The polyclinic, undoubtedly the side of ITM the Belgian public knows best, is part of our Department of Clinical Sciences, which houses academic units, medical units and laboratories. In 2019 alone, 42,398 of travellers and people with HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were vaccinated and treated in our clinic.

Our accredited reference laboratories for a range of pathogens support direct patient care and diagnostics for the travel clinic, the HIV/STI clinic and external hospitals and physicians.

It is ITM’s ambition to provide through its medical services top notch medical care and laboratory services in the expertise domain of tropical infectious diseases for the patients in Belgium. By conducting clinical and laboratory research, the medical services are nationally and internationally established as an undisputed reference in their niche and are uniquely placed to advise national and international health authorities and organisations.