Migloba search menu search content ITM-MIGLOBA migration and health seminars 14th November, 2024 – MIGLOBA - ITM Migration and Health Seminar – 5th edition – Bridging the gap: Health care in a super-diverse society November 23, 2023 — MIGLOBA - ITM Migration and Health Seminar 4th edition–…

Migloba search menu search content Migration & Health Seminar by MIGLOBA and ITM November 23, 2023 — Migration & Health Seminar (4th edition): Migration and Mental Health The Institute of Tropical Medicine and the Network on Migration and Global Mobility (University of Antwerp) hosted on the 23rd …

Migloba search menu search content MIGLOBA - ITM Migration and Health Seminar – 5th edition Bridging the gap: Health care in a super-diverse society The Network on Migration and Global Mobility and the Institute of Tropical Medicine are continuing the series of annual seminars on migrant health, t…

Migloba search menu search content Events reflections Why is it important to talk about migration and health? Reflection on MIGLOBA- ITM day Bridging the gap: Health care in a super-diverse society -- by Christiana Nöstlinger (ITM) Dr. Griet Steel on the "Migration and Technology" Research Day (Nov…

Migloba search menu search content Migration and Health Seminar (6th edition) Borders within: Access to care and risk for health in times of internal displacement November 12, 2025 (Aula Janssens, ITM) The Network on Migration and Global Mobility (Migloba) and the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Affiliated Members Erika Vlieghe Professor Erika Vlieghe is an Infectious Diseases clinician with professional experience within and outside Belgium (UK, Uganda, Ecuador, Cambodia). She studied medicine at the Leuven Catholic University (…

Kevin Ariën professor Research Kevin Ariën Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Expertise Virology expert with a particular focus on (re)emerging viruses. Specific interest in Ebola virus, arthropod-borne viruses such as Chikungunya, dengue, Zika among others,…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Diana Sagastume Understanding and addressing the double burden of malnutrition at the household level in Guatemala PhD summary Background: In Guatemala, changes over time in the total prevalence of double burden of malnutrition (DBM), including its …

Global Health Institute search menu search content Behailu Merdekios Cutaneous leishmaniasis: Trials to Develop Effective Disease Management and Reducing Its Social Impacts in the Southern rift valley of Ethiopia Supervisor(s) Johan Van Griensven Myrthe Paryn, ITM Antwerp Cookie prreferences Strictl…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Idalécia Cossa Moiane The role of intestinal parasite infections in child undernutrition and (change) in body fat in Mozambique (Pinau) Supervisor(s) Katja Polman, ITM Antwerp Maiza Campus, VU Amsterdam Cookie prreferences Strictly necessary cookie…

Migloba search menu search content Why is it important to talk about migration and health? Author: Christiana Nöstlinger Posted on: 3rd February 2025 On November 14, the University of Antwerp hosted the 5th Seminar on Migration And Health, co-organized between ITM’s department of Public Health (m…

Jil Molenaar predoc researcher FWO About Jil Molenaar Jil Molenaar Contact Show email address Doornstraat 331 2610 Wilrijk, BEL PhD project title: 'Effective coverage' of facility-based deliveries: exploring the relevance and feasibility of a global health indicator from the bottom up. My PhD fellow…

Medicine and Health Sciences Institute of Tropical Medicine Institute of Tropical Medicine The Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp is an internationally renowned institute providing education, research and services in tropical medicine and health care in developing countries. The Univers…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Research The Global Health Institute aims to perform high quality research on a wide range of global public health problems. Epidemiological methods are used to ensure optimal design and analysis. Qualitative or mixed methods are used when formative…

Centre for Proteomics search menu search content Other research groups - Centre for Proteomics Other research groups Institute of Tropical Medicine The Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium (ITM) is one of the world's leading institutes for training, research and assistance in tropical …

Pandemic Preparedness search menu search content FiLi-Vi-X project partners The primary partnership of the FiLi-Vi-X project consists of the University of Antwerp (UA), University Hospital Antwerp (UZA) and the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), with Radboudumc as the international partner. The t…

Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy search menu search content 2nd International workshop on Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy 19.09.23 – 21.09.23 (Global Health Institute, Antwerp, Belgium) General Information This workshop was a follow-up to the very successful first workshop on OAE organised in…

Antwerp Unit for Data Analysis and Computation in Immunology and Sequencing search menu search content Team Spokesmen Kris Laukens (strategy & valorization coordinator) Pieter Meysman (immunoinformatics coordinator) Benson Ogunjimi (biomedical coordinator) Postdoctoral researchers Esther Bartholomeu…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Sylvie Linsuke Schistosomiasis in Democratic Republic of Congo: burden, morbidity, management and control Project summary Schistosomiasis is an infectious disease caused by parasitic worms found in fresh water. Fresh water snails are also infected b…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Who People at GHI GHI is a consortium of people committed to the realization of the institute’s mission. It does not aim to replace existing organizations or programmes of its constituents, but functions as a framework and hub to strengthen collab…

Pandemic Preparedness search menu search content Work packages WP1: General coordination and project management Responsible partner: UAntwerpen In this work package, the planning and execution of the different work packages as described below will be monitored, according to the project timeline. The…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Amani Idris Kikula Optimizing screening practice for gestational diabetes mellitus in primary healthcare facilities in Tanzania PhD summary Tanzania is facing a rising prevalence of obesity in the general population, including women of reproductive …

VAXINFECTIO search menu search content ASCID symposium ASCID (Antwerp Study Centre for Infectious Diseases) ASCID is a close collaboration between VAXINFECTIO (research unit within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) and EVECO, the Evolutionary Ecology Group (research unit within the Facult…

Robert Colebunders emeritus with assignment About Robert Colebunders NSETHIO, project funded by ERC, Horizon 2020 Nodding Syndrome: a trans-disciplinary approach to identify the cause and decrease the incidence of river epilepsy Nodding syndrome (NS) is a neurological, incurable syndrome, currently …

Cell Death Signaling search menu search content Proteomics on biomarkers, infectious disease severity and electromagnetics Summary of major ongoing and planned projects. 1. Biomarker Identification 1.1. Identification of cervix carcinoma biomarkers using proteomics on cervicovaginal fluid In collabo…