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Thérèse Delvaux is a medical doctor, specialized in obstetrics and gynecology (University of Liège, Belgium). She has over 25 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 andreproductivehealth (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) and family planning for people living with HIV.
- 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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Projects
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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, M. C., Marchal, B., Delvaux, T., Benova, L., Zweekhorst, M., Ouendo, E. & Dossou, J.
1/01/21 → 30/06/22
Project: PhD-project
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Documenting stillbirths and early neonatal deaths to improve maternal and newborn health in Cambodia
Benova, L., Delvaux, T. & Everaert, R.
20/10/20 → 20/07/21
Project: Research 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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GUINEE - FA4: Contribute to the capacity building of the Maferinyah Center in the organization of continuing (medical) training and research in Guinea.
Van Damme, W., van de Put, W., Delvaux, T. & Everaert, R.
1/01/17 → 31/12/21
Project: Development project
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CAMBODIA - 2018 - FA4: National Institutes in Cambodia have increased capacity to generate evidence for the management of health problems and for the strengthening of the health system in Cambodia.
Lynen, L., Jacobs, J., Rosanas-Urgell, A., De Baetselier, I., De Weggheleire, A., Smekens, B., Stassijns, J., Van Damme, W., van de Put, W., Delvaux, T. & Ratsarahery, L.
1/01/18 → 31/12/18
Project: Development project
Research output
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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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Lactational amenorrhoea among adolescent girls in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic scoping review
Figaroa, M. N. S., Bellizzi, S., Delvaux, T. & Benova, L., 2020, In : BMJ Global Health . 5, 10, 13 p., 002492.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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Voices from the frontline: findings from a thematic analysis of a rapid online global survey of maternal and newborn health professionals facing the COVID-19 pandemic
Semaan, A., Audet, C., Huysmans, E., Afolabi, B., Assarag, B., Banke-Thomas, A., Blencowe, H., Caluwaerts, S., Campbell, O. M. R., Cavallaro, F. L., Chavane, L., Day, L. T., Delamou, A., Delvaux, T., Graham, W. J., Gon, G., Kascak, P., Matsui, M., Moxon, S., Nakimuli, A. & 4 others, , 2020, In : BMJ Global Health . 5, 6Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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Access to prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV along HIV services cascade through integrated active case management in 15 operational districts in Cambodia
Samreth, S., Keo, V., Tep, R., Ke, A., Ouk, V., Ngauv, B., Mam, S., Ferradini, L., Ly, P. S., Mean, C. V. & Delvaux, T., 2019, In : Journal of the International AIDS Society. 22, 10, p. e25388 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article
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Action to protect the independence and integrity of global health research
Signatories, 2019, In : BMJ Global Health . 4, 3, 5 p., 001746.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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