Elke Leuridan onbezoldigd gastprofessor Publicaties Elke Leuridan Enhanced immune responses to mRNA compared with adenoviral vector COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy : implications for pandemic preparedness Bron Vaccine - ISSN 0264-410X-73 (2026) p. 1-10 Auteur(s) Larissa De Brabandere, Sereina A. …

Serge Mukotanyi Mugisho onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Serge Mukotanyi Mugisho Nature's cracks : the destructive force of forest fragmentation in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Eastern DR Congo Bron Regional environmental change - ISSN 1436-3798-25:3 (2025) p. 1-18 Auteur(s) Serge Mukotanyi Mug…

Kirsten Maertens Publicaties Kirsten Maertens Enhanced immune responses to mRNA compared with adenoviral vector COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy : implications for pandemic preparedness Bron Vaccine - ISSN 0264-410X-73 (2026) p. 1-10 Auteur(s) Larissa De Brabandere, Sereina A. Herzog, Isabelle Des…

Serge Mukotanyi Mugisho unpaid staff Publications Serge Mukotanyi Mugisho Nature's cracks : the destructive force of forest fragmentation in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Eastern DR Congo Source Regional environmental change - ISSN 1436-3798-25:3 (2025) p. 1-18 Author(s) Serge Mukotanyi Mugisho, S…

Kirsten Maertens assistant professor - senior researcher Publications Kirsten Maertens The effect of preexisting antibodies from Tdap vaccination during pregnancy on infant antibody responses to the pertussis-containing vaccines Source Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics - ISSN 2164-5515-21:1 (2025)…

Elke Leuridan unpaid guest prof. Publications Elke Leuridan The waning of maternal measles antibodies : a multi-country maternal-infant seroprevalence study Source The journal of infection - ISSN 0163-4453-91:2 (2025) p. 1-9 Author(s) Karen S. Tiley, Hinke ten Hulscher-van Overbeek, Sudha Basnet, Ro…

Driving change search menu search content Sensibilisation | Ufikiaji | Outreach Wrap up events in Antwerp and Lubumbashi In Antwerp we organized a Driving Change wrap up event on 24 June 2025. Apart from communicating the project results, we opened the photo exhibition Congo's Cobalt by Nathan Bushi…

Driving change search menu search content Enhancing small-scale producers' participation | Renforcer la participation Methods EN Work package 2 Data collection: We have complemented the data collected in the mapping exercise with semi-structured interviews to provide more detailed information on the…

Driving change search menu search content Collaborations Université Catholique de Bukavu EN We collaborate with the Centre d'Expertise en Gestion Minière (CEGEMI), a research center that was established in 2011 at the Université Catholique de Bukavu. On CEGEMI's website, the center's activities a…

Driving change search menu search content Photo Essay: The DRC’s Cobalt Essai Photographique: Le Cobalt de la RDC | Insha ya Picha: Cobalt ya DRC Take a look at the Photo Essay: The DRC’s Cobalt EN Photo Essay: The DRC’s Cobalt The city of Kolwezi is known as the ‘cobalt capital’ of the wo…

Health in Congolese artisanal and small-scale mines search menu search content Photo essay Photo essay EN We have visually documented work and life in Kamituga gold mine in 100 pictures. The photo essay provides a fascinating insight into the journey of gold, from the underground pit to the local go…

Health in Congolese artisanal and small-scale mines search menu search content Exhibition Watch the video of the opening event here Watch the video of the closing event here EN From 9 April until 7 May 2022 CEGEMI organized the exhibition Creuseurs de rêve at the Institut Français in Bukavu. The e…

Driving change search menu search content Publications Mwishamali Lukobo, E. ; Geenen, S. and Katz-Lavigne, S. (2025) Les coopératives: Les portiers des sites miniers artisanaux au Lualaba. IOB Working paper 2025.07. IOB, University of Antwerp. Geenen, S. and Katz-Lavigne, S. (2025). Faire face aux…

Health in Congolese artisanal and small-scale mines search menu search content About the project Team members / membres de l'équipe Christelle Balegamire, Divin-Luc Bikubanya, Philippe Dunia Kabunga, Sara Geenen, Olivier Igugu, Gracia Kabilambali, Patrick Katoto, Simon Marijsse, Gabriel Muhanzi Aga…

Driving change search menu search content Presentations Wrap up events, University of Antwerp & Université de Lubumbashi 2025 On 24 June 2025 we presented the Driving Change findings and output during a wrap-up event at IOB in Antwerp: Driving Change: Voices, Photographs, and Findings from a Collab…

Driving change search menu search content DRC Visits | Visites en RDC Recherche dans le Lualaba et Sud-Kivu en début 2023 Photo de l'équipe de Lubumbashi Des membres de l'équipe de Lubumbashi Des membres de l'équipe de Lubumbashi Vue d'une certaine distance d'un site minier artisanal près de Ko…

Health in Congolese artisanal and small-scale mines search menu search content Field visits Watch the video here - Regardez la vidéo ici EN In April 2021 and August 2021 the multidisciplinary CEGEMI team visited the mines of Kamituga to collect data on health and environment. Kamituga is a mining t…

Driving change search menu search content Ethics | Éthique EN The research has been approved by the Ethical Commission in Social and Human Sciences (EASHW) at the University of Antwerp. The international and Congolese researchers involved with this project are collecting data based on oral consent …