Initiatives of Radboudumc Global Health

Adressing HIV during pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa

As part of HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Therapeutics Working group and WHO Paediatric Antiretroviral Working Group, our team provides evidence and policy advice on HIV during pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa.

Program combining education/implementation science using behavioural change approach for effectively addressing one of the ten global public health threats.

Focused on development of methods and tools for priority setting in health, we support Ministries of Health to make socially acceptable choices. Our work integrates methods from various disciplines such as economics, ethic and decisions, which resulted in the development of ‘evidence-informed deliberative processes’.

As part of the HFGP initiative, we explore the consequences that genetic variation of human DNA has on physiological processes with special focus on immune system in health and diseases in sub-Saharan Africa.

A hospital-based cohort study that aims to comprehensively characterize the clinical manifestations, immunological responses, transmission dynamics, and respiratory outcomes of respiratory tract infections in pediatric populations residing in LMICs.

Cross-country collaboration to understand the function and the regulation of innate immune system in health and disease, and to perform research towards development of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies targeting innate immunity.

A partnership between various healthcare organizations in or near Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The IMHA wants to promote knowledge exchange in the field of mental health care together with colleagues from the Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC).

Clinical trial assessing safety, pharmacokinetics and transmission-reducing activity of a malaria-specific antibody in adults and school-age children in a country with a high seasonal malaria burden.

A cluster-randomized trial aiming to understand drivers of the efficacy of seasonal malaria chemoprevention based on pharmacokinetic and social science analyses.

A group of young psychiatrists in Cambodia have established an advocacy and awareness initiative called AROM Station, supported by the Radboudumc Department of Psychology.

Global TB control can only be successful if TB among people with diabetes is addressed. PROTID consortium initiates the first clinical trial on this subject.

Clinicians and researchers from several backgrounds and Caribbean institutes will collaborate with Radboudumc in a comprehensive investigation on dynamics of respiratory infections and immunological responses to viral infections in the Caribbean region.

Thanks to Milou van Ingen, Physician Assistant at the Intensive Care, and her vision for the future, Sengerema Hospital provides safer care for newborns.

AfriKNO stimulates, supports, educates and as such improves public ENT (Ear Nose Throat) departments on the African continent. AfriKNO focuses on ensuring long-term benefits and improved quality of life to the local population by building the next generation of African ENT‐specialists.