Global and Sexual Health (GloSH) – Anna Mia Ekström's research group

The Global and Sexual Health research group is dedicated to furthering knowledge of global health development and sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Our research focuses on HIV, preventative behaviours, emerging infections, non-communicable diseases, migrant health, health economics, eHealth, and is also home to Hans Rosling’s Gapminder project. The group consists of interdisciplinary researchers with experience in study design and project implementation in weak health systems.

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2025

Leo Ziegel, Mental health/illness and its social determinants in Uganda 

2024

Veronika Tirado, Sexual and reproductive health and rights among newly arrived migrants in Sweden : knowledge gaps and healthcare challenges

Katrine De Angeles, PMTCT care engagement as a social practice and system : insights from an mHealth intervention and routine tracing in western Kenya 

2023

Sara Causevic, Sexual risk behaviors among young migrants and key populations in Sweden 

2022

Goodluck Willey Lyatuu - Lifelong antiretroviral treatment for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in routine healthcare in Tanzania, what works? 
Main supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

Muslima Ejaz - Human papillomavirus in men who have sex with men, transgender women and people living with HIV in Pakistan
Main supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

Rocio Enriquez, Cardiovascular disease risk among people living with HIV in South Central Uganda

Björn Nordberg, The effect of a text-messaging intervention on retention in care for women living with HIV and their infants in Kenya 

Maike Winters, Contagious (mis)communication : the role of risk communication and misinformation in infectious disease outbreaks

2020

Niklas Karlsson - HIV and hepatitis C prevention among people who inject drugs in Sweden : harm reduction policies, risk behaviour interventions and outcomes
Main supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

Mohamed Jalloh, Behavioral surveillance during and after the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

2019

Mia Liisa van der Kop - Retention during the first year of HIV care and the effect of an interactive text-messaging service on patient engagement in care
Main supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

Galit Andersson - Quality of life and sexual health among transgender people and people living with HIV in Sweden
Main supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

Celia García-Pareja - Topics on mathematical statistics for medical applications : summary measures and exact simulation of diffusions
Co-supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

2018

Theodora Mbunda - Count in the young people : HIV vaccine trial participation in Tanzania
Main supervisor: Asli Kulane

Jesse Coleman - Sawubona MAMA : Using mHealth to improve maternal, neonatal and child health outcomes in South Africa
Main supervisor: Anna Thorson

Michele Santacatterina - Mathematical programming for optimal probability weighting
Co-supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

2017

Helga Elineema Naburi - Implementing prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : human resources, client and provider satisfaction and cost-effectiveness
Main supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

Keshab Deuba - HIV trends, risk behaviours, social structural barriers and retention in HIV care among key populations in Nepal and the Asia-Pacific region
Main supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

2014

Matilda Ngarina - Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 by antiretroviral treatment and the impact on maternal health in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Co-supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

2013

Yanga Zembe - Sexual risk taking and HIV vulnerability among young women in post-apartheid South Africa
Main supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

Hanani Tabana  - Uptake of HIV testing : assessing the impact of a home-based intervention in rural South Africa

Abela Mpobela Agnarson - Multiple sexual relationships and the stigma associated with anti-retroviral therapy in rural Tanzania : Implications for HIV prevention and treatment interventions
Co-supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

2012

Elin Larsson - Missed opportunities : prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Uganda
Main supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

2011

Ziad El-Khatib - Virologic failure and HIV-1 drug resistance among antiretroviral therapy recipients in an urban resource-limited setting - the South African Virologic Evaluation (SAVE) study
Main supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

Patricia Opondo Awiti Ujiji - 'Striving for Motherhood': Understanding the Socio-Cultural Context of Realizing Childbearing Among Women in Kenya
Co-supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

Muhamadi Lubega - Lost in Transition: Pre-antiretroviral Care and Delayed Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in Uganda (joint degree KI & Makerere University)
Co-supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

2010

Anders Ragnarsson - Men and Sex : Construction of male sexuality and the implications for HIV prevention in urban settings in Kenya and South Africa
Main supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

Christian Unge - Uptake, adherence and discontinuation of antiretroviral treatment in the Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya
Main supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

Jolly Beyeza-Kashesya - Fertility and HIV Infection : Fertility Decision-making Challenges of Mutually- Disclosed Discordant Couples and Young People (joint degree KI & Makerere University)
Co-supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

2007

Stefan Hanson - Control of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections : Studies in Tanzania and Zambia
Co-supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström

2006

Daniel Kabonge Kaye (joint degree Karolinska Institutet & Makerer University) - Domestic violence during pregnancy in Uganda : The social biomedical consequenses and the relationship with induced abortion
Main supervisor: Anna Mia Ekström