Researcher
Robert Colebunders
- Research Expertise:Training and providing advice in the field of infectious diseases, tropical medicine, travel medicine and HIV infection and assistance in establishing national treatment guidelines in these domains.
- Keywords:TUBERCULOSIS, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, HAEMORRAGHIC FEVER, HIV-INFECTION, TROPICAL DISEASE, Medicine
- Disciplines:Immunology, Tropical medicine, Microbiology
- Research techniques:Treatment guidelines.
- Users of research expertise:- Physicians - Medical students - Clinical researchers - Ministry of Health
Affiliations
- Global Health Institute (GHI) (Research group)
Member
From1 Jan 2019 → Today - Epidemiology and social medicine (ESOC) (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2014 → 31 Dec 2018 - Epidemiology and social medicine (ESOC) (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2003 → 30 Sep 2014
Projects
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- Reducing onchocerciasis-associated morbidity in children.From1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Project in the field of Onchocerciasis diagnosis.From1 Jun 2022 → TodayFunding: Foreign foundations, funds with scientific view
- Stopping the burden of disease caused by onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy.From1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- The assessment of psycho-social and behavioral response and compliance to restriction measures to prevent and control of Covid-19: an series of rapid surveys.From21 Jan 2021 → 20 Jan 2024Funding: Foreign public sponsor
- Effective information exchange and care orientation in Covid-19-related contact tracing phone calls. An applied sociolinguistic and conversation analytic enquiry into optimizing interactional dynamics and pragmatic awareness.From1 Nov 2020 → 31 Oct 2021Funding: FWO Special Call for Covid-19 research projects
- African network to study, treat and prevent onchocerciasis associated epilepsy (OAE-Africa).From1 Jan 2019 → 31 Aug 2022Funding: VLIR-UOS Joint
- Multi-disciplinary approach to control onchocersiasis-associated epilepsy in the Mahenge area in Morogoro region, Tanzania.From1 Jan 2018 → 31 Aug 2022Funding: VLIR-UOS TEAM
- Development of a policy to stop the suffering caused by Nodding Syndrome and Onchocerciasis associated epilepsy (NSstop).From1 Sep 2017 → 28 Feb 2019Funding: H2020 - Frontier Research (ERC)
- Nodding Syndrome: a trans-disciplinary approach to identify the cause and decrease the incidence of river epilepsy (NSETHIO).From1 Oct 2015 → 30 Nov 2021Funding: H2020 - Frontier Research (ERC)
- An investigation into the geographical distribution, host species, burden of disease and optimal diagnosis and treatment of Emmonsia hoerikwaggiana infections.From1 Jan 2014 → 31 Dec 2017Funding: FWO research project
Publications
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- Assessing Onchocerca volvulus intensity of infection and genetic diversity using mitochondrial genome sequencing of single microfilariae obtained before and after ivermectin treatment(2023)
Authors: Shannon M. Hedtke, Young-Jun Choi, Anusha Kode, Gowtam C. Chalasani, Neha Sirwani, Stephen R. Jada, An Hotterbeekx, Michel Mandro, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Glory Ngongeh Amambo, et al.
Pages: 1 - 20 - Prevalence of epilepsy in the onchocerciasis endemic middle belt of Ghana after 27 years of mass drug administration with ivermectin(2023)
Authors: Kenneth Bentum Otabil, Blessing Ankrah, Emmanuel John Bart-Plange, Emmanuel Sam Donkoh, Fiona Amoabil Avarikame, Fredrick Obeng Ofori-Appiah, Theophilus Nti Babae, Prince-Charles Kudzordzi, Vera Achiaa Darko, Joseph Ameyaw, et al.
Pages: 1 - 14 - Accessibility to formal education among persons with epilepsy in Mahenge, Tanzania(2023)
Authors: Pendo F. Magili, Deodatus C. Kakoko, Dan Bhwana, Winfrida O. Akyoo, Luis-Jorge Teles de Meneses do Amaral, Isolide S. Massawe, Robert Colebunders, Bruno P. Mmbando
Pages: 1 - 9 - The role of entomology in onchocerciasis elimination(2023)
Authors: Thomson Lakwo, Robert Colebunders
Number of pages: 237 - How to decrease the epilepsy disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa?(2023)
Authors: Gilles Van Cutsem, Robert Colebunders
Pages: 1 - 2 - Nodding syndrome(2023)
Authors: Gasim O.E. Abd-Elfarag, Jake D. Mathewson, Lukudu Emmanuel, Arthur W.D. Edridge, Stella van Beers, Mohamed B. Sebit, Robert Colebunders, Michael B. van Hensbroek, Ente J.J. Rood
Pages: 1 - 8 - Non-adherence to ivermectin in onchocerciasis-endemic communities with persistent infection in the Bono Region of Ghana(2023)
Authors: Kenneth Otabil, Maria-Gloria Basanez, Blessing Ankrah, Emmanuel John Bart-Plange, Theophilus Nti Babae, Prince-Charles Kudzordzi, Vera Achiaa Darko, Abdul Sakibu Raji, Lydia Datsa, Andrews Agyapong Boakye, et al.
Pages: 1 - 14 - Quality of life of persons with epilepsy in Mahenge, an onchocerciasis-endemic area in Tanzania(2023)
Authors: Luis-Jorge Teles de Meneses do Amaral, Dan Bhwana, Messaline F. Fomo, Bruno P. Mmbando, Carmen-Nabintu Chigoho, Robert Colebunders
Pages: 1 - 9 - Methodological challenges for conducting case-control studies to investigate the association between onchocerciasis and epilepsy including nodding syndrome(2023)
Authors: Robert Colebunders, Amber Hadermann, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo
Pages: 1 - 4 - Disability assessment among persons with epilepsy in Mahenge, an onchocerciasis-endemic area in Tanzania(2023)
Authors: Dan Bhwana, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Luis-Jorge Amaral, Lauren Vandevenne, Filbert Francis, Daniel P. Challe, Bruno P. Mmbando, Robert Colebunders
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Linked dataset
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- Ivermectin as an adjuvant to anti-epileptic treatment in persons with onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy : a randomized proof-of-concept clinical trial (Creator)
- Single versus multiple dose ivermectin regimen in onchocerciasis-infected persons with epilepsy treated with phenobarbital: a randomized clinical trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Creator)