Sexual & Reproductive Health Group at ITM Antwerp
@srhgroup-itm.bsky.social
Research group focusing on sexual, reproductive, maternal and child health, including HIV and STIs
https://www.itg.be/en/research/research-group/sexual-and-reproductive-health-research-group
https://www.itg.be/en/research/research-group/sexual-and-reproductive-health-research-group
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Inequities in #spatial access to childbirth care in Conakry, Guinea. Published in Nature Cities
► Disparities in #geographic access to facilities providing childbirth care
► Driven by skewed spatial distribution of facilities, heavy traffic & socio-economic disadvantage
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
► Disparities in #geographic access to facilities providing childbirth care
► Driven by skewed spatial distribution of facilities, heavy traffic & socio-economic disadvantage
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
April 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Inequities in #spatial access to childbirth care in Conakry, Guinea. Published in Nature Cities
► Disparities in #geographic access to facilities providing childbirth care
► Driven by skewed spatial distribution of facilities, heavy traffic & socio-economic disadvantage
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
► Disparities in #geographic access to facilities providing childbirth care
► Driven by skewed spatial distribution of facilities, heavy traffic & socio-economic disadvantage
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
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𝗣𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗯-𝗦𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮
A (renewed) call to create geolocated, comprehensive, updated, openly licensed dataset of health facilities in SSA.
In #BMCMedicine! bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#GISchat #GeoSky #GeoHealth, @itmantwerp.bsky.social
A (renewed) call to create geolocated, comprehensive, updated, openly licensed dataset of health facilities in SSA.
In #BMCMedicine! bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#GISchat #GeoSky #GeoHealth, @itmantwerp.bsky.social
Putting health facilities on the map: a renewed call to create geolocated, comprehensive, updated, openly licensed dataset of health facilities in sub-Saharan African countries - BMC Medicine
Background Healthcare service provision, planning, and management depend on the availability of a geolocated, up-to-date, comprehensive health facility database (HFDB) to adequately meet a population’...
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:17 AM
𝗣𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗯-𝗦𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮
A (renewed) call to create geolocated, comprehensive, updated, openly licensed dataset of health facilities in SSA.
In #BMCMedicine! bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#GISchat #GeoSky #GeoHealth, @itmantwerp.bsky.social
A (renewed) call to create geolocated, comprehensive, updated, openly licensed dataset of health facilities in SSA.
In #BMCMedicine! bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
#GISchat #GeoSky #GeoHealth, @itmantwerp.bsky.social
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As of today, 7 million people have been denied access to contraceptive care because of the Trump administration’s #ForeignAid shutdown.
📢 Read our new op-ed for @msmagazine.com, where we explain the devastating consequences & call on policymakers to act: gu.tt/4kEn9Wo
📢 Read our new op-ed for @msmagazine.com, where we explain the devastating consequences & call on policymakers to act: gu.tt/4kEn9Wo
Foreign Aid Cuts Will Lead to 34,000 More Pregnancy-Related Deaths in Just One Year
The freeze on U.S. foreign assistance funding and the subsequent stop work order has already taken an irreversible toll on global health programs, including family planning services, causing chaos acr...
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March 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
As of today, 7 million people have been denied access to contraceptive care because of the Trump administration’s #ForeignAid shutdown.
📢 Read our new op-ed for @msmagazine.com, where we explain the devastating consequences & call on policymakers to act: gu.tt/4kEn9Wo
📢 Read our new op-ed for @msmagazine.com, where we explain the devastating consequences & call on policymakers to act: gu.tt/4kEn9Wo
We ask for:
1️⃣ continued universal access to existing data on the DHS Program website
2️⃣ work which was in progress in 25 countries to continue
3️⃣ shifting ownership of technical expertise toward countries in and *for* which the DHS, MIS and SPA surveys are conducted.
✨✨✨➡️ ssrn.com/abstract=513...
1️⃣ continued universal access to existing data on the DHS Program website
2️⃣ work which was in progress in 25 countries to continue
3️⃣ shifting ownership of technical expertise toward countries in and *for* which the DHS, MIS and SPA surveys are conducted.
