, P. Q., Tran, D. T., Gerrets, R., Thriemer, K., Ley, B., Marfurt, J., Price, R. N., Peeters Grietens, K. & Gryseels, C., 2020, In : Pathogens. 10, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article