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  SCUBY: Scaling-up of evidence-based health interventions at population level for the prevention and management of hypertension and/or diabetes

  van Olmen, J., Damme, W. V. & Van Aerde, K.

  European Commission

  1/01/19 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research Project

• 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

• THECA: Effect of a novel typhoid conjugate vaccine in Africa: a multicenter study in Ghana and the DRC

  Jacobs, J., Hardy, L. & Baert, E.

  1/01/19 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• Coordination of Multisectoral Action for Health in Uganda: Mechanisms, Actor Experiences, Motivations and Implications for Policy and Practice

  Ssennyonjo, A., Criel, B., Van Belle, S., Titeca, K. & Ssengooba, F.

  1/01/19 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Evaluation of Performance of Diabetes Care Initiatives implemented in Cambodia

  Te, V., Damme, W. V., Van Damme, W. & Ir, P.

  1/01/19 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Understanding why and how adolescent friendly conditions of health services affect the health outcomes of Nigerian adolescents living with HIV

  Badejo, O. A., Laga, M., Nöstlinger, C., Van Belle, S., Wouters, E. & Jolayemi, T.

  1/01/19 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• PreP_OPTIMIZE: Optimise PrEP to Maximise Impact

  Laga, M., Vuylsteke, B., Reyniers, T., Loos, J., Nöstlinger, C. & Van Aerde, K.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/19 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research Project

• CHARHAT-DRC: Cryptic human and animal reservoirs compromise the sustainedelimination of gambiense-human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  Büscher, P., Van Reet, N., Boelaert, M., Inocêncio da Luz, R., Miaka, E. M., Phanzu, D. M., Mumba-Ngoyi, D., Mposhi, M. & Stas, M.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/12/18 → 30/11/23

  Project: Research Project

• ZCL Morocco: A systemic insecticide to control zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Errachidia province - Southeastern Morocco: an intervention trial for an innovative vector control tool

  Hasker, E., Boelaert, M., Bennis, I., Sunyoto, T., Cloots, K., Van Bortel, W., Poche, R. M., Poche, D. M. & Paessens, E.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/11/18 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research Project

• PReGo: Preventing Resistance in Gonorrhoea Study

  Kenyon, C., Buyze, J., Crucitti, T., Vuylsteke, B., Yusuf, E., De Wit, S., Pirnay, J., Soentjens, P. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research Project

• WGS-TB-DIAG: Whole Genome Sequencing to streamline TB diagnosis, improve TB surveillance and optimize individualized TB treatment a pragmatic trial

  Van Rie, A., Rigouts, L., Callens, S., Warren, R. M., Beutels, P. & Janssens, N.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research Project

• SchistoSAM: A proof-of-concept trial to evaluate artesunate-mefloquine as a novel alternative treatment for schistosomiasis in African children

  Bottieau, E., Polman, K., Van Herrewege, Y., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Mbow, M., Cisse, B. & Baert, E.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research Project

• MAD-LEI: Aneuploidy and mosaicism: a strategy for early adaptation todrug pressure in Leishmania

  Dujardin, J., Domagalska, M., Imamura, H., Van den Broeck, F., Monsieurs, P. & Stas, M.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/10/18 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• TriDoRe: Novel High-Dose Tuberculosis Retreatment Regimens: How to overcome resistance without creating more?

  Lynen, L., de Jong, B., Van Deun, A., Decroo, T., Gumusboga, M., Meehan, C., Lempens, P., Rigouts, L., Ratsarahery, L., Van Herrewege, Y., Buyze, J. & Herssens, N.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/10/18 → 30/09/24

  Project: Research Project

• PEOPLE: Post exposure prophylaxis for leprosy in the Comoros and Madagascar

  de Jong, B., Hasker, E., Braet, S., Geluk, A., Cambau, E., Gaudin, C., Andrianarivelo, M. R., Assoumani, Y. & Stas, M.

