Publicaties
Xanthomonas Wilt of Banana (BXW) in Central Africa: Opportunities, challenges, and pathways for citizen science and ICT-based control and prevention strategies KU Leuven
Infection prevention and control strategies in the era of limited resources and quality improvement: A perspective paper Universiteit Hasselt Universiteit Gent
Practice and system factors impact on infection prevention and control in general practice during COVID-19 across 33 countries : results of the PRICOV cross-sectional survey Universiteit Gent
Contributions of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in implementing the Global Health Security Agenda in 17 partner countries Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
The Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), a partnership of nations, international organizations, and civil society, was launched in 2014 with a mission to build countries' capacities to respond to infectious disease threats and to foster global compliance with the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005). The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assists partner nations to improve IHR 2005 capacities and achieve GHSA targets. ...
SMART2D-development and contextualization of community strategies to support self-management in prevention and control of type 2 diabetes in Uganda, South Africa, and Sweden Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Antwerpen
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and its complications are increasing rapidly in low- and middle-income countries, as well as among socioeconomically disadvantaged populations in high-income countries. Support for healthy lifestyle and self-management is paramount but not well implemented in health systems, and there is need for knowledge on how to design and implement interventions that are contextualized and patient centered and address special needs ...
A malaria control trial using insecticide-treated bed nets and targeted chemoprophylaxis in a rural area of The Gambia, West Africa. 4. Perceptions of the causes and of its treatment and prevention in the study area Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Organisational culture and mask-wearing practices for tuberculosis infection prevention and control among health care workers in primary care facilities in the Western Cape, South Africa: a qualitative study Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Background: Although many healthcare workers (HCWs) are aware of the protective role that mask-wearing has in reducing transmission of tuberculosis (TB) and other airborne diseases, studies on infection prevention and control (IPC) for TB in South Africa indicate that mask-wearing is often poorly implemented. Mask-wearing practices are influenced by aspects of the environment and organisational culture within which HCWs work. Methods: We draw ...
'It has become everybody's business and nobody's business': policy actor perspectives on the implementation of TB infection prevention and control (IPC) policies in South African public sector primary care health facilities Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
South Africa is increasingly offering screening, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB), and especially drug-resistant TB, at the primary care level. Nosocomial transmission of TB within primary health facilities is a growing concern in South Africa, and globally. We explore here how TB infection prevention and control (IPC) policies, historically focused on hospitals, are being implemented within primary care facilities. We spoke to 15 ...