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  PregnAnZI: Pre-delivery administration of azithromycin to prevent neonatal sepsis and death: a phase III double-blind randomized clinical trial

  Peeters, K. & Everaert, R.

  Medical Research Council, United Kingdom

  1/01/18 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research Project

• SOUTHAFRICA -2018 - FA4: Strengthening the capacity for research, teaching, policy advice, advocacy and networking of the partners in the field of human and animal health (South-Africa).

  Dorny, P., Van Damme, W., Marchal, B., Dermauw, V., Rigouts, L., Heyndrickx, L., Van Belle, S. & Debois, D.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• BCCM/ITM Mycobacteriënverzameling: Consolidatie en beheer van het BCCM Consortium als Belgisch "Biological Research Center" (BRC) - 2018

  Rigouts, L. & Janssens, N.

  1/01/18 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research Project

• CHIMERA: Identification of epitopes in the alphaviral envelope that confer infectivity for human and mosquito cells.

  Bartholomeeusen, K., Ariën, K. & Janssens, N.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/18 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research Project

• VIETNAM -2018 - 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., Dermauw, V. & De Smet, S.

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• SeTPAT: Development of an antigen test for the diagnosis of syphilis

  Kenyon, C., OSBAK, K., Van Ostade, X., Van Raemdonck, G., Crucitti, T., Büscher, P., Ratsarahery, L. & Dhaenens, M.

  King Baudouin Foundation

  1/01/18 → 30/11/20

  Project: Research Project

• 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.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• MASSIV: Anthropological research and community participation to facilitate mass drug administration of iverctmetin and dyhidroartemisin-piperaquine as an additional intervention for malaria elimination

  D'Alessandro, U., Baltussen, R., Slater, H., Nwakanma, D., Drakely, C., Bousema, T., Kandeh, B., Bradley, J., Peeters, K., Nieto Sanchez, C., Ribera, J. M., Bastiaens, G., Affara, M., Achan, J. & Everaert, R.

  Medical Research Council

  1/01/18 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research Project

• Minilab MSF-F Autoclave1

  Jacobs, J. & Baert, E.

  MSF France

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• ETHIOPIA - 2018 - FA4: To enhance the research capacity and evidence based medical practice in tropical and poverty related diseases in Ethiopia

  van Griensven, J., Jacobs, J., Abdellati, S., Stassijns, J., van Henten, S., Ratsarahery, L., Dujardin, J. & Van der Auwera, G.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• ArboviroseTrans : Role of human movement in relation to popular spots in the spatiotemporal dimension of vectorial arbovirus transmission?

  Vanlerberghe, V., Boelaert, M. & Everaert, R.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/18 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research Project

• CUBA - 2018 - FA4: To strengthen Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri (IPK, Cuba) and National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology (INHEM, Cuba) towards accomplishment of their academic mission through capacity building and scientific co-operation.

  Boelaert, M., Vanlerberghe, V., Battaglioli, T. C. E., De Baetselier, I., de Jong, B., Torrea, G., Ariën, K., Heyndrickx, L. & Everaert, R.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• CohMSM-PrEP: Access to Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for Men Who Have Sex With Men: Acceptability and Feasibility in Community-based Clinics in West Africa

  Laga, M., Vuylsteke, B., Cuylaerts, V., De Baetselier, I., Van Aerde, K. & Everaert, R.

  The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

  1/12/17 → 30/11/20

  Project: Research Project

• TrypCo: The RNA editing space of the neglected genome in the major livestock African trypanosome parasite, Trypanosoma congolense.

  Van den Broeck, F., Van Den Abbeele, J. & De Smet, S.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine, Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/11/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• Contribution of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin determination to an innovative diagnostics aid tool for neurological and febrile syndromes in low-resource settings

  Bottieau, E. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine, Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  15/10/17 → 13/01/19

  Project: Research Project

• EPI-PIG: Investigation of the pathological mechanisms of seizures in T. solium neurocysticercosis

  Trevisan, C., Dorny, P., Gabriël, S., Mwape, K. E. & Debois, D.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine, Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  15/10/17 → 14/01/19

  Project: Research Project

• xMAP platform: Development of a high-throughput Multiple Analyte Profiling technology to study flavivirus and alphavirus sylvatic reservoirs in African wildlife

  Ariën, K. & Janssens, N.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  15/10/17 → 14/01/19

  Project: Research Project

• Understanding and preventing the genesis of antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

  Kenyon, C. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine, Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  15/10/17 → 13/01/19

  Project: Research Project

• SKIN-Leish: Infectiousness in asymptomatic carriers of L. Donovani

  Boelaert, M., Cloots, K., Hasker, E., Van der Auwera, G., Karki, P., Sundar, S. & Everaert, R.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine, Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  15/10/17 → 14/01/19

  Project: Research Project

• Persistent T-cell dysfunction in synergistic VL-HIV co-infection

  Adriaensen, W., van Griensven, J., Vermeesch, J. R., Kaye, P. M., Diro, E., Ritmeijer, K. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/10/17 → 30/09/20

  Project: Research Project

• TB-EPF: Enhanced Place Finding (EPF) of TB transmission hotspots

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  European Commission

  1/09/17 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research Project

• Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 as a promoter of tuberculosis in a country with low HIV prevalence

  Mejia Cordero, F. A., Boelaert, M., Battaglioli, T. C. E., Van der Stuyft, P., Seas, C. & Otero, L.

  1/08/17 → 31/07/19

  Project: PhD-project

• iELISA HAT: Development of a high-throughput inhibition ELISA to replace immune trypanolysis for post-elimination monitoring of gambiense-HAT

  Büscher, P., Geerts, M., Van Reet, N. & De Smet, S.

