Projecten
Advancing the implementation of quality improvement strategies to reduce maternal mortality using realist evaluation: the case of Maternal Death Reviews in Benin Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
The impact of alternative care integration strategies on Health Care Networks' performance in different Latin American health systems Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Health services fragmentation is one of the main obstacles to effective health care in Latin-America, particularly for chronic diseases. This research builds upon results from Equity-LA (FP7-B-223123) and focuses on one of the most promoted policies to respond to fragmentation in LA, the development of Integrated Health Care Networks (IHN). The general objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of different care integration strategies in ...
Evaluation of an antibody detecting point-of-care test for the detection of Taenia Solium Taeniasis and (neuro) cysticercosis in communities and primary care settings of highly endemic, resource-poor areas in Tanzania and Zambia, including training of- an Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Co-design and evaluation of improved information tools to support better monitoring of inpatient newborn care Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Care for sick newborns is typically provided by multi-professional teams that are required to adhere to best practises and these babies could spend many days in the neonatal unit. While care is often planned by a team of clinicians, nurses are the primary care givers in newborn units and thus accurate documentation of nursing care and patient progress plays an important role in both provision of quality care and team ...
Monitoring and Evaluation of a mobile Clinical Decision Making Support System (CDMSS) intervention for frontline providers of maternal and neonatal care in the Eastern region (ER) of Ghana Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Evaluation of Performance of Diabetes Care Initiatives implemented in Cambodia Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
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 ...
Iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy: Evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose and oral ferrous sulphate in a low-middle income country Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Emergency evaluation of convalescent blood and plasma for Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) in affected West African countries Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
The trial will take place in three consecutive phases; i) initial phase to initiate harmonized standard supportive care (SC), ii) evaluation of ...