{"id":161,"date":"2025-08-15T14:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T12:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T13:35:27","slug":"otto-kranendonk-fund","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/otto-kranendonk-fonds","title":{"rendered":"Otto Kranendonk Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Otto Kranendonk Fund<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Otto Kranendonk Fund (OKF) supports scientific research in the field of global health.\u00a0The fund encourages innovative projects that contribute to improving healthcare in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Discover which initiatives and research projects are being realised thanks to the OKF \u2013 from clinical research and capacity building to innovative collaborations that have a lasting impact on global health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fund was established in 1994 as the&nbsp;<em>Tropical Medicine Honour Fund Foundation<\/em>&nbsp;and since 2011 has borne the name of Prof. Otto Kranendonk, former professor of Tropical Health Sciences at the University of Amsterdam and director of the Department of Tropical Hygiene at the Royal Tropical Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Otto Kranendonk Fund provides financial support for scientific research in the field of Tropical Medicine and Global Health.<br>The purpose of this grant is to stimulate research that contributes to improving healthcare in low- and middle-income countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research conducted with financial support from OKF<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2022<\/strong> Rian Jager, <a href=\"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/otto-kranendonk-fund\/building-an-international-learning-network-for-point-of-care-ultrasound-in-mwanza-region-tanzania\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1846\">Building an international learning network for point-of-care ultrasound in Mwanza region, Tanzania<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2022<\/strong> Marlous Grijsen, <a href=\"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/otto-kranendonk-fund\/marlous-grijsen-2022\/\">Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of leprosy among leprosy-endemic communities in South Sulawesi<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2022 <\/strong>Keving van \u2018t Kruys, TRAIL, IP-10, and CRP as point-of-care biomarker combination test to distinguish bacterial from non-bacterial infections: a prospective cohort study in febrile children presenting to the emergency department in a resource-limited setting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2022 <\/strong>Janine de Zeeuw, <a href=\"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/otto-kranendonk-fund\/janine-de-zeeuw-2022\/\">The Suriname Indigenous Mental Health (SIMH) study<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2022 <\/strong>Joost Binnerts, <a href=\"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/otto-kranendonk-fund\/joost-binnerts-2022\/\">Building Bridges for Broken Bones: Providing adequate treatment for extremity fracture patients in Shirati, rural Tanzania. A study on the safety, efficacy and acceptability of a collaborative triage &amp; treatment model for extremity fracture patients, involving traditional bone setters<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2022 <\/strong>Bente van der Meijden, <a href=\"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/bente-van-der-meijden-2022\/\">Measuring quality of life for children with Cerebral Palsy and their caregivers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2022 <\/strong>Jim Determeijer, <a href=\"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/jim-determeijer-2022\/\">Family participation to enhance care and tackle health worker shortages in resource-limited hospitals<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2022 <\/strong>Juliette Severin, Improving care for uncomplicated URinary tract infection-associated symptoms in primary health care settings in INDOnesia (URINDO project<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2021 <\/strong>Fleur Gooren, Improving intrapartum fetal monitoring and clinical decision-making in Sengerema Hospital, Tanzania<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2021 <\/strong>Jacob van der Ende, <a href=\"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/otto-kranendonk-fund\/jacob-van-der-ende-2022\/\">Prevalence and attributable malaria case proportion of P. vivax in the Amazon basin in the border area between Ecuador, Colombia and Peru<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2021 <\/strong>Tabitha van Immerzeel, <a href=\"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/otto-kranendonk-fund\/tabitha-van-immerzeel-2021\/\">research Improving the case definition of small and nutritionally at-risk infants under six months of age and their mothers in Senegal<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2019 <\/strong>Anneloes Eleveld, Evaluation of access to care, incidence and outcome of treatment of patients with fractures of the lower extremities in Haydom Lutheran Hospital (Tanzania)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2019 <\/strong>Dickens Oyango, Validity of urine dipstick for routine assessment of adherence to isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) among children living with HIV (CLHIV) in western Kenya<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2018<\/strong> Hanna Matheron, <a href=\"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/otto-kranendonk-fund\/prevalence-and-bacterial-spectrum-of-peripartum-infections-in-sierra-leone-mami-study\/\">Prevalence and pathogen identification of peripartum infections in Sierra Leone<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2018 <\/strong>Elena Ambrosino, Urogenital Infections and Pregnancy in Pemba Island (Tanzania)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2018 <\/strong>Benjamin Visser, A pragmatic approach to treat podoconiosis in Ethiopia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2017 <\/strong>Alinda Vos, Unmasking a silent killer: diabetes care in HIV patients in a rural medical clinic in South Africa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2017 <\/strong>Natasha Housseine, The development of a simple decision-making tool for optimal allocation of intrapartum care in low-income countries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2017 <\/strong>Thom Hendriks, Evaluation of a quality assured in-service training programme in surgical treatments for burns at Haydom Lutheran Hospital (Tanzania) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2017 <\/strong>Floris Braat, for the publication of findings from the study entitled Research Maternity Waiting Home to improve maternal and neonatal outcome in the Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia Butajira General Hospital<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2015 <\/strong>Tiemersma et al. Delayed cord clamping in South African newborns with expected low birth weight: a randomised controlled trial. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 20(2), 177\u2013183<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2014 <\/strong>Floris Braat, Research Proposal Maternity Waiting Home to improve maternal and neonatal outcome in the Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia Butajira General Hospital<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2014 <\/strong>Florise Lambrechtsen, Mothers adVANtage in South Africa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2014 <\/strong>Barbara Nolens, Outcomes of vacuum extraction at Mulago Hospital, Uganda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2009 <\/strong>Beekhuizen et al. Treatment of retained placenta with misoprostol: a randomised controlled trial in a low-resource setting (Tanzania). BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 9:48<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OKF supports scientific research in Tropical Medicine and Global Health. 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