Global Health Institute search menu search content Jasna LOOS Know your epidemic, know your response. The case of the HIV epidemic among sub-Saharan African migrants in Flanders, Belgium Summary Sub-Saharan African migrants are an important priority group for HIV-prevention in Europe. Like in the ot…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Florian VOGT Operational challenges during the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa Thesis summary Tremendous progress has been made in the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in recent years thanks to better and cheaper dru…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Tom DECROO Community-based ART in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons learnt from Community ART Groups in Tete province, Mozambique Thesis abstract Globally an estimated 36.7 million people are living with HIV (PLHIV). By June 2016, 18.2 million were enroll…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Innocent VALEA Malaria in pregnancy in Burkina Faso & new ways of improving current interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa Thesis summary Malaria during pregnancy is a major public health problem, affecting the mother’s and infant’s health. Intra-u…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Janneke COX HIV and Mortality, Autopsy Studies from Uganda Abstract HIV can be treated nowadays; with antiretroviral medication HIV‐infected patients can live a healthy life. Nevertheless, 1.2 million people died of HIV in sub‐Saharan Africa in …

Global Health Institute search menu search content Finalized PhD's We encourage our international PhD graduates to keep in touch as they often work in difficult conditions or in professional isolation. The GHI strongly supports its alumni by creating a network through collaboration, face-to-face enc…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Oriero ENIYOU Field implementation and evaluation of novel isothermal, nucleic acid – based diagnostic tools for malaria elimination in sub Saharan Africa Thesis summary Malaria is a disease that affects humans and is caused by five species of int…

Laura Enthoven Research Laura Enthoven Research team Engineering Management Socio-economic implications of marine protected areas (MPAs) for local fishing communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2025 Abstract In 2022, United Nations Member States have committed to conserving and protec…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Jane ACHAN Challenges in the management of uncomplicated and severe malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa and new interactions between malaria and HIV treatments Thesis summary Background and Rationale Malaria is a public health problem in over 100 countrie…

Karin Hofmeester seconded BAP guest professor Publications Karin Hofmeester The "global collaboratory on the history of labour relations" : putting women's labor and labor relations in Sub-Saharan Africa in a global context Source African economic history - ISSN 0145-2258-50:1 (2022) p. 12-42 Author…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Jane NAMUKASA Challenges for long-term HIV treatment adherence and risk behaviour reduction in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons learned at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda Thesis Summary There has been remarkable global scale-up of anti…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Recap ESCMID Global 2025 The annual Congress of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases is a key event for all colleagues at the Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, with its dates marked in red well in advanc…

WAKA HPV Africa search menu search content Symposium Pretoria 2014 First WAKA HPV Africa Symposium Pretoria, South Africa 22-23 May 2014 Kick-off start of the WAKA project This two-day symposium was co-hosted by the University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus (Prof Jeffrey Mphahlele and Dr Lisbeth Lebelo)…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Michel MANDRO NDAHURA Epilepsy in Onchocerciasis endemic villages of Democratic Republic of Congo: epidemiology, clinical and treatment aspects Abstract Epilepsy is a major public health problem in onchocerciasis-endemic regions in sub-Saharan Afric…

Institute of Development Policy search menu search content Gender and collective action Els Lecoutere, who joined IOB in 2015, studies the effect of gendered social relations, norms and preferences on economic behaviour in common pool resource settings and at the intra-household level. She approache…

Janet Sego predoc researcher FWO Research Janet Sego Research team Law and Development Development or Displacement? Development Finance Institutions and Development-induced Displacements in Sub-Saharan Africa. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2027 Abstract While large scale development projects in various sectors…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Joseph Nelson SIEWE FODJO Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy Abstract Epilepsy is a brain disorder characterized by repeated unprovoked seizures, currently affecting over 50 million individuals globally. …

Global Health Institute search menu search content Geofrey Makenga Clinical epidemiology of malaria related morbidities among school-aged children in Tanzania: A focus on Impact of Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in school children PhD summary In endemic areas, malaria accounts for arou…

Niki Danel predoc researcher FWO Research Niki Danel Research team Medical Biochemistry Understanding antibody-VSG interactions and early VSG expression patterns in the context of human African trypanosomiasis diagnosis. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), caused by…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Vito BARAKA Molecular monitoring of antimalarial drug resistance: implications for case management and malaria control in Africa Summary Despite unprecedented decline in global malaria burden due to increased interventions, malaria infections still …

Imane Bendra unpaid staff Publications Imane Bendra Sub-Saharan migrants' life conditions in Morocco in light of migration policy changes Source Antwerp, Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, 2019,27 p. Author(s) Imane Bendra Citation link More from this author Cookie prreferences …

Global Health Institute search menu search content Stephen OKOBOI Peer Distribution of HIV Self-Test Kits to Men who have Sex with Men in Uganda Background HIV self-testing (HIVST), a process by which a person performs an HIV test on himself or herself to know their HIV sero-status, is an accessible…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Dangerous Salmonella variants ‘Extremely deadly Salmonella variants in Africa are still barely treatable with antibiotics’ University of Antwerp researchers unravel genetic code of new and more dangerous salmonella variants in Africa …

Global Health Institute search menu search content Uganda Glucose metabolism changes in Ugandan HIV patients on dolutegravir Abstract There has been improved survival of HIV patients in sub-Saharan Africa where the HIV incidence and prevalence is notably high. This could be attributed to the scale u…

Antwerp Interdisciplinary Platform for Research into Inequality search menu search content Publications Beyond GDP and life expectancy : measuring health and welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa Source Antwerpen, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Social Sciences, 2023,viii, 210 p. Author(s) Shaun Da Costa,…