The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (KADK), Denmark

Building resilience to climate-sensitive mosquito-borne viral diseases: preventing hospital-acquired infections and their epidemic spread through integrated mosquito control and sentinel surveillance in Zanzibar hospitals

Research project Hospitals can be hotspots for the initiation and spread of infectious disease outbreaks. However, in tropical areas more research is needed to identify and pilot sustainable interventions to minimize the risk of hospital-transmission and epidemic spr ... First year report Objectives The project has suffered considerable delays due to unforeseen changes to the selected study sites. This includes demolition of existing hospital structures end of 2022. Changes to the hospital management system is al ...
Period: 2022-04-1 to 2027-03-31 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: State University of Zanzibar (SUZA), Tanzania Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI), Tanzania Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri (PHL-IdC), Tanzania Mnazi Mmoja Hospital, Tanzania Ministry of Health Zanzibar (MOHZ), Tanzania SACIDS Foundation for One Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (KADK), Denmark Project code: 21-05-KU Total grant: 11,999,216 DKK
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Building Stronger Universities II – KCMUC

Research project Overall objective: Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCo) undertakes highly relevant high quality research which is actively disseminated and shared with key stakeholders and which enhances quality of graduate and postgraduate ...
Period: 2015-11-1 to 2017-03-31 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: Statens Serum Institut (SSI), Denmark Partner institutions: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (KADK), Denmark Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC), Tanzania University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Project code: BSU2-KCMC Total grant: 8,000,000 DKK
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Sustainable Latrine Services for the Urban Poor in Ghana (SUSA)

Research project Ghana is in the midst of rapid, unplanned urbanization fuelled by migration caused by declining rural agricultural productivity, lack of employment opportunities and effects of climate change. Close to 50% of Ghana’s 23 million residents currently li ... Project Completion Report: At the time of application and approval of the SUSA project, “outcomes” were not articulated as part of a log frame etc. Objective 1: To conduct a project needs assessment and conduct training sessions. Routine inf ...
Period: 2010-10-1 to 2016-01-31 Countries: Ghana Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (KADK), Denmark Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana University of Ghana (UG), Ghana Dodowa Health Research Centre (DHRC), Ghana National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Netherlands Project code: 10-050KU Total grant: 10,294,890 DKK
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