  EDCTP2

  1/09/18 → 28/02/23

  Project: Research Project

• Universal Health Coverage in Burkina Faso: analyzing the role of knowledge and dynamics affecting this role in national policy-making

  Kiendrebeogo, J. A., Damme, W. V., De Allegri, M. & Drabo, M.

  1/08/18 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Innovative strategies to ascertain the Elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Nepal

  Cloots, K., Hasker, E. & Vlas, de, S. J.

  11/07/18 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• 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

• 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

• Hepatitis C/HIV coinfection in Cambodia: from pilot project to lessons learned for a public health approach

  De Weggheleire, A., Lynen, L. & Francque, S.

  26/04/18 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Systems biological analysis of niche adaptation in resistant and virulent Salmonella pathogens

  Cuypers, W., Jacobs, J. & Laukens, K.

  26/04/18 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• LeishShield MATI: A multi-disciplinary international effort to identify clinical, molecular and social factors impacting cutaneous leishmaniasis

  Dujardin, J. & Stas, M.

  European Commission

  1/04/18 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research Project

• Assessing the antibody responses against arboviruses circulating in Peru – from basic immunology to new diagnostics

  Falconi Agapito, F., Ariën, K., Ariën, K., Dujardin, J. & Talledo, M.

  1/04/18 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Primary Health Care improvement in Benin: which model(s) of practice work for First-Line Medical Doctors?

  Bello, O. A. K., Criel, B., Apers, L., De Lepeleire, J. & Zannou, M.

  1/04/18 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Taenia spp. cysticercosis in pigs in Northern Vietnam

  Nguyen, T. T. M., Dorny, P., Dermauw, V., Dorny, P. & Nguyen , T. G. T.

  1/03/18 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Differentiated Implementation of HIV Treat All in Zimbabwe

  Makurumidze, R., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., Van Damme, W. & Rusakaniko, S.

  1/03/18 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Exploring the Ethical issues in Clinical Research with Pregnant Women in low resource settings; and acceptability of interventions for pregnant women: An Ethnography Of The Pregnanzi-2 Trial In The Gambia

  Njue, M. W., Peeters, K., Gerrets, R. & Badaji, A.

  29/01/18 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Addressing gaps in hypertension care and control in Medellin, Colombia: formative research, multi component quasi-experimental intervention

  Londono, E. A., Marchal, B., Battaglioli, T. C. E., Van der Stuyft, P. & Dario Gomez, R.

  1/01/18 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• ALERRT: African CoaLition for Epidemic Research, Response and Training

  van Griensven, J. & Baert, E.

  EDCTP2

  1/12/17 → 30/11/22

  Project: Research Project

• BICMINS III: Building institutional capacity at the Mozambique INS, Phase III

  Decuypere, S.

  Flanders Department of Foreign Affairs - Development Cooperation

  1/12/17 → 31/12/22

  Project: Development project

• Characterization of antimicrobial resistance among Gram-­‐negative bacteria in Peru: a comprehensive national surveillance

  Krapp Lopez, F. D. C., Jacobs, J., Jacobs, J. & García, C.

  1/12/17 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• PERU - FA4: To strengthen the R&D capacities of the Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt (Peru) to deliver strategies and/or tools for diagnosis, surveillance and control of infectious diseases.

  Dujardin, J., Rosanas-Urgell, A., de Jong, B., Ariën, K., Van der Auwera, G., Rigouts, L., Heyndrickx, L., Kattenberg, J. H., Battaglioli, T. C. E., Jacobs, J., Monsieurs, P. & Guetens, P.

  DGD

  1/11/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• The Hospital as a reservoir of antibiotic resistance in low resource settings

  Lompo, P., Jacobs, J., Jacobs, J. & Tinto, H.

  1/10/17 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Use of network modeling to better understand STI epidemiology

  Tsoumanis, A., Kenyon, C. & Hens, N.

  28/08/17 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Targeting residual malaria transmission among the Ra‐glai ethnic minority in Vietnam using a transdisciplinary approach

  Nguyen, T. T., Peeters, K., Gryseels, C., Gerrets, R. & Nguyen, X. X.

