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Thérèse Delvaux is a medical doctor, specialized in obstetrics and gynecology (University of Liège, Belgium). She has over 30 years of experience in the field of sexual and reproductive health. She is scientific expert and senior researcher at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp. She teaches sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and coordinates the advanced Short Course on SRH at ITM.
After working with Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium in Africa (Rwanda, Guinea, Angola) and Asia (Cambodia), she worked at the School of Public Health, Free University of Brussels (ULB), then obtained a MPH in 1996 (Harvard University, USA).
She joined the Unit of HIV/STI Epidemiology and Control at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in 1998. She obtained a PhD degree in 2009 (University of Ghent, Belgium) on the topic “Linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV services: from needs to feasibility and evidence of benefits”.
She is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the scientific journal Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters. She is involved at the Belgian level in the field of international sexual and reproductive health since 2000, first with the Belgian Platform on Population and Development she chaired for 6 years, and currently with the Working Group on Sexual and Reproductive health and Rights (SRHR), within the Belgian International Health Platform Be-cause Health.
Research
- Linkages between sexual and reproductive health and HIV, including prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT); Integrated sexual and reproductive health.
- Family planning services/programs.
- Quality of maternity care, safe abortion and reproductive health services; reproductive health programs.
Teaching expertise
- Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH): Master in Public Health, ITM, Antwerp: PMTCT; introduction to SRH; unsafe abortion/ safe abortion services; family planning; evidence-based medicine in reproductive/maternal health; integrated sexual and reproductive health services (1998/99-current)
- SRH: Master in Public Health –“Mestrado em Saude Publica”, Reproductive Health Option, University E. Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique (2009-current)
- SRH: Post graduate in Tropical Diseases and International Health, ITM, Antwerp: PMTCT; Safe abortion services (2000-current)
- Course Coordination: “International Course on Planning and Management of Reproductive Health Programs”, (1999-2019); Advanced Short Course on SRH
- Coaching: MPH thesis, ITM, Antwerp (1998/99-current); PhD students (2010-current)
Education/Academic qualification
Master
PhD
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Influences on contraceptive method choice among adolescents and youth in sub-Saharan Africa
Calhoun, L., Benova, L., Delvaux, T. & van den Akker, T.
27/04/21 → …
Project: PhD-project
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Advancing the implementation of quality improvement strategies to reduce maternal mortality using realist evaluation: the case of Maternal Death Reviews in Benin
Boyi Spouse Hounsou, M. C., Marchal, B., Delvaux, T., Benova, L., Zweekhorst, M., Ouendo, E. & Dossou, J.
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
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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Contribuer au renforcement de capacités du Centre Maferinyahdans lorganisation de la formation (médicale) continue et la recherche en Guinée
Van Damme, W., van de Put, W., Delvaux, T. & Everaert, R.
Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid
1/01/21 → 31/12/21
Project: Development project
Research output
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Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and neonatal health services in three referral hospitals in Guinea: an interrupted time-series analysis
Millimouno, T. M., Dioubaté, N., Niane, H., Diallo, M. C., Maomou, C., Sy, T., Diallo, I. S., Semaan, A., Delvaux, T., Benova, L. & Delamou, A., 2023, In: Reproductive Health. 20, 1, 13 p., 50.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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How has Guinea learnt from the response to outbreaks? A learning health system analysis
Millimouno, T. M., Meessen, B., Put, W. V. D., Garcia, M., Camara, B. S., Christou, A., Delvaux, T., Sidibé, S., Beavogui, A. H. & Delamou, A., 2023, In: BMJ Global Health . 8, 2, 22 p., e010996.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Length of stay and determinants of early discharge after facility-based childbirth in Cameroon: analysis of the 2018 Demographic and Health Survey
Fouogue, J. T., Semaan, A., Smekens, T., Day, L-T., Filippi, V., Mitsuaki, M., Fouelifack, F. Y., Kenfack, B., Fouedjio, J. H., Delvaux, T. & Benova, L., 2023, In: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 23, 1, 575.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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A mixed-methods study of maternal health care utilisation in six referral hospitals in four sub-Saharan African countries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Banke-Thomas, A., Semaan, A., Amongin, D., Babah, O., Dioubate, N., Kikula, A., Nakubulwa, S., Ogein, O., Adroma, M., Anzo Adiga, W., Diallo, A., Diallo, L., Cellou Diallo, M., Maomou, C., Mtinangi, N., Sy, T., Delvaux, T., Afolabi, B. B., Delamou, A., Nakimuli, A. & 2 others, , 2022, In: BMJ Global Health . 7, 2, 14 p., e008064.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Contraceptive method use trajectories among young women in Kenya: a qualitative study
Calhoun, L. M., Mandal, M., Onyango, B., Waga, E., McGuire, C., Zulu, E. M., van den Akker, T., Benova, L., Delvaux, T. & Speizer, I. S., 2022, In: Frontiers in global womens health. 3, 16 p., 973971.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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