✨✨✨➡️ ssrn.com/abstract=513...
February 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
We ask for:
1️⃣ continued universal access to existing data on the DHS Program website
2️⃣ work which was in progress in 25 countries to continue
3️⃣ shifting ownership of technical expertise toward countries in and *for* which the DHS, MIS and SPA surveys are conducted.
✨✨✨➡️ ssrn.com/abstract=513...
1️⃣ continued universal access to existing data on the DHS Program website
2️⃣ work which was in progress in 25 countries to continue
3️⃣ shifting ownership of technical expertise toward countries in and *for* which the DHS, MIS and SPA surveys are conducted.
✨✨✨➡️ ssrn.com/abstract=513...
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🚨 What happens when vital health data disappears? The suspension of USAID funding for the DHS Program threatens global health monitoring, policymaking, and life-saving interventions. We must restore funding before this loss impacts millions. Share with your network!
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February 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🚨 What happens when vital health data disappears? The suspension of USAID funding for the DHS Program threatens global health monitoring, policymaking, and life-saving interventions. We must restore funding before this loss impacts millions. Share with your network!
www.itg.be/en/health-st...
www.itg.be/en/health-st...
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🧵 Trump’s USAID funding freeze abruptly halted critical global health research, abandoning participants mid-trial. A gross ethical violation. @bachynski.bsky.social & I explain what happened and why it matters @bmj.com . ⬇️
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Abandoning research participants is an unconscionable betrayal
In 1964, the Declaration of Helsinki created a set of universal ethical principles to protect human participants in health research.1 Described as “the cornerstone of research ethics,”2 these principl...
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February 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🧵 Trump’s USAID funding freeze abruptly halted critical global health research, abandoning participants mid-trial. A gross ethical violation. @bachynski.bsky.social & I explain what happened and why it matters @bmj.com . ⬇️
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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When health data go dark, we create dangerous blind spots. The USAID funding freeze has halted DHS Program work in many LMICs. Read our call to restore data access & continue DHS activities: shorturl.at/8U1LN @itmantwerp.bsky.social @srhgroup-itm.bsky.social @lenkabenova.bsky.social
When health data go dark
A call to restore DHS Program funding
www.itg.be
February 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
When health data go dark, we create dangerous blind spots. The USAID funding freeze has halted DHS Program work in many LMICs. Read our call to restore data access & continue DHS activities: shorturl.at/8U1LN @itmantwerp.bsky.social @srhgroup-itm.bsky.social @lenkabenova.bsky.social
When was the last time you felt like a child in an amusement park? ✨
For us, just this Monday!
Appreciating the science, patience and mad skills that it takes to raise a tsetse fly colony @itmantwerp.bsky.social
Thank you to Prof Van Den Abbeele!🙏
For us, just this Monday!
Appreciating the science, patience and mad skills that it takes to raise a tsetse fly colony @itmantwerp.bsky.social
Thank you to Prof Van Den Abbeele!🙏
January 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
When was the last time you felt like a child in an amusement park? ✨
For us, just this Monday!
Appreciating the science, patience and mad skills that it takes to raise a tsetse fly colony @itmantwerp.bsky.social
Thank you to Prof Van Den Abbeele!🙏
For us, just this Monday!
Appreciating the science, patience and mad skills that it takes to raise a tsetse fly colony @itmantwerp.bsky.social
Thank you to Prof Van Den Abbeele!🙏
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🤩 We are excited to announce that Dr Özge Tunçalp is our new Executive Director! With an impressive career in public health, maternal health, and health systems strengthening, she is eager to lead ITM into a new chapter.
Learn more 👉 itg.be/en/health-st...
Learn more 👉 itg.be/en/health-st...
January 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🤩 We are excited to announce that Dr Özge Tunçalp is our new Executive Director! With an impressive career in public health, maternal health, and health systems strengthening, she is eager to lead ITM into a new chapter.
Learn more 👉 itg.be/en/health-st...
Learn more 👉 itg.be/en/health-st...
Congratulations to @jilmolenaar.bsky.social and her team for this excellent publication in Social Science and Medicine!