  1/08/17 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Bacterial contamination of blood products for transfusion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: prevalence, risk analysis, prevention

  Heroes, A., Jacobs, J. & Jacobs, J.

  24/04/17 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• First-line anti TB-drugs revisited

  Lempens, P., de Jong, B. & Rigouts, L.

  12/01/17 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Feasibility of patient-centred care approaches at primary health care level in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Uganda

  Waweru, E. W., Criel, B., Broerse, J., Gruénais, M. & Ssengooba, F.

  12/01/17 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Implementing clinical bacteriology in low resource settings: reviving the old, bringing in the new

  OMBELET, S., Jacobs, J., Cox, J. & Jacobs, J.

  12/01/17 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• R2STOP Leprosy: Improved understanding of ongoing transmission of leprosy in the Comoros, a region hyperendemic for the disease

  de Jong, B., Hasker, E., Assoumani, Y., Suffys, P. & Janssens, N.

  Research to STOP neglected tropical disease transmission

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research Project

• GUINEE - FA4: Contribute to the capacity building of the Maferinyah Center in the organization of continuing (medical) training and research in Guinea.

  Damme, W. V., van de Put, W., Delvaux, T. & Everaert, R.

  DGD

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• DRC - FA4: Building capacity for health research in three DRC partner institutions Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (IRNB), Ecole de Santé Publique de l’Université de Lubumbashi (ESP) en Centre de Recherche Sanitaire de Kimpese (CRS), and rationalize the fight against Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) while strengthening local health systems with the support of all partners.

  Boelaert, M., Jacobs, J., Büscher, P., Polman, K., Rigouts, L., Dorny, P., Hardy, L., Corsmit, E., Roucher, C., Eddyani, M., Dermauw, V., Bebronne, N., Snijders, R., Inocêncio da Luz, R., Van Cauwenberg, I. & Everaert, R.

  DGD

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• BURKINA - FA4: To strengthen the research capacity in the resource limited setting of Burkina Faso.

  Jacobs, J., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Hardy, L., Peeters, M., Kattenberg, J. H. & Ratsarahery, L.

  DGD

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• WomenHIV_Africa: Young Women and HIV in Africa

  Laga, M. & Van Aerde, K.

  Fondation de Luxembourg

  1/01/17 → 1/02/22

  Project: Research Project

• DAA_HepC_HIV_MS: Hepatitis C virus direct acting antiviral (DAA) treatment success and its impact on transmission dynamics in HIV/HCV co-infected MSM

  Hens, N., Robaeys, G., Vandamme, A., Nevens, F., Van Wijngaerden, E., De Wit, S., Buvé, A., Van Aerde, K., Florence, E. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/17 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research Project

• VIETNAM - FA4: Capacity strengthening and enhanced tools for evidence-based health research and control/ elimination strategies of parasitic diseases in Vietnam.

  Rosanas-Urgell, A., Kattenberg, J. H., Dorny, P., Monsieurs, P. & Dermauw, V.

  DGD

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• TRYP-ELIM-BDD: Eliminating Human African Trypanosomiasis in the three (formerly) Bandundu provinces, the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  Boelaert, M. & Croon, A.

  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  1/11/16 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research Project

• Characterization of Chikungunya virus-host protein complexes involved in viral attachment and entry

  De Caluwé, L., Ariën, K., Bartholomeeusen, K. & Van Ostade, X.

  4/10/16 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• SOLID: Evaluation of an antibody detecting point-of-care test for the detection of Taenia Solium Taeniasis and (neuro) cysticercosis in communities and primary care settings of highly endemic, resource-poor areas in Tanzania and Zambia, including training of- and technology transfer to the regional Reference Laboratory and health centres

  Dorny, P., Trevisan, C. & Debois, D.

  EDCTP2

  1/09/16 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research Project

• Improving the diagnostic work-up of neurological disorders in rural Central Africa

  Mukendi Mulumba, D., Bottieau, E., Cras, P. & Lutumba, P.

  24/06/16 → …

  Project: PhD-project