Highlighting new Swedish global health research

The Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA) invites you to a seminar highlighting new research that sheds light on some of today’s global health challenges. Drawing on four recent dissertations, the seminar explores how evidence-based approaches can improve prevention, care, and resilience across diverse contexts.

Read more and Register: The Many Faces of Health: From Gender-Based Violence to Vector-Borne Viruses

Time: 14 jan 2026, 13:30

Place: IOGT-NTO-Gården “Konferensen” (Plan 3) Klara Södra kyrkogata 20, Stockholm

Program:
Sexual and gender-based violence among South African youth during public health crises, Miriam Hartman, PhD, Karolinska Institutet.

Early childhood disability, with focus on improved screening and support systems, Anna-Theresia Ekman, PhD, Karolinska Institutet.

Midwife-led interventions to enhance the quality of maternal care in Uganda, Johanna Blomgren, PhD, Karolinska Institutet.

Mosquito-borne viruses and what drives their emergence and evolution, Janina Krambrich, PhD, Uppsala Universitet.

Discussant: Jesper Sundewall, Head of Research Unit, Sida.

Moderator: Anna Mia Ekström, Professor, Karolinska Instiutet. Board member of EBA.