Tobias Alfvén
Professor/Specialist Physician
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E-mail: tobias.alfven@ki.se
Visiting address: Tomtebodavägen 18A, 17177 Stockholm
Postal address: K9 Global folkhälsa, K9 GPH Alfvén, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I am a medical doctor, with a PhD in Epidemiology and a BSc in Business Administration and Political Science. For the last 20 years I have combined research, teaching, clinical medicine in paediatrics and work for the United Nations both in the field and at headquarter. Among many responsibilities when working for UNAIDS in Geneva I was representing the organization in the UN expert group on the Millennium Development Goals. I have worked and conducted research in Asia, Africa and Europe, and I am currently involved in projects in Uganda, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Viet Nam and Sweden.
At the Department of Global Public Health at Karolinska Institutet I am team leader of the Global Child Health and Sustainable Development Goals team, within the Health Systems and Policy group. At Sachs’ children and youth hospital I am leading the research network in global health and infectious diseases. I am co-chairing the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health (CESH), a joint collaboration between Karolinska Institutet and Makerere University. Further I am the Chair of the Swedish Society of Medicine and the chair of Agenda for health and prosperity.
Education
- Clinical Professor in Global Child Health 2022
- Licensed pediatrician, Sach´s Children & Youth Hospital 2017
- Licensed physician, Karolinska Hospital 2003
- PostDoc in Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, 2003-04
- PhD in Medical Science, Karolinska Institutet, 2002
- Bachelor in business, including Business Economics, National Economics and Political Science, Stockholm and Uppsala University 2001
Research
- My research aims to reduce child mortality and morbidity with research projects mostly in low-income-countries, such as Uganda, Ethiopia and Viet Nam, but also in Sweden. I am involved in projects around prevention, new diagnostics and treatment of pneumonia, diagnostics of meningitis and improved neonatal survival. I am also involved in projects related to inter-disciplinary work around the Sustainable Development Goals, climate change effects on child health and wellbeing, and how to reach children without access to the formal health care system.
Teaching
- I teach global health and global child health at all different levels at Karolinska Institutet, and I am also involved in teaching related to neglected infectious diseases and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Master programme in Global Health:
Mother and child health in a global perspective (3GB013)
Articles
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Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2024;17(1):2314345
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Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2024;17(1):2317774
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Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2024;113(4):764-770
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Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;24(1):904
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Article: BMJ PAEDIATRICS OPEN. 2024;8(1):e002208
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Article: BMC PEDIATRICS. 2024;24(1):81
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Article: PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;4(3):e0002896
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Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2023;16(1):2173853
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Article: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2023;8(12):e013788
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Article: CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2023;:ciad660
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Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2023;94(4):1373-1379
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Article: DISABILITY AND HEALTH JOURNAL. 2023;16(4):101481
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Article: BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION. 2023;23(1):511
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Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2023;120:23009
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Article: JOURNAL OF PREVENTION. 2023;44(2):239-252
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Article: HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH. 2023;21(1):6
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Article: THE LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH - EUROPE. 2023;24:100532
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Article: SUSTAINABILITY. 2023;15(2):1259
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Article: RESUSCITATION PLUS. 2022;12:100338
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Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2022;111(10):2004-2009
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;19(19):12522
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Article: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION. 2022;28(9):1251-1257
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Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2022;19(8):e1003974
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Article: THE LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH - EUROPE. 2022;19:100443
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Article: PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. 2022;41(7):537-543
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Article: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2022;100(7):422-435
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Article: GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH. 2022;18(1):60
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Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GLOBAL HEALTH. 2022;12(1):7-12
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Article: CHILDREN-BASEL. 2022;9(3):321
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Article: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2022;7(2):e007996
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Article: PUBLIC HEALTH REVIEWS. 2022;43:1604350
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Article: FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS. 2022;10:952489
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Article: COMMUNICATIONS MEDICINE. 2022;2:68
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Article: PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;2(6):e0000169
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Article: BMJ OPEN. 2021;11(11):e054234
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Article: CHILDREN-BASEL. 2021;8(11):996
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Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(11):3069-3076
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Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;21(1):1870
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Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(10):2802-2804
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Article: BMJ OPEN. 2021;11(9):e049699
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Article: ECLINICALMEDICINE. 2021;38:101040
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;18(15):7742
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2021;16(9):e0257516
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2021;16(10):e0257851
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Article: BMJ PAEDIATRICS OPEN. 2021;5(1):e001092
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Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(1):85-93