Just published: ‘Getting the numbers right’ - on how healthcare workers navigate power & pressure when collecting MNH data in Tanzania. Ethnographic insights on the social lives of health data 🏥 tinyurl.com/3n8tcefh @srhgroup-itm.bsky.social @lenkabenova.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Congratulations to @jilmolenaar.bsky.social and her team for this excellent publication in Social Science and Medicine!
Excited to share our study published in BMC Women's Health! We explored factors that limit PrEP use among AGYW in Africa, highlighting stigma, social support gaps and systemic challenges. Targeted interventions are vital for equitable HIV prevention.
Full paper: rdcu.be/d4Vhe
Full paper: rdcu.be/d4Vhe
January 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Excited to share our study published in BMC Women's Health! We explored factors that limit PrEP use among AGYW in Africa, highlighting stigma, social support gaps and systemic challenges. Targeted interventions are vital for equitable HIV prevention.
Full paper: rdcu.be/d4Vhe
Full paper: rdcu.be/d4Vhe
Congratulations to PhD student Cathy Birabwa for this paper which took over a year to write - thoughtful, deep, contextually specific analysis of women's pathways to emergency obstetric care.
www.ghspjournal.org/content/earl...
www.ghspjournal.org/content/earl...
www.ghspjournal.org
December 19, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Congratulations to PhD student Cathy Birabwa for this paper which took over a year to write - thoughtful, deep, contextually specific analysis of women's pathways to emergency obstetric care.
www.ghspjournal.org/content/earl...
www.ghspjournal.org/content/earl...
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De hoge druk om doelstellingen te halen voor betere gezondheidsuitkomsten voor vrouwen en hun baby’s, kan onbedoeld negatieve gevolgen hebben. De Nederlandstalige versie van mijn blog staat nu online op de Kennismakers website! shorturl.at/WzVPt @srhgroup-itm.bsky.social @annadams.bsky.social
Doelen behaald, de essentie gemist: De politiek van geboortedata | Kennismakers
De hoge druk om doelstellingen te halen voor betere gezondheidsuitkomsten voor vrouwen en hun baby’s, kan onbedoeld negatieve gevolgen hebben.
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November 26, 2024 at 8:53 AM
De hoge druk om doelstellingen te halen voor betere gezondheidsuitkomsten voor vrouwen en hun baby’s, kan onbedoeld negatieve gevolgen hebben. De Nederlandstalige versie van mijn blog staat nu online op de Kennismakers website! shorturl.at/WzVPt @srhgroup-itm.bsky.social @annadams.bsky.social
Our colleague @jilmolenaar.bsky.social has published a new paper!🥳
Digital data systems hold a lot of promise, but we should avoid ‘techno-utopian’ views of digital technologies as straightforward ways to fix problems in routine health information systems. Our qualitative paper 'Data for whom?' is now out in BMJ Global Health! gh.bmj.com/content/9/11...
Data for whom? Experiences and perceptions of a perinatal eRegistry in two hospitals in Mtwara region, Tanzania
Introduction Digital data systems have the potential to improve data quality and provide individual-level information to understand gaps in the quality of care. This study explored experiences and per...
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November 21, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Our colleague @jilmolenaar.bsky.social has published a new paper!🥳
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“The majority has spoken, and researchers are moving en masse” to Bluesky, says @shaine.bsky.social.
Couldn't help myself and had to write about science twitter, X, bluesky and "the migration"...
www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Couldn't help myself and had to write about science twitter, X, bluesky and "the migration"...
www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky
After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede
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November 20, 2024 at 7:48 PM
“The majority has spoken, and researchers are moving en masse” to Bluesky, says @shaine.bsky.social.
Couldn't help myself and had to write about science twitter, X, bluesky and "the migration"...
www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Couldn't help myself and had to write about science twitter, X, bluesky and "the migration"...
www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
📢 join us for #WorldAIDSDay at ITM Antwerp at our event this Friday 22 November at 1:30 (CET), following the official theme “Take the Rights Path”.
