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Bernadette Hensen

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Head of HIV and Sexual Health Unit

Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

Belgium

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Bernadette Hensen is the Head of the HIV and Sexual Health Unit at the Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde in Belgium. Her research focuses on HIV prevention and sexual health, particularly concerning the implementation of health interventions, PrEP usage, and sexually transmitted infections among vulnerable populations in Africa and Belgium. Recent work includes investigations into barriers to PrEP adherence and self-testing models across multiple African countries, as well as studies on sexual health service uptake among adolescents.

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Understanding the prevalence of and care seeking pathways for sexually transmitted infections among adolescents and young people aged 15-24 in Lusaka, Zambia

Open Date: 2023-08-01

Close Date: 2024-07-01

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Investigating the feasibility of providing injectable PrEP for HIV prevention in Flanders

Open Date: 2022-01-01

Close Date: 2026-12-01

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Yaba guy che "for the guys": Intervention co-development to increase men's HIV service use

Open Date: 2021-10-24

Close Date: 2023-04-23

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Crowdsourcing with adolescents in Senegal to address social norms limiting their access to sexual and reproductive health services

Open Date: 2019-08-31

Close Date: 2022-11-30

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YATHU YATHU ("For us by us"): A Cluster Randomised Trial of community-based SRH and HIV services for adolescents and young people in Zambia

Open Date: 2018-06-30

Close Date: 2022-03-30

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Christiana Noestlinger

Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

BELGIUM

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Helen Ayles

Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

UNITED KINGDOM

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Aoife Doyle

Associate Professor

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

UNITED KINGDOM

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Sales of HIV self-tests (HIVST) and pharmacists’ knowledge, attitudes and perceptions regarding the distribution of HIVST in community pharmacies in Belgium: a cross-sectional survey

Intersecting vulnerabilities, diverging pathways: an intersectional analysis of PrEP access disparities among migrant populations in Belgium

“Together, we can do so much” - mobilising community actors for integrated and coordinated care for hypertension and associated long-term conditions in low-income African settings

Reasons for HIV testing and testing experiences among men testing for HIV in Cape Town, South Africa

Impact of differentiated service delivery approaches on retention in care, adherence, and viral suppression among adolescents aged 10–19 years living with HIV in eastern and southern Africa: a systematic review

Self-reported sexually transmitted infections among adolescents and adults in Zambia and Zimbabwe: evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys, 2005–2018

Unmet need for contraceptives and unintended pregnancies among adolescent girls and young women aged 15 to 24 in Zambia: insights from the Yathu Yathu trial

“A heart of the man is lighter than that of the woman…” exploring men’s motivation and capability to access HIV services in Lusaka, Zambia: findings from the Yaba Guy Che study

Effect of decreasing the frequency of screening for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis on the incidence of these infections and antimicrobial use among men who have sex with men using HIV PrEP in Belgium: a retrospective cohort study

Knowledge of HIV status among men aged 20–35 years in Lusaka, Zambia: Findings from a pilot time location sampling survey in the “Yaba Guy Che" (for the guys) study

Barriers to PrEP use and adherence among adolescent girls and young women in Eastern, Southern, and Western Africa: a scoping review

Recent infection testing to inform HIV prevention responses and surveillance in a programme context: lessons from implementation within a nationally scaled female sex worker programme in Zimbabwe

How to (or how not to) implement crowdsourcing for the development of health interventions: lessons learned from four African countries

Lessons learned from implementation of four HIV self-testing (HIVST) distribution models in Zambia: applying the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to understand impact of contextual factors on implementation

Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Belgium: awareness, use and antimicrobial resistance concerns in a cross-sectional online survey

HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Care in Belgium: A mixed-methods Study on PrEP Users’ Experiences and Service Delivery Preferences

HIV incidence among women engaging in sex work in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use trajectories and incidence of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among PrEP users in Belgium: a cohort analysis of insurance claims data from 2017 to 2019

Self-reported uptake of STI testing services among adolescents and young people aged 15-24 years: Findings from the Yathu Yathu cluster randomized trial in Lusaka, Zambia

The impact of an innovative community-based peer-led intervention on uptake and coverage of sexual and reproductive health services among adolescents and young people 15–24 years old: results from the Yathu Yathu cluster randomised trial

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Christiana Noestlinger

Helen Ayles

Aoife Doyle

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