Research
The Centre has 4 priority research areas which have been chosen according to their relevance for sustainable health and well-being for all. Each research area has two lead researchers, one from Karolinska Institutet and one from Makerere University.
The main objective is to enhance the progress towards achieving the child health targets of the sustainable development goals in selected low-income countries.
Lead researchers: Tobias Alfvén and Grace Ndeezi
Current projects:
- Healthy Start - the first year of life
- Sustainable Preventive Integrated Child Health Care (SPIC) - adolescent mental health and well-being
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of sustainable health. Although the impacts of climate change will vary, it stands clear that the most vulnerable populations, particularly in low-and middle-income countries, will bear the highest health burden of climate change.
Lead researchers: Rawlance Ndejjo and Daniel Helldén
Focus of the research is to understand how different vulnerable populations, such as pregnant women and children, are affected by climate change and how to build resilience and adaptation mechanisms to support vulnerable communities.
Read scoping review in the Lancet on how climate change impacts on child health.
We strive to advance knowledge, promote better health outcomes, and contribute to the global efforts in combating NCDs. We investigate various aspects such as risk factors, lifestyles, and health systems related to NCDs across the entire lifespan, with a particular emphasis on diabetes, hypertension, stroke and cancer.
Lead researchers: Roy William Mayega and Susanne Guidetti
According to WHO, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) kill 41 million people each year, equivalent to 71% of all deaths globally. Each year, more than 15 million people die from a NCD between the ages of 30 and 69 years; 85% of these "premature" deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.
Main objectives: specifically emphasize prevention, secondary prevention and rehabilitation.
Our work covers several conditions:
- cardiovascular disease
- chronic respiratory diseases
- ocular conditions
We explore how midwives can create and lead quality improvements, and how this impacts the uptake of evidence-based practises and maternal and neonatal health outcomes using the MIDWIZE framework.
Lead researchers: Helena Lindgren and Dinah Amongin
Access the MIDWIZE platform
The MIDWIZE framework was developed to guide quality improvements in midwife led care. The framework puts the midwife in the center, being the primary care provider in reproductive health care, working closely with other professions in the interdisciplinary team to facilitate relational, safe, cost-effective, and patient-centred care. The research project is carried out at Naguru Hospital, a public facility in Uganda, which primarily serves an urban poor population.
Operated by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden
and Makerere University in Uganda