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Research expertise
Health systems, governance, accountability, sexual and reproductive health and rights, realist evaluation, health policy analysis
I have more than 20 years of experience working in research and programme management related to health governance and sexual and reproductive health and rights in LMIC. My research interests include health systems, health governance & accountability, health policy analyis, and the development of new research methodologies for health policy and systems research (realist evaluation, different types of reviews, process tracing,...).
Teaching expertise
I have been the course leader and lecturer of the advanced MscPH course on health policy analysis and governance at ITM. My other teaching assignments included:
-Course leader and lecturer of health policy and systems research methdologies at ITM (Msc Public Health, 2015-2019)
-Lecturer of MPH course modules "qualitative methods" and "social sciences in health" at ITM (MPH, 2008-2011)
-Course coordinator and lecturer "strategies, governance and policy-making in global health" at Sciences Po Paris, School of International Affairs and "International Cooperation in Health" (24h); Fall semester 2015, Spring 2017, 2018 and 2019.
I am coaching several PhD students on health system -health governance and sexual and reproductive health policy issues such as local health system governance, intersectoral coordination, realist evaluation and accountability in SRHR. I am interested in taking on new students related to these subjects.
Services expertise
Programme evaluation, realist evaluation, governance analysis, health policy analysis
I conducted workshops and lectures on evaluation (including realist evaluation). I led programme formulation, implementation and evaluation assignments and research on health governance and sexual and reproductive health policy for organizations (WHO, Enabel, GIZ, ICRC,...) I am currently member of the Reference Group for the realist evaluation of the Min NL funded Right Here Right Now Programme of Rutgers.
Education/Academic qualification
Public health, PhD, Accountability in sexual and reproductive health.How relations between INGOs and state actors shape public accountability – a study of two local health systems in Ghana, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
2009 → 2014
Award Date: 1-Jun-2014
Public Health, Postgraduate DLSHTM, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Award Date: 1-Jun-2009
Political Science / International Relations, MA, Ghent University
Award Date: 1-Sept-2000
Cultural Anthropology, MA, Ghent University
Award Date: 1-Sept-1998
Political and Social Sciences, BA, University of Antwerp
Award Date: 1-Jul-1995
External positions
Honorary Assistant Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
1-Sept-2018 → 30-Dec-2021
Adjunct Faculty, Institute of Public Health
1-Jul-2017 → …
Visiting researcher, University of Antwerp
1-Sept-2015 → 1-Sept-2018
Lecturer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
1-Jul-2012 → 1-Feb-2013
Senior advisor Governance - institutional strengthening, Belgian Development Agency
1-Apr-2011 → 1-Apr-2012
Programme Manager Ghana -Sierra Leone, Africa and Latin America Team, Marie Stopes International
1-Oct-2007 → 1-Jun-2008
M&E Officer, SRH ACP/EU/UNFPA programme, UNFPA regional office Dakar
1-Dec-2005 → 1-Oct-2007
Policy Officer, European Parliament
1-Aug-2001 → 1-Mar-2004
Member, Research Advisory Board, Institute of Public Health
1-Jan-2001 → …
Research fellow, Faculty Political Science, Ghent University
31-Mar-0001 → 31-Dec-0001
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Saving mothers lives using Responsible AI
Van Belle, S., Belrhiti, Z., Assarag, B. & El Basisy, I.
1/01/24 → 1/01/25
Project: Research Project
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YoPAAPE: A Youth-centred Preventive Action Approach towards co-created implementation of socially and Physicall activating Environmental interventions ITM develop an intervention theory for the selected interventions + realist evaluation of the whole study.
Van Belle, S., Van Belle, S., Martens, M., Chin A Paw, M. J. M., Altenburg, T., Klaufus, L., Palmeira, A. L., Nunez Silva, M., Draper, C. E., Pawslowski, C. K., Schipperijn, J. & Oyeyemi, A. L.
1/01/23 → 31/12/27
Project: Research Project
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SCaling Up an integrated care package for diaBetes and hYpertension for vulnerable people (SCUBY): policy analysis and strategy development.
Martens, M., Van Damme, W., Van Belle, S., van Olmen, J., Remmen, R. & Wouters, E.
27/04/22 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Accountability and Collective Action in Urban India: How are Socially Marginalized Adolescent Girls and Young Women organized to Negotiate Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR)?
Contractor, S. Q., Marchal, B., Van Belle, S., Nambiar, D. & Ruano, A. L.
1/01/22 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Performance of community-based ART programmes for key populations in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa
Ibiloye, O. J., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., Van Belle, S., van Olmen, J., Masquillier, C. & Jwanle, P.
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: PhD-project
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Behavioral change interventions, theories, and techniques to reduce physical inactivity and sedentary behavior in the general population: a scoping review
El Kirat, H., van Belle, S., Khattabi, A. & Belrhiti, Z., 2024, In: BMC Public Health. 24, 1, 36 p., 2099.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Evaluation study of the urban governance of the COVID-19 crisis in the city of Antwerp
Bracke, M., Molenaar, J., Colliers, A., Marchal, B., Sanders, D., Van Belle, S., Van Praag, L. & van Olmen, J., 2024, In: BMC Public Health. 24, 1, 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Latent class analysis of barriers to HIV testing services and associations with sexual behaviour and HIV status among adolescents and young adults in Nigeria
Badejo, O., Wouters, E., Van Belle, S., Buve, A., Smekens, T., Jwanle, P., Laga, M. & Nöstlinger, C., 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 4, 23 p., e0300220.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Realist evaluation of a community-based antiretroviral therapy (CBART) programme for key populations in Benue State in Nigeria
Ibiloye, O., Decroo, T., Masquillier, C., Okonkwo, P., Lynen, L., Jwanle, P., van Olmen, J. & van Belle, S., 2024, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 24, 1, 23 p., 892.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Youth-centred participatory action approach towards co-created implementation of socially and physically activating environmental interventions in Africa and Europe: the YoPA project study protocol
Chinapaw, MJM., Klaufus, LH., Oyeyemi, AL., Draper, C., Palmeira, AL., Silva, MN., Van Belle, S., Pawlowski, CS., Schipperijn, J. & Altenburg, TM., 2024, In: BMJ Open. 14, 2, 12 p., e084657.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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