Four Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp researchers awarded a competitive fellowship by the Research Foundation of Flanders! Did you see our very own Pete Macharia on this list? Congratulations! itg.be/en/health-stor…

📢 We are looking for a student to help us with transcriptions. Are you interested in HIV, quality of life, and/or social sciences? Are you fluent in Dutch, French and English? Don’t hesitate to apply! More information 👇 t.ly/kn38h

Thursday greetings from the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp Rochus campus garden which looks particularly beautiful in the sunshine! Have you listened to the ITM Transmission podcast yet? The last episode of Season 2 was released today: itg.be/nl/health-stor…

Today we celebrate the excellent work of Metasebia Admassu 🙌 Meti's paper on community perceptions of and responses to #VAWG and challenges in accessing support services among female violence survivors in Arbaminch City #Ethiopia 🇪🇹 just out in PLOS ONE journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

On International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp alumna and researcher Engy Sawah will share her experiences of working in 🇪🇬with migrants and refugee victims of sexual violence from conflict settings. Register: itg.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Do you have any idea for a journal special issue focused on health systems? SSM (Social Science & Medicine) - Health Systems is looking for special issue proposals! For more information and to submit a proposal see: sciencedirect.com/journal/ssm-he…

Today at 3pm (in Belgium) - join us for this webinar!

A vacancy for #Research Assistant #Geospatial support for modelling and mapping of #maternal #health indicators at Sexual & Reproductive Health Group at ITM Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp : itg.be/en/jobs-and-re…

Violence against women and girls in my own country of Ethiopia: the tolerated and the unacceptable - blog by Metasebia Admassu itg.be/en/health-stor…

Accueillie un team 🇨🇩🇧🇪 de l’école santé publique Université de Lubumbashi et de Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp travaillant ensemble pour améliorer les services de santé publique à #Lubumbashi Jacques Kyabula Katwe

📢Welcome to our dissemination event at Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp! Join in person or use this link to register for online participation of the first 1,5h presentation: itg.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Lenka Beňová Andrea B. Pembe Peter Waiswa Helle M Alvesson Dossou Jean-Paul

Babies with mothers exposed to high temperatures the week before childbirth have a 34% higher risk of perinatal death. A large proportion of these deaths are during labour in Benin, Malawi, Tanzania & Uganda. Jeroen de Bont Lenka Beňová Dossou Jean-Paul rdcu.be/dSPDV

Analysing nearly 140,000 births in hospitals in 🇧🇯🇲🇼🇹🇿🇺🇬, the Alert project found that short-term heat exposure before birth may increase risk of perinatal death, particularly intrapartum stillbirths. #justpublished Nature Medicine Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

"This #map represents what I know": the power of putting Lubumbashi’s #maternal healthcare services on the map 👉Together, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, 🇧🇪 and École de Santé Publique of Université de Lubumbashi (ESP/UNILU) 🇨🇩, we have been #mapping all health facilities that offer maternal and newborn

***TOMORROW Sept 11 *** PhD defence of Okikiolu Badejo Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp 3pm CET live (Rochus, Aula Janssens) and online shorturl.at/laKy2 Adolescent-friendly Health Services and Outcomes Among Adolescents and Young Adults Living with HIV in Nigeria 🇳🇬 APIN Public Health Initiatives