• CERRHUD
• Masterstudents

Looking at qualitative research through the lens of my camera: How photography helped me realize my master’s thesis

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I was first introduced to ALERT in one of my Master of Public Health Sciences classes at Karolinska Institutet. As someone who has always been deeply intrigued by maternal-child health, […]

1 November, 2023

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• Malawi

Stories from Malawi: When building walls is building trust- “We have reached a milestone for companionship”.

Posted by kiwp

Although privacy and respect during maternity care is every woman’s right, overcrowding and a lack of privacy are part of childbirth for many women across the world. Therefore, a major […]

27 October, 2023

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• Malawi

Stories from Malawi: When a mother and her healthy baby thank me, I feel on top of the world!

Posted by kiwp

The sun has just set, and it is about to get dark when I sit at home by the kitchen table with my laptop and I hear a hello. Midwife […]

17 October, 2023

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• Doctoral studies
• KI

Congratulations to Regine Unkles on successfully defending her PhD dissertation

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On October 6th, Regine Unkels succesfully defended her thesis On people, data and systems – Perspectives on routine health data processing and its digitalization in Tanzania. After a 3,5 hour […]

10 October, 2023

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• Doctoral studies

Soha El Halabi’s halftime review at Karolinska Institutet

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Soha El Halabi is a PhD student in the ALERT project at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Yesterday she had a successful halftime review where she presented her PhD project, what she […]

21 August, 2023

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• Masterstudents
• Okategoriserade

ALERT: Perspectives from a Global Health masterstudent

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My name is Alice Stockart and as a newly graduated medical doctor from Belgium, I decided to complete my formation with a master’s in global health. Last semester, I had […]

11 July, 2023

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• New research

Midwifery care providers’ childbirth and immediate newborn care competencies: a cross-sectional study in Benin, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda

Posted by kiwp

Evidence-based quality care is essential for reducing sub-Saharan Africa’s high burden of maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity. Provision of quality care results from interaction between several components of the […]

20 June, 2023

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• KI
• Masterstudents

Bridging Theory and Practice in Global Health Education: Lessons from a Quality Improvement Project in Uganda

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by Greta Handing With dreams of expanding access to surgery in low-resource settings, I enrolled in a global health master’s program at Karolinska Institutet. My classmates and I, representing over […]

16 June, 2023

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• Doctoral studies

How might we co-design locally tailored recommendations for stillbirth care?

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María del Rosario Alsina is a newly registered PhD student in the ALERT project. We compliment Rosario on introducing her doctoral project entitled “CONSOLE: CO-designed recommendatioNS fOr stiLlbirth carE – […]

4 May, 2023

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• New research

Lessons learned from assessing health facilities with a focus on maternal and child health and using systems thinking in four Sub-Saharan African countries.  

Posted by kiwp

How many maternal deaths does a region generate to have 100.000 live-births? The answer to that question reflects inequalities in access to quality health services.  According to UN inter-agency estimates […]

28 April, 2023

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