Publications
Chimpanzees surviving in a fragmented high-altitude forest landscape of the Congolese Albertine Rift Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp University of Antwerp
A Pickled Community: Fermented Notes from ROT GARDEN Hasselt University
¿Cómo entender al Otro? Multilingüismo y Translingüismo en la Road Movie latinoamericana KU Leuven
We narration in Chang-rae Lee’s 'On such a full sea' and Julie Otsuka’s 'The Buddha in the attic' : 'unnaturally' Asian American? Ghent University
Entomological Assessment of Onchocerca Species Transmission by Black Flies in Selected Communities in the West Region of Cameroon Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The enormity of the public health burden of onchocerciasis motivated the creation of various large-scale control programs that have depended principally on mass treatment of endemic communities with ivermectin for the elimination of the disease. Parasitological evaluation of Onchocerca species in the West Region of Cameroon indicates significant progress in the interruption of parasite transmission in some communities under ivermectin ...
Boosting knowledge through awareness raising University of Antwerp
Maternal health care-seeking behaviour of married adolescent girls: a prospective qualitative study in Banke District, Nepal Institute of Tropical Medicine
Background
Nepal has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the South Asia region, partly due to the underutilization of maternal health services and the high number of adolescent pregnancies. This study explores married Nepali adolescent girls' healthcare-seeking behaviour throughout their pregnancies, during their delivery and postpartum.
Methods
We conducted a prospective qualitative study in Banke ...
The Severe Typhoid Fever in Africa program: study design and methodology to assess disease severity, host immunity, and carriage associated with invasive salmonellosis Institute of Tropical Medicine KU Leuven
Background: Invasive salmonellosis is a common community-acquired bacteremia in persons residing in sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is a paucity of data on severe typhoid fever and its associated acute and chronic host immune response and carriage. The Severe Typhoid Fever in Africa (SETA) program, a multicountry surveillance study, aimed to address these research gaps and contribute to the control and prevention of invasive ...
It is time to revise the international Good Clinical Practices guidelines: recommendations from non-commercial North-South collaborative trials Institute of Tropical Medicine KU Leuven
The Good Clinical Practices (GCP) codes of the WHO and the International Conference of Harmonization set international standards for clinical research. But critics argue that they were written without consideration for the challenges faced in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Based on our field experience in LMICs, we developed a non-exhaustive set of recommendations for the improvement of GCP. These cover 3 domains: ethical, legal and ...