Publicaties
Nutritional interventions to prevent and rear low-birthweight piglets Universiteit Gent Universiteit Antwerpen
Metformin Treatment for 4 yr to Reduce Total and Visceral Fat in Low-Birthweight Girls with Precocious Pubarche KU Leuven
Childbirth care in Egypt: a repeat cross-sectional analysis using Demographic and Health Surveys between 1995 and 2014 examining use of care, provider mix and immediate postpartum care content Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Background:
Egypt has achieved important reductions in maternal and neonatal mortality and experienced increases in the proportion of births attended by skilled professionals. However, substandard care has been highlighted as one of the avoidable causes behind persisting maternal deaths. This paper describes changes over time in the use of childbirth care in Egypt, focusing on location and sector of provision (public versus private) ...
Risk of malaria in young children after periconceptional iron supplementation Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
This study in Burkina Faso investigated whether offspring of young mothers who had received weekly periconceptional iron supplementation in a randomised controlled trial were at increased risk of malaria. A child safety survey was undertaken in the peak month of malaria transmission towards the end of the trial to assess child iron biomarkers, nutritional status, anaemia and malaria outcomes. Antenatal iron biomarkers, preterm birth, fetal ...
Blood pressure and cardiovascular risk in relation to birth weight and urinary sodium: an individual-participant meta-analysis of European family-based population studies KU Leuven
Advanced imaging techniques for X-ray tomography of rapidly developing biomechanical systems Universiteit Antwerpen
Comparable pregnancy outcomes for HIV-uninfected and HIV-infected women on antiretroviral treatment in Kenya Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
BACKGROUND: The impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on pregnancy outcomes for women on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa remains unclear.
METHODS: Pregnant women in Kenya were enrolled in the second trimester and followed up to delivery. We estimated effects of treated HIV with 3 pregnancy outcomes: loss, premature birth, and low birth weight and factors associated with HIV-positive status.
RESULTS: ...