International Centre for Reproductive Health Belgium

ICRH Belgium is a multidisciplinary centre operating within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Ghent University. Besides research activities, ICRH Belgium implements projects in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia with a focus on developing training programmes and takes actions to defend sexual and reproductive rights.

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Monday 17 October 2022

Prof Dr Marleen Temmerman elected to the National Academy of Medicine

As of October 1st 2022, Prof Dr Marleen Temmerman is an International Member of the National Academy of Medicine, one of three academies that make up the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the United States.

Monday 17 October 2022

2nd China Platform Academic Forum on medicine and health sciences

Following the successful first edition of the China Platform Academic Forum (CPAF) held in September 2021, the second edition took place from 17-21 October 2022.

Monday 03 October 2022

Two directors at ICRH Belgium

At the end of September, the new academic year has started in Belgium. As of this academic year and for a period of 4 years, Prof Dr Olivier Degomme has been appointed the new Chair of the Department of Public...

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Cervical cancer and HPV

A Community-based HPV screening Implementation in Low-Income countries - CHILI

Cervical cancer is the 4th most common cancer in women worldwide, with up to 85% of the burden in resource restricted countries. Early detection of precancer has shown to be successful in reducing cancer incidence and mortality, however, a global implementation of this approach is hampered by culture and resource differences between countries.

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HIGH Horizons Heat Indicators for Global Health

Monitoring, Early Warning Systems and health facility interventions for pregnant and postpartum women, infants and young children and health workers.

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IMPOCHA

IMPOCHA: Improving soil, potato crops, human health, and forage quality in a climate change context

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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) Cervical cancer and HPV

ELEVATE: EarLy dEtection of cerVical cAncer in hard-to-reach populations of women through portable and point-of-care HPV TEsting

The ELEVATE consortium wants to empower women to screen for their cervical cancer risk in any setting while guaranteeing rapid and easy-to-understand results

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Adolescent and youth health Reproductive rights Sexual health and wellbeing

Improving Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health through a Participatory Parent-Child Communication Intervention in Uganda

Uganda has a very young population and its sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes - including teen-age pregnancies and HIV prevalence - remain among the poorest worldwide.

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Developing a model for adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

For Enabel, the Belgian Development Cooperation Agency, ICRH is contributing to the development of a model for improving sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in Senegal.

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2022 Victimization of applicants for international protection residing in Belgium : sexual violence and help-seeking behavior

Lotte De Schrijver, Ines Keygnaert, Anne Nobels

2022 Assessment of the lifetime prevalence and incidence of induced abortion and correlates among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya : a secondary cohort analysis

Peter Gichangi, Stanley Luchters

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