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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Tuesday 02 August 2022

PhD defense Anne Nobels

On Wednesday, September 14th 2022, at 5 PM, Dr. Anne Nobels will defend her PhD in Ghent, Belgium

Friday 10 June 2022

PhD defense Lotte De Schrijver

The doctoral defense of LOTTE DE SCHRIJVER was scheduled on Tuesday 28/06 at 5 PM at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences on the UZ campus in Ghent.

Tuesday 31 May 2022

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on women's fertility intentions

Min Zhao, an exchange PhD student at ICRH Belgium, presented her research on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on women's fertility intentions with an e-poster at the Congress of the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health (25-28 May).

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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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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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Interpersonal violence Reproductive rights

Evaluation of the existing assistance landscape for perpetrators and potential perpetrators of sexual violence

Sexual violence is an important social problem that affects public health and well-being. Recent research in the Belgian population showed that all genders and all age groups are vulnerable to sexual violence.

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2022 Increased condom use among key populations using oral PrEP in Kenya : results from large scale programmatic surveillance

Peter Gichangi, Stanley Luchters

2022 Perceived availability of home- and community-based services and self-reported depression among Chinese older adults : a cross-sectional study

Yushan Yu, Wei-Hong Zhang

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