News about Global health

The missing link between clinical guidelines and clinical realities

Timely, evidence-based and cost-efficient healthcare is crucial for women and children. Yet, health providers in low-resource settings - key agents for improvement - are left with poorly fitting clinical guidelines. Suc…

PartoMa at IMNHC: The injustice of unfit clinical guidelines in women’s and children’s health

On Wednesday, May 10th, the PartoMa team will host a thematic session at IMNHC titled "The Missing Link between Clinical Guidelines and Clinical Realities: Aligning Together." The session will be moderated by Thomas van…

Did you miss Global Health Film Days? Watch the panels here

If you missed Global Health Film Days, you can still watch the panels from most of the events here.

From Danish to international and global health: 10-year anniversary of the MSc in Global Health

2023 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Master of Science in Global Health, which emerged from the discipline of International Health.

Global Health Case Competition 2023 in Atlanta

With support from the School of Global Health, six UCPH students participated in the Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition 2023 in Atlanta, US.

Starting field work and trying out Photovoice with children and youth

The Y-ENGAGE team dedicated the two last weeks of March 2023 to enter the field-sites of the seven PhD-studies in Tanzania.

The global health sector depends on women but favours men

Women make up more than 70 percent of the healthcare workforce globally, but the industry still favors men. This can create blind spots in research and lead to global personnel shortages.

Turning data into drawings: distributing children’s books on wild forest foods in East Africa

Research on how to improve food and nutrition security has the potential to make real-life contributions for local communities suffering from nutrient deficiencies. Yet, most research remains inaccessible to people who…

Lena Skovgaard Andersen is the new Director of University of Copenhagen’s School of Global Health

Professor Flemming Konradsen has passed the baton to Assistant Professor Lena Skovgaard Andersen when the board of the School of Global Health unanimously elected her as the new director of the School of Global Health.

New malaria study is good news for pregnant women

Each year, 13 million pregnant women get malaria, and as drug resistance increases, the disease is hard to control. A new study provides the WHO with new knowledge on prevention and treatment.

Do rules at folk high schools make sense for young people - What we learned from COVID-19

In June 2020, a study investigated staff and student reactions to folk high schools reopening under new COVID-19 guidelines.

Beyond Tanzania: PartoMa team is expanding to Ethiopia

The PartoMa team, renowned for their ground-breaking work in Tanzania, and researchers from Haramaya University, Ethiopia have received 50.000 USD from Laerdal Foundation to adapt the PartoMa approach to Ethiopia.

Borderland: Critical Approaches to Field Research in the Global South

Focusing on the research process rather than the mastery of a specific topic or method, it is not a methods course or a summer internship. Rather, it aims to provide students with the tools to raise and address…

The Power of International Collaboration: The Future Looks Bright

Researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders from the health research community in Tanzania and Denmark gathered at the BSU Scientific Symposium 2023 to celebrate and share their experiences and insights from the…

New global health research projects about climate change and health in 2023

Danida Fellowship Center has granted the Global Health Section at the University of Copenhagen 30 million DKK for three new climate change and health related research projects in Tanzania, Kenya, and Bangladesh.

1,5 million USD for improving care during pregnancy in overburdened urban health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa

The PartoMa research team has received 10 million DKK from from Danida Fellowship Centre to support their work on improving quality of care in overburdened urban health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa.

A successful online PhD course on the method Photovoice

The past month Y-ENGAGE facilitated a tailored PhD course intended to support our PhD students in aligning their Photovoice study designs with their particular research objectives.

Risk and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic

The study identified five key themes in the experiences of people living with chronic illnesses during the pandemic: wellbeing, normality, healthcare access, coping resources, and meaningfulness.

Obituary: Siri Tellier (2 April 1946 – 19 October 2022)

Global health and the Section of Global Health at the Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen has lost an inspiring scholar and infatigable spokeswoman for health and human rights.

Improving the efforts to support families in humanitarian crises

New research project sets out to evaluate the Nurturing Families intervention - a scalable, multi-sectoral, component-based intervention for families experiencing multiple difficulties.

New podcast about research capacity development and environmental health in Zanzibar

A new podcast series from the University of Copenhagen about research capacity development and environmental health in Zanzibar.

A REFLECTION OF MY EXPERIENCE ON A COURSE ON “DIALOGUE AND THE ART OF LISTENING”

Maura Ntow, PhD candidate. In this short piece, I reflect on my engagement with the course “Dialogue and the art of listening” organized at Aarhus University.

Myths about antibiotics are a much bigger problem than you think

A recent study by the University of Copenhagen is used to develop new communication materials informing patients and health care professionals about the correct use of antibiotics.

Mexicans should consume less ultra-processed products – especially pregnant women

Ultra-processed products negatively impact Mexican pregnant women, and Mexico could learn a great deal from Denmark when it comes to living a healthier life, says Adriana Granich, a Mexican epidemiologist and medical…