Transmission

From new ways to control mosquitoes to the rise of African-led research: tune in to see the future of disease elimination. This episode will take you deep into the Peruvian Amazon, where our researchers are collecting blood samples, to a high-tech insectary in the heart of Antwerp, Belgium, where large swarms of mosquitos and tsetse flies are bred.

For more information on Transmission, go to www.itg.be/podcast.

This episode features:

• Jakke (Jan) Van Den Abbeele, parasitologist and insect molecular biologist, Head of the Unit of Trypanosoma (ITM)
• Anna Rosanas-Urgell, parasitologist and malariologist, Head of the Unit of Malariology (ITM)
• Ruth Müller, biologist and entomologist, Head of the Unit of Entomology (ITM)
• Veerle Vanlerberghe, epidemiologist and education coordinator at Department of Public Health (ITM)
• Halidou Tinto, ITM alumnus, parasitologist and Head of Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro in Burkina Faso
• Francesca Falconi, ITM alumna, microbiologist at Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Lima, Peru

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To learn more about ITM's research on disease elimination, visit  www.itg.be/en/research/disease-elimination

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In this episode, we walk the last mile of disease elimination—the hardest mile of all, with few cases left to study. Discover the logistical, financial and mental challenges that come with it, as our researchers gather community participation and build research centres from scratch. Listen to find out what it really takes to eliminate a disease...

For more information on Transmission, go to www.itg.be/podcast.

This episode features:

• Elena Nicco, epidemiologist, Senior Researcher in the Unit of Mycobacterial Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases (ITM)
• Jakke (Jan) Van Den Abbeele, parasitologist and insect molecular biologist, Head of the Unit of Trypanosoma (ITM)
• Anna Rosanas-Urgell, parasitologist and malariologist, Head of the Unit of Malariology (ITM)
• Ruth Müller, biologist and entomologist, Head of the Unit of Entomology (ITM)
• Halidou Tinto, ITM alumnus, parasitologist and Head of Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro in Burkina Faso

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To learn more about ITM's research on disease elimination, visit  www.itg.be/en/research/disease-elimination

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Imagine waking up one day feeling like your bones are breaking... Bone-break fever, or dengue, is a growing global threat fuelled by the climate crisis and urbanisation. In this episode, we uncover the creative, local and collective solutions needed to fight this disease, while the mosquitos that spread it are doing their best to outsmart us.

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For more information on Transmission, go to www.itg.be/podcast.

This episode features:

• Ruth Müller, biologist and entomologist, Head of the Unit of Entomology (ITM)
• Veerle Vanlerberghe, epidemiologist and education coordinator at Department of Public Health (ITM)
• Jakke (Jan) Van Den Abbeele, parasitologist and insect molecular biologist, Head of the Unit of Trypanosoma (ITM)
• Francesca Falconi, ITM alumna, microbiologist at Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Lima, Peru

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To learn more about ITM's research on disease elimination, visit  www.itg.be/en/research/disease-elimination

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In this episode, we explore the deadly triangle that sustains many infectious diseases. We look over the shoulders of the experts who are fighting sleeping sickness, witnessing their progress... and their setbacks. Prepare to enter a strange world where little blue flags save lives, and where tsetse breeding factories emerge as unexpected allies.

For more information on Transmission, go to www.itg.be/podcast.

This episode features:

• Elena Nicco, epidemiologist, Senior Researcher in the Unit of Mycobacterial Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases (ITM)
• Jakke (Jan) Van Den Abbeele, parasitologist and insect molecular biologist, Head of the Unit of Trypanosoma (ITM)

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To learn more about ITM's research on disease elimination, visit  www.itg.be/en/research/disease-elimination

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Welcome to Transmission, the award-winning podcast by the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. In season 3, you’ll follow our researchers as they try to control the diseases that threaten the world, from the mysteries of sleeping sickness to the rising danger of dengue. Gear up to visit cutting-edge insectaries, field labs in the most remote forests, and anything in between.