Find our programme full of interesting speakers and opportunities to register below 👇
www.itg.be/en/events/wo...
Find our programme full of interesting speakers and opportunities to register below 👇
www.itg.be/en/events/wo...
World AIDS Day: Take the Rights path
Register to attend our World AIDS Day event 'Take the Rights path', on 22/11/24, to discuss the importance of fostering a rights-based HIV response
www.itg.be
November 20, 2024 at 2:46 PM
📢 join us for #WorldAIDSDay at ITM Antwerp at our event this Friday 22 November at 1:30 (CET), following the official theme “Take the Rights Path”.
Find our programme full of interesting speakers and opportunities to register below 👇
www.itg.be/en/events/wo...
Find our programme full of interesting speakers and opportunities to register below 👇
www.itg.be/en/events/wo...
Dr Aliki Christou @alichristou.bsky.social presented at the 19th International Stillbirth Alliance Conference her FWO Vlaanderen post-doctoral research looking at the challenges with perinatal and stillbirth data availability, quality and use in health systems of Benin and Cambodia. 1/2
November 19, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Dr Aliki Christou @alichristou.bsky.social presented at the 19th International Stillbirth Alliance Conference her FWO Vlaanderen post-doctoral research looking at the challenges with perinatal and stillbirth data availability, quality and use in health systems of Benin and Cambodia. 1/2
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You can download a PDF copy of @seyeabimbola.bsky.social book now!
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You can download a PDF copy of @seyeabimbola.bsky.social book now!
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November 18, 2024 at 11:01 PM
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You can download a PDF copy of @seyeabimbola.bsky.social book now!
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You can download a PDF copy of @seyeabimbola.bsky.social book now!
www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
Good people of Bluesky, we are new here! Thank you for the welcome.
Is there a starting pack for:
- maternal/newborn health?
- HIV/STIs?
- sexual/reproductive health? (already saw the one from @cbpolis.bsky.social 🙏)
- child and adolescent health?
Many thanks!
Is there a starting pack for:
- maternal/newborn health?
- HIV/STIs?
- sexual/reproductive health? (already saw the one from @cbpolis.bsky.social 🙏)
- child and adolescent health?
Many thanks!
November 16, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Good people of Bluesky, we are new here! Thank you for the welcome.
Is there a starting pack for:
- maternal/newborn health?
- HIV/STIs?
- sexual/reproductive health? (already saw the one from @cbpolis.bsky.social 🙏)
- child and adolescent health?
Many thanks!
Is there a starting pack for:
- maternal/newborn health?
- HIV/STIs?
- sexual/reproductive health? (already saw the one from @cbpolis.bsky.social 🙏)
- child and adolescent health?
Many thanks!
Fantastic to see this analysis and reflection @pete-m-m.bsky.social!
Looking forward to the International Conference on Urban Health in Marrakesh (18-21/11/24)
◾I will present ongoing work where we monitor hourly temperature in >30 locations in Lubumbashi city
◾This includes measurement in delivery rooms & within the compound of health facilities
www.icuh2024.org
◾I will present ongoing work where we monitor hourly temperature in >30 locations in Lubumbashi city
◾This includes measurement in delivery rooms & within the compound of health facilities
www.icuh2024.org
November 15, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Fantastic to see this analysis and reflection @pete-m-m.bsky.social!
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Pressure to meet targets to improve health outcomes for women and their babies can have unintended negative consequences. In this blog post, published on Harvard’s Maternal Health Taskforce website, I explain why.
www.mhtf.org/2024/11/07/m...
www.mhtf.org/2024/11/07/m...
Meeting the target but missing the point: The politics of childbirth data
Pressure to meet targets to improve health outcomes for women and their babies can have unintended negative consequences. Rose, one of two nurse-midwives on duty in a hospital labour ward in Southe…
www.mhtf.org
November 14, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Pressure to meet targets to improve health outcomes for women and their babies can have unintended negative consequences. In this blog post, published on Harvard’s Maternal Health Taskforce website, I explain why.
www.mhtf.org/2024/11/07/m...
www.mhtf.org/2024/11/07/m...