  25/07/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• ORT: Outbreak Research Team

  van Griensven, J., Vanlerberghe, V., Van Bortel, W., Vogt, F., Decuypere, S., Verlinden, A. & Janssens, S.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/07/17 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research Project

• MEMO: Monitoring van exotische steekmuggen in België

  Van Bortel, W., Coosemans, M. & Deblauwe, I.

  1/07/17 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research Project

• BOFFA GUINEA: Effectiveness of tiny target technology in controlling tsetse vectors for HAT - Boffa study in Guinea

  Lehane, M., Boelaert, M., Thys, S. & Paessens, E.

  Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

  1/05/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• Evaluation of simplified alternative pre-exposure rabies vaccination schedules

  Soentjens, P., Bottieau, E. & Van Damme, P.

  24/04/17 → 26/06/20

  Project: PhD-project

• SETA: Severe Typhoid in Africa Program (DRC site)

  Marks, F., Jacobs, J. & Ratsarahery, L.

  International Vaccine Institut

  1/04/17 → 30/06/19

  Project: Research Project

• Elimination de la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine en République Démocratique du Congo : étude du processus d’intégration des activités de lutte dans les services de santé de base

  Mulenga Cilundika, P., Boelaert, M., Coppieters, Y., Chenge, M. F. & Lutumba, P.

  1/03/17 → 12/02/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Effect of lactoferrin on pediatric infections

  Ochoa, T. J., Jacobs, J., Jacobs, J. & Cossey, V.

  12/01/17 → 15/05/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Prevalence, Risk Drivers and Locally Feasible Solutions for Brucellosis Control in Peri-Urban Small Holding Dairy Farms: A One Health Study

  Chauhan, A. S., Boelaert, M. & Antoine - Moussiaux, N.

  12/01/17 → 20/05/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Utilization of molecular resistance test results as tools to support public health efforts for improved control of rifampicin resistant tuberculosis

  Ng, K., de Jong, B. & Cobbelens, F. G. J.

  12/01/17 → 2/06/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Local models for chronic care and self-management support in Southern Malawi

  Angwenyi, V., Criel, B., Bunders, J. & Aantjes, C.

  12/01/17 → 2/06/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Association between intestinal parasites and inflammation and nutritional status in Mexican children

  Zavala Gómez, G. A., Polman, K., Seidell, J. & García, O. P.

  12/01/17 → 5/04/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Post-market surveillance as a tool for assuring quality of in-vitro diagnostics in low-resource settings

  Sands, A., Jacobs, J., Fransen, C. & Jacobs, J.

  12/01/17 → 30/04/18

  Project: PhD-project

• EUKARYOTE: Kinetoplast genomics for the fine-scale study of hybrid zones in eukaryote parasites

  Van den Broeck, F., Dujardin, J., Van Den Abbeele, J. & Stas, M.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/17 → 30/06/20

  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.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/17 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research 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 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research Project

• Interventions towards a functional cure: detailed phenotyping of the HIV-specific polyfunctional CD8+ T cell responses of controllers

  Adams, P. A., Vanham, G. & Seguin-Devaux, C.

  24/06/16 → 12/02/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Monitoring and Evaluation of a mobile Clinical Decision Making Support System (CDMSS) intervention for frontline providers of maternal and neonatal care in the Eastern region (ER) of Ghana

  Omolade Abejirinde, I. O., De Brouwere, V., van Roosmalen, J., Zweekhorst, M. & Bardaji, A.

  24/06/16 → 11/12/18

  Project: PhD-project

• EMAR: Human African Trypanosomiasis: meeting the experts on trypanotolerance and animal reservoir

  Büscher, P. & De Smet, S.

  BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUDATION

  31/05/16 → 30/12/17

  Project: Research Project

• Search for host genetic factors associated with neurological complications (HAM/TSP) in Peruvian HTLV-1 infected individuals

  Talledo Albujar, M. J., Vanham, G., Van Camp, G. & Arevalo, J.

  18/05/16 → 27/09/16

  Project: PhD-project

• A realist evaluation of the antiretroviral treatment adherence club programme in selected primary health care facilities in the metropolitan area of the Western Cape Province, South Africa

  Mukumbang, F. C., Marchal, B., Van Belle, S. & van Wyk, B.

  19/04/16 → 15/02/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Understanding the dynamics of accessing chronic medicines in rural and urban settings in South Africa

  Magadzire, B. P., Marchal, B., Van Damme, W., Sanders, D. & Ward, K.

  19/04/16 → 29/08/17

  Project: PhD-project

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• Modelling Taenia saginata epidemiology and control in Belgium

  Jansen, F., Berkvens, D., Gabriël, S. & Dorny, P.

  19/04/16 → 5/11/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Taenia solium elimination versus control: what is the best method in a highly endemic area?

  Bulaya, C., Dorny, P., Gabriël, S. & Piri, I. K.

  19/04/16 → 7/10/16

  Project: PhD-project

• Epidemiology and control of polyparasitism with schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminths and Taenia solium infections in rural and co-endemic areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo

  Madinga Ntwan, J., Polman, K., Speybroeck, N. & Lutumba, P.

  15/01/16 → 19/01/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Access to Care to Leishmaniasis Treatment in Africa

  Sunyoto, T., Boelaert, M., Picado De Puig, A. & Potet, J.

  15/01/16 → 25/06/19

  Project: PhD-project

• Toxocara diagnosis and epidemiology

  Morales Yanez, F. J., Polman, K. & Muyldermans, S.

  15/01/16 → 5/07/19

  Project: PhD-project

• New tools for diagnosis and management of febrile illness in travelers to the tropics: a cohort study

  Huits, R., Bottieau, E., Jacobs, J., Van Esbroeck, M. & Cnops, L.

  15/01/16 → 1/02/19

  Project: PhD-project