Publications
Diagnostic performance and usability of the VISITECT CD4 semi-quantitative test for advanced HIV disease screening Institute of Tropical Medicine
Background
In sub-Saharan Africa, a third of people starting antiretroviral therapy and majority of patients returning to HIV-care after disengagement, present with advanced HIV disease (ADH), and are at high risk of mortality. Simplified and more affordable point-of-care (POC) diagnostics are required to increase access to prompt CD4 cell count screening for ambulatory and asymptomatic patients. The Visitect CD4 Lateral Flow Assay ...
Readiness of district and regional hospitals in Burkina Faso to provide caesarean section and blood transfusion services: a cross-sectional study Institute of Tropical Medicine
Comfort in palliative sedation (Compas): a transdisciplinary mixed method study protocol for linking objective assessments to subjective experiences Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
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 ...
It is time to revise the international Good Clinical Practices guidelines: recommendations from noncommercial North–South collaborative trials Institute of Tropical Medicine
Evaluation of hospital service level agreements Ghent University
Design and implementation of the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence Cross-Sectional Study Ghent University
The sudden removal of user fees: the perspective of a frontline manager in Burundi Institute of Tropical Medicine
A survey of nongovernmental organizations on their use of WHO's prequalification programme Institute of Tropical Medicine
Objective: To obtain the perspectives of some small- and medium-sized organizations on the World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification programme for medicines and to ascertain organizations' unmet needs.
Methods: We conducted an exploratory, qualitative study in 2018 among 17 representatives of 15 small- and medium-sized Belgian and non-Belgian organizations who purchase medicines for humanitarian, development or public programmes ...