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Article: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2020;5(12):e003762
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Article: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2020;383(22):2138-2147
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Article: JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS. 2020;9(11):e21430
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Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2020;117:20037
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2020;102(1):20-27
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Article: BMJ PAEDIATRICS OPEN. 2020;4(1):e000688
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Article: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH. 2019;11(4):290-296
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Article: JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS. 2019;8(4):e12705
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Article: ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. 2019;411(4):813-822
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Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2019;12(1):1670015
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2018;99(5):1255-1261
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Article: TALANTA. 2018;183:192-200
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Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2018;15(4):e1002553
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Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2018;107(9):1548-1554
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Article: AIDS AND BEHAVIOR. 2017;21(Suppl 1):101-113
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Article: AIDS AND BEHAVIOR. 2017;21(Suppl 1):44-50
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Article: AIDS AND BEHAVIOR. 2017;21(Suppl 1):5-14
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Article: AIDS AND BEHAVIOR. 2017;21(Suppl 1):51-61
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Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2017;10(1):1340253
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2017;12(7):e0182005
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Article: AIDS RESEARCH AND THERAPY. 2016;13:39
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2016;11(11):e0166018
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Article: CULTURE HEALTH & SEXUALITY. 2015;17(3):326-342
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Article: PEDIATRICS. 2014;134(6):e1528-e1536
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Article: HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY AND SYSTEMS. 2014;12:62
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Article: JOURNAL OF LAW MEDICINE & ETHICS. 2014;42(1):72-87
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Article: JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY. 2013;16(1):18000
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Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2013;110(1-2):33-36
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Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2013;110(1-2):28-30
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Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2013;110(1-2):24-26
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Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2012;12:456
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2012;87(5 Suppl):36-45
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Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2012;11:282
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Article: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY. 2012;42(4):568-577
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Article: PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY. 2011;22(4):369-373
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Article: AIDS CARE-PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-MEDICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS/HIV. 2011;23(2):139-145
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2008;116(9):1162-1166
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Article: ALLERGY. 2006;61(4):414-421
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Article: BIOMARKERS. 2005;10(2-3):117-126
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Article: BIOMETALS. 2004;17(5):505-509
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 2002;110(7):699-702
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Article: OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 2000;57(10):668-672
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Article: JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH. 2000;15(8):1579-1586
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Article: OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 1998;55(7):435-439
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All other publications
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Review: LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH. 2024;12(4):e572-e588
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Letter: JAMA PEDIATRICS. 2024;178(2):197
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Letter: CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2024;:ciad747
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Review: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2023;16(1):2190649
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Editorial comment: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2023;16(1):2242196
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Corrigendum: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2023;:1
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Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2022;111(11):2054-2055
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Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(9):2578-2580
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Review: LANCET PLANETARY HEALTH. 2021;5(3):e164-e175
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Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2020;109(10):1924-1925
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Letter: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2020;109(10):2152-2154
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Editorial comment: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2020;98(5):365-366
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Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2019;116:FHDT
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Editorial comment: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2018;360:k125
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Other: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2018;115:EYZI
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Editorial comment: LANCET HIV. 2015;2(2):e40-e41
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Review: PUBLIC HEALTH. 2014;128(2):151-160
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Corrigendum: ALLERGY. 2007;62(4):455
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Published paper: JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH. 2004;19(6):900-905
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Meeting abstract: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2003;14(5):S61-S62
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Review: NORDISK MEDICIN. 1997;112(9):331-333
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Employments
- Professor/Specialist Physician, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2017
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2002
- Bachelor in business, including Business Economics, National Economics and Political Science, , Business Economics, National Economics and Political Science, Uppsala University, 2001
- University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 2000