Projecten
Institutional strengthening of the Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory (LRM, Bénin) for quality services and better quality of health care for Mycobacteria and other clinical bacteria, at National and Regional Level. Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Improving the performance of health care delivery systems to provide quality care for persons with chronic diseases at the primary level of healthcare in rural Karnataka, India Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
De European Quality of Care Pathways (EQCP) studie. KU Leuven
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
“ Examining the quality of maternal and newborn healthcare delivery in an African city – the case of Kampala, Uganda Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Feasibility of patient-centred care approaches at primary health care level in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Uganda Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Primary health care services in sub-Saharan African countries offer the first point of contact for the majority of the population seeking health care, especially in rural areas and for the poor in society. However, they still remain under-resourced and fragmented. This brings out the need to ensure that available resources are allocated more efficiently, to provide services that are of good quality, and in line with the needs ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...