Rigshospitalet (RH), Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark

Improving treatment of malnutrition to support child development in the context of climate change: the BrightSAM study

Research project All commitments are on the condition of the Danish Parliament’s approval of adequate funds for development research in the upcoming 2023 Finance Bill. Final grant amount TBA. Almost half of the World Food Programme’s emergency operations are ...

Period: 2023-04-1 to 2028-03-31 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: Rigshospitalet (RH), Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark Partner institutions: National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania Bugando Medical Center, Tanzania University of Liverpool, United Kingdom University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark BetterGreen, Denmark Project code: 23-13-RH

The impact of a variable climate on long-term adverse health effects in Tanzania

Research project All commitments are on the condition of the Danish Parliament’s approval of adequate funds for development research in the upcoming 2023 Finance Bill. Final grant amount TBA. Climate change and non-communicable diseases (NCD) such as hyperten ...

Period: 2023-04-1 to 2028-03-31 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: Rigshospitalet (RH), Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark Partner institutions: National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA), Tanzania Tampere University, Finland Project code: 23-03-RH

Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Prevention in Tanzania

Research project The natural history of Human papillomavirus (HPV) in sub-Saharan Africa is not yet fully understood and information about how HIV together with other risk factors interacts with HPV acquisition and HPV persistence/clearance is warranted. Additionally ... Midterm report 2019: 4063 women were recruited at ORCI and KCMC. Questionnaire interviews as well as collection of cervical samples for careHPV testing, ThinPrep and VIA was done. 75.0% (n = 3039) of recruited women were seen during 1st follow-u ...

Period: 2015-01-1 to 2021-12-31 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI), Tanzania Partner institutions: University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Denmark Rigshospitalet (RH), Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUC), Tanzania Project code: 14-P02-TAN Total grant: 8,999,964 DKK

Neonatal Hospital Mortality in South Vietnam

Research project Overall aim: To examine newborn hospital mortality in South Vietnam in order to design intervention studies to be conducted in the next project phase. The studies are conducted in a tertiary specialized hospital and 3 referring secondary general prov ... Project Completion Report: In spite of the magnitude, knowledge about newbom mortality is very limited in resource poor settings like Vietnam. We explored newborn morbidity and mortality in hospital (general and specialized pediatric care) and c ...

Period: 2009-09-15 to 2013-10-31 Countries: Vietnam Lead institution: Rigshospitalet (RH), Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark Partner institutions: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Project code: 09-082RH Total grant: 1,901,942 DKK