We fuse innovative research, education, and medical services while partnering across continents - because health is for everyone.https://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3muhoqmp2yj25👋 Meet our new students! This week, we’re welcoming them for orientation, with lunch and an afternoon together in Middelheim Park. In the months ahead, they’ll dive into training as they prepare to work around the world. Say hello! 💬01 Sep 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhoqmp2yj25https://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3msuhaqxxvt2bThe strengths that matter in a crisis are built through years of partnership. Belgium, the DRC and ITM continue to build a lasting partnership.🤝 Curious how long term partnerships actually make a difference in a crisis? 🔗 https://www.itg.be/en/health-stories/articles/interview-embassy-kinshasa @belgiummfa.bsky.social 12 Aug 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuhaqxxvt2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3mspzrba4cl2a🇨🇩 Are you an artist from DRC? We'd like to invite you to apply for an artist residency, part of ITM's ongoing reflection on our colonial heritage and institutional history, and marking 120 years of ITM. Apply before 20 August. Know an artist who should see this? 👉 https://www.itg.be/en/health-stories/articles/artist-residency-colonial-heritage10 Aug 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspzrba4cl2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3mrcmw47oak23Scabies is challenging, for patients and healthcare professionals: 🔎 Diagnosis can be difficult 💊 Treatment guidelines are complex 🧼 Hygiene measures are not always clear Read more: https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/07/23/verspreiding-van-schurft-in-vlaanderen-stabiliseert-na-jaren-van/ @sciensano.be23 Jul 2026 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcmw47oak23https://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3mqtimqogjk2pImagine testing that comes to you, not the other way around. 🤯🩸 Collect2Know (C2K) makes it easy to collect a blood sample from a finger prick, safe and simple, anywhere. 🏆 C2K just won a Red Dot Design Award, a win for our team, Voxdale, and Health Innovations for All. https://www.itg.be/en/research/innovation17 Jul 2026 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtimqogjk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3mpqibp6neq2s🎓☀️ Blue skies, a choir in full voice and proud smiles everywhere! That was graduation day at ITM yesterday, as our masters students crossed the stage and became the next generation of health leaders. You are now part of our global alumni network. Keep in touch and we always love a visit back! 🥳03 Jul 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqibp6neq2shttps://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3mnepayd5tk2q“De resultaten van die pilootstudies zijn veelbelovend”, weet entomoloog Wim Van Bortel. “Maar of en hoe dat breder uitgerold kan worden, valt nog af te wachten.” https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/google-wil-miljoenen-muggen-loslaten-in-de-vs-europa-zou-hier-beter-op-grote-schaal-in-investeren~bcf50bed/ @demorgen.be03 Jun 2026 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnepayd5tk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3mncsmeny4s2a“Preparedness cannot begin when an outbreak is declared. It must be built and sustained in advance.” 🚨 The Ebola outbreak in the DRC, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, must serve as a wake-up call to the world, says ITM Professor of Virology Kevin Ariën in Nature. Read more: tinyurl.com/3pjfj29n02 Jun 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3mncsmeny4s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3mnacoqyzsv2a☀️🔬 Science is most powerful when it's shared and our Open House was proof of that. Almost 3,000 people came to see it up close. 🔍 Visitors explored our research stands, toured our labs and dove into more than a century of ITM history. Thank you! 💛01 Jun 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnacoqyzsv2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3mmehk3qvzk2vChemseks in opmars. Onze seksuoloog Tom Platteau vertelt in 'De wereld van Sofie' op @radio1vrt.bsky.social dat het niet gaat om 2 glaasjes wijn of een joint om in de stemming te komen. @vrtnws.be https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/05/21/chemseks-in-opmars-seks-onder-invloed-van-harddrugs/21 May 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmehk3qvzk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3mm4si26uup2i⏰ Deadline extended. The 66th ITM Colloquium — Health in Motion: Infectious Diseases on the Move — has extended its abstract deadline. Co-organised with AHRI, this year's colloquium explores what happens when pathogens, people and policies are all on the move. 🔗 www.colloq2026.be #CallForAbstracts18 May 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4si26uup2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3mlptiaadlc2n🌎 The Hantavirus outbreak has shown how indispensable the @who.int is. ITM Emerging Infectious Disease Researcher Laurens Lienenborghs wrote an opinion piece for @demorgen.be in which he highlights the importance of the WHO during health crises. 🦠 Read the full article (Dutch) lnkd.in/eZCVM5fb13 May 2026 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlptiaadlc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3mldi2drhac27Wat als het virus bij de rat genetisch overeenkomt met het virus bij de patiënt? ➡️"In eerste instantie kan je de mensen in die gebieden dan beter informeren, zodat ze het contact met die diersoort verminderen." - Joachim Mariën, assistent-professor virusecologie. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldi2drhac27https://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3ml6dukzaws2c🦠 🚨A cruise ship outbreak has put the hantavirus in the spotlight. How worried should we be?06 May 2026 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6dukzaws2chttps://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3mkzs5exrws2uOnze professor opkomende infectieziekten Laurens Liesenborghs over het hantavirus in @demorgen.be 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzs5exrws2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3mivxon2ujk2zOnze jurist @gorikooms.bsky.social over Trumps 'zorgdeals' met 27 Afrikaanse landen: hulp en medicijnen in ruil voor mineralen en medische data. "Dit is onderhandelen met het mes op de keel." [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivxon2ujk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3mil3tnbccu2i🐀 Rats, mosquitoes, and microbes. March had it all. Plus: what really shapes quality of life for people living with HIV, and why our leishmaniasis vaccine search needs a fresh approach. 💉 Explore this month's research highlights. 👉 https://www.itg.be/en/health-stories/articles/fresh-off-the-journal-2026-march03 Apr 2026 06:30 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3mil3tnbccu2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3miearsr44a2p🌍 What happens when pathogens, people and policies are all on the move? That's the question at the heart of the 66th ITM Colloquium in Addis Ababa. Co-organised with the Armauer Hansen Research Institute, we're calling for abstracts. Submit and bring your findings to Addis.🔗 www.colloq2026.be31 Mar 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3miearsr44a2phttps://bsky.app/profile/itmantwerp.bsky.social/post/3mhszgwikjc2n🌍 Tuberculosis (TB) is still one of the deadliest infectious diseases in the world. And yet, it's curable.  Read the article from De Morgen with infectious disease specialist Bouke De Jong on minimum patient contribution for medicines increasing, including TB treatment. tinyurl.com/y9ue73m924 Mar 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:2orrefdhmqvobva4hjvw2kii/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhszgwikjc2n