Global Child Health and Sustainable Development Goals team
The aim of the Global Child health and SDGs group is to generate knowledge in order to improve health and equity for children of all ages and to improve the quality of care for children throughout the world. The subgroup is part of the research group Health Systems and Policy.
About our team
Team members
Research Projects
Publications from the team
Information material about the team
This brochure tells information about our team, research aims and collaborations. It also presents researchers, doctoral students, the different groups and research projects in our team.
News from the team
Global collaborations
Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health
The Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health is a collaboration between Makerere University in Uganda and Karolinska Institutet that aims is to develop capacity and mobilise actions to drive the agenda for sustainable health.
HOLICARE
Bridging the gap between technological excellence, available infrastructure, capacity and local uptake of technologies to tackle the challenge of diagnostic, treatment and prevention of respiratory tract infections.
The team in the media
Virus season is here: here are the pediatrician's tips
For many parents February means staying at home a lot to take care of sick children. Tobias Alfvén, Professor in Global Child Health and pediatrician at Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital in Stockhoilm, guests the Swedish morning news TV programme Morgonstudion to answer questions and give tips.
What to do if your child is sick
The spread of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is still high in Sweden. Tobias Alfvén guests SVT news studio to advise parents what to do if your child is sick and when it is time to seek healthcare.
Tobias Alfvén talks about RSV in Morgonstudion
Tobias Alfvén is interviewed about the RS virus on the Swedish brekfast news TV programme (Morgonstudion).
Tobias Alfvén visits podcast Sjuka Fakta to talk about child health (in Swedish)
Each week podcast host Simon Körösi tries to break down myths and beliefs about the body and health with the help of Sweden's leading experts.Tobias Alfvén guests the podcast to discuss child health from infancy to teenagers.
Mattias Schedwin in Globar Bar Magazine DRC: The most neglected children live outside of conflict-affected provinces
Read about Mattias Schedwin's research on child health in the Democratic Republic of Congo in popular science news article in Global Bar Magazine.
Interview: Tobias Alfvén about openness and its role in research
This years’ theme for International Open Access Week is "Open for Climate Justice". Tobias Alfvén, senior researcher and professor in Global Child Health shares his thoughts on openness and its role in research.