Stefan Swartling Peterson
Professor | Docent
E-mail: stefan.swartling.peterson@ki.se
Visiting address: Tomtebodavägen 18A, 17177 Stockholm
Postal address: K9 Global folkhälsa, K9 GPH Alfvén, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I am a Public Health Physician and Professor of Global Health. My formative work has been in East Africa over the last 20 years working on healht systems and implementation science in the fiels of child survival, perinatal quality of care and capacity development. I served as the Global Chief of the Health for UNICEF 2016-20, based in New York. From 1 January 2021 I am Professor of Global Transformation for Health at KI, with side affiliations to Uppsala University and Makerere University, Uganda.
Education
University Medical Degree, Uppsala University
Master of Public Health, Harvard University
PhD, Uppsala University
Postdoc, Karolinska Institutet and Makerere University
Academic honours, awards and prizes
Alumnus of the year, Uppsala University, 2012
Honorary Member, Västgöta Nation, 2015
Research
- Stefan Swartling Peterson joins KI from UNICEF, New York, where he led the Lancet commission ‘A Future for the World’s Children?’ as the Global Chief of Health.
At KI he will continue to advance the question how the world’s children can have optimal health and development now, but also a livable future, by addressing the social, commercial, and political determinants of health.
Stefan is a research group member of Health Systems and Policy at the Department of Global Public Health.
Articles
- Article: NATURE MEDICINE. 2024;30(7):1813-1815
- Article: SSM: POPULATION HEALTH. 2024;25:101589
- Article: BMC PEDIATRICS. 2024;23(SUPPL 1):650
- Article: PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;2(5):e0000425
- Article: GLOBAL HEALTH, SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 2021;9(2):365-378
- Article: HEALTH SCIENCE REPORTS. 2021;4(2):e284
- Article: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2021;6(6):e006084
- Article: JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HEALTH. 2021;11:05010
- Article: JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HEALTH. 2021;11:06003
- Article: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PEDIATRICS. 2021;64(2):46-48
- Article: GLOBAL HEALTH, SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 2020;8(4):858-862
- Article: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2020;98(12):886-893
- Article: GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH. 2020;16(1):106
- Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2020;20(1):497
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2020;49(4):1082-1082g
- Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2020;19(1):270
- Article: THE SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS. 2020;122(2):582-621
- Article: JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL POLICY AND PRACTICE. 2020;13:55
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2020;15(12):e0243948
- Article: APPETITE. 2019;143:104409
- Article: HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY AND SYSTEMS. 2019;17(1):57
- Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2019;12(1):1609313
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2019;14(3):e0213530
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;15(9):E1810-1810
- Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2018;18(1):532
- Article: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2018;3(6):e001068
- Article: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING. 2018;33(1):e1-e13
- Article: THE LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH. 2017;5(12):e1275-e1282
- Article: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE. 2017;12(1):89
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS. 2017;138 Suppl 1:4-6
- Article: EPILEPSIA OPEN. 2017;2(2):188-198
- Article: BMC PEDIATRICS. 2017;17(1):103
- Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2017;17(1):55
- Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2017;17(1):103
- Article: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2017;2(Suppl 3):e000334
- Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2017;10(1):1356641
- Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2017;10(1):1327256
- Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2016;15(1):396
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2016;11(11):e0166018
- Article: UPSALA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2015;120(4):249-256
- Article: JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES (1999). 2015;70(2):e36-e43
- Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2015;15:797
- Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2015;14:277
- Article: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2015;93(6):380-389
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS. 2015;130 Suppl 1:S43-S50
- Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2015;14:194
- Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2015;8:27574
- Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2015;8:24386
- Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2015;8:24271
- Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2015;8:24251
- Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2015;8:24584
- Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2015;8:24250
- Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2015;8:24011
- Article: JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HEALTH. 2014;4(2):020413-202
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2014;111(46):2012-2013
- Article: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE. 2014;9:112
- Article: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE. 2014;9(1):41
- Article: DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2014;104(1):112-120
- Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2013;12:293
- Article: TROPICAL MEDICINE AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH. 2013;18(7):898-906
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2013;110(1-2):28-30
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(8):e72554
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(11):e81610
- Article: ODONTOLOGY / THE SOCIETY OF THE NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY. 2013;101(1):116-120
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2012;87(5 Suppl):151-153
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2012;87(5 Suppl):92-96
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2012;87(5 Suppl):69-76
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2012;87(5):36-45
- Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2012;11:282
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(10):e47632
- Article: POPULATION HEALTH METRICS. 2011;9:60
- Article: MIDWIFERY. 2011;27(6):775-780
- Article: TROPICAL MEDICINE AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH. 2011;16(10):1234-1242
- Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2011;10:94
- Article: HEALTH AND PLACE. 2011;17(1):320-326
