Projecten
Preparing for clinical trials with vaginal rings that protect women from HIV and unintended pregnancy Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
On the eve of the introduction of long-term combination HIV prevention/contraception vaginal rings in Africa, we need to improve our knowledge about the attitude of women in Africa towards the ring and to assess the effect of the ring on the vaginal microbiome.
The overall aim of this trial is to provide data on the acceptability of the vaginal ring in Rwanda and on the effects of such ring on the vaginal microbiome. A clinical ...
Impact of the clinical trials on the health behaviours of the communities and the quality of the health services in West and East Africa Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
The aim is to carry out a comprehensive evaluation of the impact of public health-oriented clinical trials on local communities and the corresponding health system. To achieve this we will address the following research questions. Does the implementation of clinical trials have an impact on access to care and health facility utilisation, i.e.frequency of attendance, early attendance or delay, increased/decreased turst, etc? In case of ...
Preparing for clinical trials of interventions to improve the reproductive health of adolescent girls in sub Saharan Africa Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
The overall aim is to inform future clinical trials of interventions to improve the reproductive health of adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa, including vaginal microbicides, vaccines and products that enhance the health of the vaginal environment such as probiotics.
Diagnostic tools for human African trypanosomiasis elimination and clinical trials Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Establishing international standards in the analysis of patient reported outcomes and health-related quality of life data in cancer clinical trials Universiteit Gent
Exploring the Ethical issues in Clinical Research with Pregnant Women in low resource settings; and acceptability of interventions for pregnant women: An Ethnography Of The Pregnanzi-2 Trial In The Gambia Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Pre-delivery administration of azithromycin to prevent neonatal sepsis and death: a phase III double-blind randomized clinical trial Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
maternal and 4 million neonatal deaths every year and half of them occur in sub-Saharan Africa.
Bacterial infections, namely sepsis, are a leading cause of maternal and neonatal deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. Newborns
can be infected during labour - when passing through the birth canal - and also during the ...