29 Jun 18 ITM receives Antwerp Diner check worth € 32.500 With the contribution of Antwerp Diner 2018, the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp try to improve the quality of life of vulnerable HIV patients. HIV
12 Apr 18 Georgia on Their Mind Bruno Marchal and Ariadna Nebot Giralt contribute to better TB care in Georgia P³
11 Dec 17 New Beginnings at the WHO Emerging Voice for Global Health Sana Contractor writes about her participation in a recent WHO’s Executive Board meeting ITM Voices
22 Nov 17 Distance learning at ITM presented at eLearning Africa As e-learning expert of the Department of Public Health, I went to the annual eLearning Africa conference last September to present our distance learning module for animal health experts. ITM Voices
17 Oct 17 Poor quality medicines on the programme at ECTMIH The Be-cause health and IDDO Medicines Quality teams will be addressing the issue of poor quality medicines at the European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health. Quality of medicines
14 Jul 17 Equity-LA II workshop on local health systems International workshop on the integration of fragmented local health systems in Latin America took place in Uruguay Health care and policy
05 Jul 17 Sleeping sickness, quo vadis? Seminar in The Lancet on Human African Trypanosomiasis Sleeping sickness
12 Jun 17 New terminology aids understanding of poor quality medicines The World Health Assembly has agreed on new terminology that aims to establish a common understanding of key terms used to describe poor quality medical products. Quality of medicines
26 May 17 Workshop to develop e-learning course Online courses on reproductive health and primary health care for Guinean health workers
22 May 17 Fighting multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Georgia ITM and others to assist the government of Georgia in developing a provider incentive payment scheme for tuberculosis Health care and policy
11 May 17 Performance-based financing: from pilot to system A series of articles on understanding what enables or hinders the transition of performance-based financing initiatives to being fully integrated into national health systems Health care and policy
26 Apr 17 Bridging the gap between pharmacy and public health All throughout my professional experience, either in humanitarian programs or in international collaborative research, I have often been frustrated by the perception of pharmacy as a purely 'technical' issue. ITM Voices
07 Apr 17 The psychosocial impact of cutaneous leishmaniasis scars World Health Day is held every year on 7 April. To mark the occasion, Issam Bennis, first author of a new study published in Infectious Diseases of Poverty, tells us about his research. Leishmaniasis
20 Mar 17 African students debate health care with Flemish politicians 25 master's students debated with Flemish politicians about social protection in health. Health care and policy
14 Mar 17 Visceral leishmaniasis: global understanding of a complex disease Generating new data to inform and guide policies and practices on the Indian subcontinent Leishmaniasis
10 Mar 17 Training high level cadres of the Moroccan Ministry of Health A short course in health systems and policy analysis (CARPeSS for Cours en Analyse et Renforcement des Politiques et Systèmes de Santé) Health care and policy
03 Mar 17 QMM spinoff in Cuba Course entitled Qualitative Research and Introduction to Mixed Methods Designs for Disease Control took place at the Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK), Havana, Cuba
01 Mar 17 Men have a role to play in ending FGM, but they don't play it A study exploring men’s involvement in female genital mutilation Maternal and reproductive health
27 Feb 17 Launching the Congolese Knowledge Centre in Kinshasa Its role will be to review, synthetise and contextualise existing evidence and direct these to the decision-making levels in the Congolese health system Health care and policy
23 Feb 17 GOARN members meet in London WHO organises a workshop for members of the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network
23 Feb 17 Maternal and child health post-Ebola Maternal and child health services have not yet recovered from Ebola Ebola
08 Dec 16 Euroleish.net, the London networking retreat EuroLeish.net supervisors, fellows and partners gathererd for the 2nd networking retreat as mid-term review of the 15 PhD projects Leishmaniasis
30 Nov 16 Alumni in Vancouver ITM Alumni and Emerging Voices at the 4th Global Symposium of Health Systems Research Health care and policy
24 Nov 16 Emerging Voices impress at Global Symposium in Vancouver The 2016 Emerging Voices 4 Global Health (EV4GH), linked to the 4th Global Symposium on Health System Research, brought together 40 young health system researchers and professionals. Switching the Poles
23 Nov 16 Global symposium award goes to ITM PhD student Ona Ilozumba wins the “best student poster award” at the 4th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research Health care and policy
22 Nov 16 Short-term Training in Tropical and Infectious Diseases in Nepal Nepalese doctors participate in this 5-week training session on common tropical and infectious diseases
08 Nov 16 Mobile health interventions: no silver bullet for diabetes patients In her doctoral thesis, Dr. Josefien van Olmen says that much-touted mobile technologies for self-management alone will not solve the problem. Diabetes
03 Nov 16 ITM and BTC join forces to help rebuild Guinea’s health system The country is currently rebuilding and strengthening its health system after the Ebola epidemic of 2014-2015 Health care and policy
25 Oct 16 ITM receives EU funding for Zika research The Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) and the KU Leuven are part of a group of international organisations that will carry out Zika research with funding from the European Union. Zika
11 Oct 16 Adolescent pregnancy in Bangladesh October 11 has been declared as the International Day of the Girl Child to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world. Maternal and reproductive health
30 Sep 16 More clarity about the role of mosquito repellent against malaria The malaria mosquito is getting used to insecticides and therefore increasingly bites during the day and outside the home Malaria