For more information on Transmission, go to www.itg.be/podcast.

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Urbanisation, ageing, climate change, a new pandemic... How we can prepare our health systems if we don't know what's going to hit them next? The answer lies within all of us: we must become more resilient.

For more information on Transmission, go to www.itg.be/podcast.

This episode features:

• Lenka Beňová, maternal health expert, Head of the Unit of Maternal and Reproductive Health (ITM)
• Saleh Aljadeeah, pharmacist and researcher, Unit of Pharmaceutical Public Health (ITM)
• Bruno Marchal, health care organisation specialist, Head of the Unit of Health Systems Organisation  (ITM)
• Prashanth N Srinivas, medical doctor and researcher, Head of Institute of Public Health (IPH) in Bengaluru, India

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To learn more about ITM's research on sustainable health systems, visit  www.itg.be/health-systems

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When buying medication, we don't usually ask ourselves, "Is this going to be effective?" or "Is it safe?" Yet all over the world, people worry about the quality of health products and care they get. And rightly so. Follow our researchers as they fight this injustice, and discover "the canary in the coal mine" of our health care system.

For more information on Transmission, go to www.itg.be/podcast.

This episode features:

• Lenka Beňová, maternal health expert, Head of the Unit of Maternal and Reproductive Health (ITM)
• Raffaella Ravinetto, pharmacy expert, Head of Department of Public Health (ITM)
• Christelle Boyi Honsou, medical doctor and researcher, Centre of Research in Human Reproduction and Demography (CERRHUD), Benin 

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Racism, conflict, lack of funding, transportation issues, lifestyle or stigma: there are a lot of factors that can keep people from getting the care and medication they need. In this episode, we explore those hurdles all over the world, taking you from Belgium to Zambia.

For more information on Transmission, go to www.itg.be/podcast.

This episode features:

• Lenka Beňová, maternal health expert, Head of the Unit of Maternal and Reproductive Health (ITM)
• Christopher Kenyon, medical doctor and STI expert, Head of the Unit of Sexually Transmitted Infections (ITM)
• Saleh Aljadeeah, pharmacist and researcher, Unit of Pharmaceutical Public Health (ITM)
• Raffaella Ravinetto, pharmacy expert, Head of Department of Public Health (ITM)
• Bernadette (Bernie) Hensen, epidemiologist, Head of the Unit of Sexual health including HIV (ITM)
• Prashanth N Srinivas, medical doctor and researcher, Head of Institute of Public Health (IPH) in Bengaluru, India
• Tim Devriese, journalist

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If we imagine a health system as a box, then what would it contain? And what happens if it gets shaken – by a conflict, a pandemic or even something as seemingly unrelated as structural traffic jams? Join us, as we travel from the Syrian war zone to a remote Indian community fighting addiction... with frisbees.  

For more information on Transmission, go to www.itg.be/podcast.

This episode features:

• Lenka Beňová, maternal health expert, Head of the Unit of Maternal and Reproductive Health (ITM)
• Bruno Marchal, health care organisation specialist, Head of the Unit of Health Systems Organisation  (ITM)
• Christopher Kenyon, medical doctor and STI expert, Head of the Unit of Sexually Transmitted Infections (ITM)
• Saleh Aljadeeah, pharmacist and researcher, Unit of Pharmaceutical Public Health (ITM)
• Prashanth N Srinivas, medical doctor and researcher, Head of Institute of Public Health (IPH) in Bengaluru, India
• Tim Devriese, journalist

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To learn more about ITM's research on sustainable health systems, visit  www.itg.be/health-systems

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Narrator: Lara Chedraoui

Transmission is the new podcast of the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. Our enlightening and intimate series shares the personal and professional experiences of researchers and physicians as they relentlessly battle diseases, advance scientific research and fight for the health of people globally. 

For more information on Transmission, go to www.itg.be/podcast.

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