News about Global health

The PartoMa guidelines and seminars are now implemented at all study sites in Dar es Salaam

The PartoMa guidelines were adapted for Dar es Salaam last year, and they have now been implemented at five of the biggest and most congested maternity units in the city

Not all kinds of lockdown measures for COVID-19 subsequently improved air quality

A newly published study by Jiawei Zhang and his colleagues, surprisingly showed that not all kinds of lockdown measures for COVID-19 subsequently improved air quality.

Y-ENGAGE has found its eight excellent doctoral students

The project has been fortuned with no less than eight doctoral students that are currently shaping their individual research studies within the project frame of exploring young people’s awareness, agency, and action in…

Inadequate access to harm reduction services may cause higher HIV prevalence among women who use drugs in Tanzania

People who use drugs are more affected by HIV compared to the general population in Tanzania. In the last few years, the prevalence of HIV among people who use drugs has decreased but women who use drugs are…

Updated educational resources about innovation in global health

Newly updated educational resources about innovation in global health. Freely available to anyone interested.

First PartoMa seminars for health students have been conducted at State University of Zanzibar

Forward-thinking solutions are needed to support the current midwifery and medical students to enable best possible quality of care after graduation

Student innovations to improve the health of indigenous peoples

A team from University of Copenhagen participated in the Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition and developed a health action plan to improve the health of indigenous peoples.

A PartoMa stakeholder event in Dar es Salaam: Co-creating next steps

Supported by DFC/Danida, we conducted a mid-term dissemination event in Dar es Salaam on 8th June 2022

The crisis of unintended pregnancies and the shortcomings of modern contraception

United Nation Population Fund’s (UNFPA) State of World Population Report 2022 confirms an alarming fact: almost half of all pregnancies - a total of 121 million pregnancies each year - are unintended.

Kick-off seminar in April 2022

The Rasopta Group met for the first time in Copenhagen at their kick-off meeting from 24 to 30 April 2022. A large group of partners and with Phd Students from 12 countries all over the world. It will be interesting to…

Hanxi Li

Welcome to Hanxi Li - now all the ESRs are on board and ready to go. Learn more about Hanxi LI's project.

Presenting Sara Sousa de Brito

Welcome to Sara - see Sara's project HERE

Julia and Manuel

Welcome to ESR4: Julia Södergren, from PLEN at UCHP. Julia's project is Microbial ecology of production and degradation of geosmin in RAS Her new colleaque is ESR 8, Manuel Thibaud Blonc. Manuel will be working from…

We have now commenced the 7th year of PartoMa seminars in Zanzibar

We are currently training more than 500 health providers on the archipelago every 3 months

..... and to Pedro Martínez Noguera

ESR 5: Pedro Martínez Noguera; Department of FOOD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Organic and inorganic off-flavors in water and fish in RAS

Welcome to Sujan, Matteo and Fernando

Nearly there. This week's ESR profiles are: Fernando, Sujan and Matteo:

Welcome to Mariana, Dhiraj and Hazim

ESR 6: Mariana Rodriques da Silva, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany: Investigation and the development of managing strategies regarding off-flavours in fish and water of RAS ESR 9:…

Battle of the brains

50 international students united under the slogan “Battle of the brains” in Zanzibar to come up with innovative solutions to East Africa’s challenges with food security and nutrition.

Welcome to Cyril Henard

Finally the ESRs, the RASOPTA PhD students, are getting into place.

‘We feel like one big village’: A study on social relations among social housing residents in Denmark

With her PhD, Abirami Srivarathan has researched the social relations and neighbourhood environment among middle-aged and older residents in a social housing area in Denmark.

Improving delivery and care for mothers and newborns in Zanzibar

Rashid Saleh Khamis is writing his PhD at the PartoMa project. The research aims to improve the knowledge and skills of birth attendants, care during delivery, and outcomes for mothers and newborn babies in Zanzibar.

Novo Nordisk Foundation hires Flemming Konradsen as Scientific Director of Global Health

Professor Flemming Konradsen has been appointed to a newly established position as Scientific Director of Global Health in the Social & Humanitarian department of the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

4,7 million EUR to new global health research projects

University of Copenhagen has received 4,7 million EUR for three new global health research projects.

New PhD project: Mental health and psychosocial support interventions in low resource settings

A new PhD project aims to bridge the gaps and barriers in effective mental health and psychosocial support interventions in conflict-affected low resource settings.