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…

SPICES search menu search content SPICES Scaling-up Packages of Interventions for Cardiovascular disease prevention in sites in Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa An implementation science project funded by the European Commission through the Horizon2020 research and innovation action. The SPICES project…

SPICES search menu search content News & Publications - SPICES Scientific meeting with the SPICES team on the prevention of cardiovascular disease in Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa: lessons and experiences On the 9th of March, we organize a scientific meeting with the SPICES team on the prevention of…

SPICES search menu search content About SPICES Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death worldwide. The primary prevention of CVD requires behavioral lifestyle changes in terms of healthy nutrition, physical activity, smoking cessation and alcohol reduction. SPICES is a research p…

SPICES search menu search content Consortium - SPICES Consortium This new consortium brings together a multidisciplinary scientific team located in three high income countries (Belgium, France and UK) and two low and middle income countries (Uganda and South Africa). The team comprises of the follow…

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 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 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…

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 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…

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…

Karin Hofmeester seconded BAP guest professor Publications Karin Hofmeester Women's labor relations in Sub-Saharan Africa and the global south compared, 1800-2000 Source African economic history - ISSN 0145-2258-50:1 (2022) p. 152-170 Author(s) Karin Hofmeester, Karin Pallaver, Filipa Ribeiro da Sil…

Mare Geraerts senior researcher Publications Mare Geraerts Sharing is caring? Barcoding suggests co-introduction of dactylogyrid monogeneans with Nile tilapia and transfer towards native tilapias in sub-Saharan Africa Source International journal for parasitology - ISSN 0020-7519-53:13 (2023) p. 711…

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…

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 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. …

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 - 31/10/2025 Abstract While large scale development projects in various sectors…

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…

USOS search menu search content Dependent development Presentations Ian Taylor Alice Nicole Sindzingre Pictures The next Asia? Globalization, dependence and African development African growth accelerated significantly after the turn of the century. For nearly two decades, African economies have been…

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 …

Marijke Verpoorten professor ....Rwanda, DRC, Benin Marijke Verpoorten My geographic focus I mostly focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. While I occasionally engage in cross-country studies, most of my work are country case studies, with a special focus on Rwanda, Benin and DRCongo. Rwanda Benin DRCongo Coo…

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 …