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  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

• 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., De Baetselier, I., De Weggheleire, A., Smekens, B., Stassijns, J., Damme, W. V., van de Put, W., Delvaux, T. & Ratsarahery, L.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• Minilab MSF-F Autoclave1

  Jacobs, J. & Baert, E.

  MSF France

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• Eliminatie van slaapziekte in DRC

  Boelaert, M. & Everaert, R.

  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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 → 30/09/21

  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 Antwerp, Vlaamse Overheid

  1/11/17 → 31/12/18

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

  DGD

  1/11/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• The interplay of sense making and decision-making processes on treatment and prevention of Nodding Syndrome by different stakeholders: an ethnographic exploration in Cameroon, Tanzania and Uganda

  Irani, J., Peeters, K., Pool, R. & Gerrets, R.

  19/10/17 → 15/07/21

  Project: PhD-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 Antwerp, Vlaamse Overheid

  15/10/17 → 13/01/19

  Project: Research Project

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

  Kenyon, C. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Vlaamse Overheid

  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 Antwerp, Vlaamse Overheid

  15/10/17 → 14/01/19

  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 Antwerp, Vlaamse Overheid

  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.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  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

• Studies on multidrug resistance tuberculosis in Rwanda: Turning off the tap

  Ngabonziza, S. J., de Jong, B., Torrea, G., Rigouts, L., Mazarati, J., Affolabi, D. & Decroo, T.

  1/09/17 → 23/06/21

  Project: PhD-project

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

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  European Commission

  1/09/17 → 31/12/22

  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

• ARTHROPOD: Development of specific and highly sensitive mulit-pathogen laboratory tests for the simultaneous and differential detection of arthropod-borne viruses

  Ariën, K., Kerkhof, K., Van Esbroeck, M. & Janssens, N.

  Agency for Innovation by Science & Technology

  1/08/17 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research 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

• MEMO: Monitoring of exotic mosquitoes in Belgium

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

  1/07/17 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research Project

• ORT: Outbreak Research Team

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

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/07/17 → 31/12/19

  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

• 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

• 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

• 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 → 4/02/22

  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

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

  Zavala Gómez, G. A., Polman, K., Seidell, J. & Garcia, 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

• 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

• 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

• Trend of fluoroquinolone resistance among the MDR in DF Bangladesh

  Van Deun, A., Rigouts, L., de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  Damien Foundation Belgium

  1/01/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• Quantitative PCR based confirmation of Mycobacterium leprae to aid leprosy diagnosis in endemic countries

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  Damiaanactie vzw

  1/01/17 → 31/12/17

  Project: Research 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

• 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

• HIV/SAM 2017: Promoten van seksuele gezondheid en preventie van hiv Terreinwerking voor seksuele gezondheid bij sub- Saharaans-Afrikaanse Migranten

  Manirankunda, L., Ddungu, C., Adobea, D., Nöstlinger, C., Laga, M. & Ceulemans, M.

  MVG,Prevent.& Soc.Gezond.Zorg

  1/01/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Service

• Trends in fluoroquinolone resistance in new TB patients in Bangladesh and the subsequent rate of acquired drug resistance

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  Damien Foundation Belgium

  1/01/17 → 31/12/18

  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

• 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

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

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

  4/10/16 → 1/04/22

  Project: PhD-project

• ZikaPLAN: Zika Preparedness Latin American Network Adressing the urgent research gaps against the Zika virus and other emerging threats in Latin America

  Ariën, K. & Janssens, N.

  European Commission

  1/10/16 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research 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. & Dorny, P.

  EDCTP2

  1/09/16 → 28/02/23

  Project: Research Project