- Article: TROPICAL MEDICINE AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH. 2010;15(10):1140-1147
- Article: TROPICAL MEDICINE AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH. 2010;15(8):964-972
- Article: AFRICAN HEALTH SCIENCES. 2010;10(2):120-129
- Article: HEALTH POLICY. 2010;95(2-3):153-158
- Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2010;10:9
- Article: ANNALS OF TROPICAL PAEDIATRICS: INTERNATIONAL CHILD HEALTH. 2009;29(4):281-289
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH. 2009;8:39
- Article: AIDS CARE. 2009;21(11):1381-1387
- Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2009;9:319
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH. 2009;8:25
- Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2009;9:187
- Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2009;8:131
- Article: TROPICAL MEDICINE AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH. 2009;14(4):472-479
- Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2009;8:45
- Article: TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2009;103(1):95-101
- Article: BMC INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS. 2008;8:12
- Article: ANNALS OF TROPICAL PAEDIATRICS: INTERNATIONAL CHILD HEALTH. 2008;28(4):253-260
- Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2008;8:21
- Article: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2008;86(5):332-338
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2008;62(2):292-294
- Article: TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2007;101(12):1199-1207
- Article: PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION. 2007;10(10):1032-1038
- Article: BMC FAMILY PRACTICE. 2007;8:44
- Article: ACTA TROPICA. 2007;101(3):217-224
- Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2007;6:11
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2007;35(3):288-297
- Article: FOOD AND NUTRITION BULLETIN. 2006;27(4):292-299
- Article: TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2006;100(10):956-963
- Article: PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION. 2006;9(3):320-326
- Article: BMC INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS. 2006;6:2
- Article: ANNALS OF TROPICAL PAEDIATRICS: INTERNATIONAL CHILD HEALTH. 2005;25(4):283-291
- Article: JOURNAL OF TROPICAL PEDIATRICS. 2005;51(6):356-361
- Article: ANNALS OF TROPICAL PAEDIATRICS: INTERNATIONAL CHILD HEALTH. 2005;25(2):91-100
- Article: ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD. 2005;90(4):397-401
- Article: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2005;83(2):92-99
- Article: TROPICAL MEDICINE AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH. 2004;9(11):1191-1199
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH. 2004;3(1):9
- Article: THE LANCET. 2004;363(9425):1955-1956
- Article: ACTA TROPICA. 2004;90(2):211-214
- Article: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2003;81(7):522-531
- Article: THE LANCET. 2000;355(9198):106-110
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 1999;96(18):2172-2174
- Article: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING. 1999;14(4):390-399
- Article: THE LANCET. 1998;352(9121):34-35
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE. 1997;15(2):68-75
- Article: NUTRITION RESEARCH. 1995;15(6):803-812
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All other publications
- Editorial comment: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2024;17(1):2330758
- Editorial comment: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER PREVENTION. 2024;33(5):387-389
- Editorial comment: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2023;16(1):2242196
- Editorial comment: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;33(4):553
- Editorial comment: THE LANCET. 2023;402(10397):168-170
- Editorial comment: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT. 2022;11(12):3157-3158
- Review: ECLINICALMEDICINE. 2022;44:101289
- Letter: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;2(1):112
- Editorial comment: THE BMJ. 2021;372:n59
- Editorial comment: JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HEALTH. 2020;10(2):020104
- Letter: PEDIATRICS. 2020;146(2):e2020005553A
- Editorial comment: THE LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH. 2020;8(6):e762-e763
- Corrigendum: THE LANCET. 2020;395(10237):1612
- Review: THE LANCET. 2020;395(10224):605-658
- Review: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2020;11:603875
- Letter: THE LANCET. 2019;394(10210):1707-1708
- Editorial comment: ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD. 2019;104(Suppl 1):S1-S2
- Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2019;116:FHDT
- Editorial comment: THE LANCET. 2019;393(10167):109-112
- Editorial comment: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2019;4(Suppl 4):e001512
- Editorial comment: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2019;4(Suppl 8):e001579
- Corrigendum: THE LANCET. 2019;393(10167):132
- Editorial comment: THE LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH. 2018;6(11):e1144-e1145
- Editorial comment: THE LANCET. 2018;392(10156):1372-1374
- Letter: PEDIATRICS. 2018;142(4):e20181783A
- Editorial comment: THE BMJ. 2018;362:k3219
- Editorial comment: THE BMJ. 2018;362:k2950
- Editorial comment: THE LANCET. 2018;391(10138):2400-2401
- Review: THE LANCET. 2018;391(10129):1538-1548
- Editorial comment: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2018;96(3):222-224
- Editorial comment: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING. 2017;32(suppl_1):i1-i5
- Editorial comment: THE LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH. 2017;5(9):e866-e867
- Editorial comment: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2017;10(sup4):1359924
- Letter: THE BMJ. 2017;357:j2290
- Other: THE BMJ. 2017;356:j891
- Editorial comment: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2017;95(2):87
- Corrigendum: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE. 2015;10:152
- Review: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2015;15:989
- Editorial comment: PLOS MEDICINE. 2015;12(2):e1001784
- Review: JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HEALTH. 2014;4(2):020414-211
- Review: JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION. 2014;19(sup1):89-121
- Review: UPSALA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2014;119(2):134-141
- Letter: THE LANCET. 2013;382(9905):1626
- Editorial comment: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2012;87(5 Suppl):2-5
- Review: PLOS MEDICINE. 2011;8(9):e1001099
- Review: PLOS MEDICINE. 2011;8(1):e1000380
- Editorial comment: THE LANCET. 2010;375(9714):530-531
- Letter: AIDS. 2009;23(14):1924-1926
- Review: TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2008;102(11):1067-1074
- Review: BMC PEDIATRICS. 2007;7:17
- Letter: THE LANCET. 2000;355(9219):1996-1997
- Letter: THE LANCET. 1995;345(8948):513-514
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Employments
- Professor, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2007