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.Have you encountered a tiger mosquito and are you in Belgium? Go to www.muggensurveillance.be and report your sighting!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, PeruFollow ITM and our work on:FacebookInstagramBlueskyLinkedInTo learn more about ITM's research on disease elimination, visit  www.itg.be/en/research/disease-eliminationStrategy & Creation: OnlyhumansCreation & Production: Sonhouse
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S3E1: Breaking the triangle
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)Follow ITM and our work on:FacebookInstagramBlueskyLinkedInTo learn more about ITM's research on disease elimination, visit  www.itg.be/en/research/disease-eliminationStrategy & Creation: OnlyhumansCreation & Production: Sonhouse
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Transmission: Season 3 Trailer
Episode NotesWelcome 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.Follow ITM and our work on:FacebookInstagramBlueSkyLinkedInStrategy & Creation: OnlyhumansCreation & Production: SonhouseÂ
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S2E4: Resilience - the only way to prepare
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, IndiaFollow ITM and our work on:FacebookInstagramX/TwitterLinkedInTo learn more about ITM's research on sustainable health systems, visit  www.itg.be/health-systems Strategy & Creation: OnlyhumansCreation & Production: SonhouseÂ
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S2E3: In search of quality
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 Follow ITM and our work on:FacebookInstagramX/TwitterLinkedInTo learn more about ITM's research on sustainable health systems, visit  www.itg.be/health-systems Strategy & Creation: OnlyhumansCreation & Production: SonhouseÂ
Transmission is the award-winning podcast of the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. Explore the exciting journeys of scientists and physicians battling diseases worldwide, from confronting Ebola in distant villages to the fight against COVID-19 in bustling urban settings. Join our researchers in their quest for a healthier world, from war zones to indigenous communities, addressing pressing issues like maternal deaths, HIV stigma, and access to life-saving drugs.
Transmission: your front-row seat to the world of health, science and beyond. New episodes drop on Thursdays.
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