A CESH Blogpost from the MISH Program Study Trip to Uganda, by Carita Rehn

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Health doesn’t exist in isolation—it’s woven into our environment, our societies, and our future. That’s why we are bringing together thinkers, doers, and visionaries for this Global Conversation on Sustainable Health.

By Phuthumani Mlotshwa

ARE YOU READY TO MOVE FROM JUST DOING RESEARCH TO INFLUENCING POLICYMAKING?

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22 April 2025

At the Global Conversations on Sustainable Health, experts from Uganda and Sweden tackled a crucial question: How can we nourish ourselves without harming the planet?

By Mufaro Muzondo

This seminar will explore the intersection of food systems, nutrition, and environmental sustainability, emphasizing the urgent need to protect biodiversity and global health. With food systems driving habitat loss and wildlife population declines, sustainable change is crucial.

Experts from Uganda, Sweden, and beyond will discuss innovative interventions, respectful maternity care, and how collaborations between UN agencies, researchers, hospital managers, and policymakers can enhance the quality of care during childbirth and drive sustainable improvements.

The President of Karolinska Institutet, Annika Östman Wernerson, is visiting Makerere University in November 2024.

On October 2nd, the CESH reference group—comprising researchers, students, teachers, and representatives from faculty leadership—met to discuss key competencies for sustainable health.

We had the privilege to meet with the 28 new participants enrolled in the MIDWIZE program recently. The focus of the program is to enhance the successful implementation of evidence-based midwife-led improvements in maternal and child health care in Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda.

Annette Kanyunyuzi, Senior Midwize Ambassador and President of The National Midwives Association of Uganda (NMAU), is currently presenting the Midwize project at the ICM Regional Conference in Rwanda. Exciting times ahead for midwifery!

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The Building Capacity for Sustainable Development in Fragile States (SDGCap) project has been implemented during 2021-2023 with financial support from Sida to foster sustainable development in Africa through health and well-being, focusing on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Somalia, Uganda

In 2021, Makerere University in Uganda and Karolinska Institutet established the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health based on their strong partnership. The Centre aims to develop capacity and mobilise actions to drive the agenda for sustainable health.

Eight MIDWIZE participants from Uganda presented their projects during our final seminar held on-site in Kampala in May 2024.

Climate crisis demands urgent action. This requires everyone to rethink their current ways of working and teaching. How is academia innovating to provide relevant training for future professionals to manage these complex challenges?

Don't miss out on this insightful event where we'll delve into the crucial topic of decolonization in global health.

Showcasing the Center's continuous development, their communication team has developed a new website that has a more user-friendly design, improved accessibility, search optimisation, social media integration, and simple navigation to allow target audience to find exactly what they need.

In February 2024, a delegation from Karolinska Institutet led by Vice President Martin Bergö visited Makerere University in Uganda, a long-term partner of Karolinska Institutet.