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Tuberculosis, maternal health, perinatal health, Operational research

Master students in global health: coordinating courses and teaching tuberculosis, reproductive health, paper-writing, general global health.

Medical students: compulsory course (5th year) in global health (1w)

Medical students: elective semester (after 3 years) in global health with 3 weeks field visit to a hospital in India, SriLanka, Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania.

PhD candidates: TB course online

  • Show author(s) (2023). Variation in maternal mortality in Sidama National Regional State, southern Ethiopia: A population based cross sectional household survey. PLOS ONE. 21 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Reduction in maternal mortality ratio varies by district in Sidama National Regional State, southern Ethiopia: Estimates by crosssectional studies using the sisterhood method and a household survey of pregnancy and birth outcomes. PLOS ONE.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Prevention of bronchial fistulas after pneumonectomies for selected cavitary drug resistant lung tuberculosis. Frontiers in surgery.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Prevalence and incidence of symptomatic pulmonary tuberculosis based on repeated population screening in a district in Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 10 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Variation in maternal mortality in Sidama Regional State, southern Ethiopia: A population based cross sectional household survey. medRxiv.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Reduction in maternal mortality ratio varies by district in Sidama Regional State, southern Ethiopia: Estimates by cross-sectional studies using the sisterhood method and a household survey of pregnancy and birth outcome. medRxiv.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Mothers at risk of postpartum depression in Sri Lanka: A population-based study using a validated screening tool. PLOS ONE. 12 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2022). How many of persistent coughers have pulmonary tuberculosis? Population-based cohort study in Ethiopia. BMJ Open. 10 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Health Workers’ Knowledge and Attitude Towards Intimate Partner Violence: A Descriptive Study in Sidama Region, Southern Ethiopia. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 1175-1185.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Geographic accessibility to childhood tuberculosis care in Pakistan. Global health action. 8 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Fluoroquinolone preventive therapy for children exposed to MDR-TB. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 171-173.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Does distance to healthcare facility affect care-seeking for TB-related symptoms in Tanzania? The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 747-752.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Birth weight was associated with maternal exposure to intimate partner violence during pregnancy in southern Ethiopia: A prospective cohort study. Frontiers in Public Health.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Are patients with pulmonary tuberculosis identified by active and by passive case detection different? A cross-sectional study in Pakistan. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 39-46.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Schistosomiasis hos norske studenter etter opphold i Afrika. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 243-247.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Raising the Age of Purchase and Use of Tobacco Product in Bangladesh: Benefits and Challenges in Protecting Youth from the Tobacco Epidemic. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 65-70.
  • Show author(s) (2021). How do private practitioners in Pakistan manage children suspected having tuberculosis? A cross sectional study. BMC Public Health.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Extending contact screening within a 50-m radius of an index tuberculosis patient using Xpert MTB/RIF in urban Pakistan: Did it impact treatment outcomes? International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 634-640.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis in Pakistan: Are national guidelines used by private healthcare providers? International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 291-297.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Association between cholera treatment outcome and nutritional status in children aged 2–4 years in Nigeria. Public Health Action.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Sexual violence against migrants and asylum seekers. The experience of the MSF clinic on Lesvos Island, Greece. PLOS ONE. 14 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Characteristics of first-time family planning users and methods used at mobile clinics in rural Malawi. Public Health Action. 70-75.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Caesarean section rates analysed using Robson’s 10-Group Classification System: a cross-sectional study at a tertiary hospital in Ethiopia. BMJ Open. 8 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2020). An alumni study of a Master's in international health . Public Health. 168-170.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Mass screening for active case finding of pulmonary tuberculosis in the Russian Federation: how to save costs. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 830-837.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Intimate partner violence and maternal depression during pregnancy: A community-based cross-sectional study in Ethiopia. PLOS ONE. 1-15.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Diagnosis and treatment of patients with pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases in Arkhangelsk, Russia. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 358-361.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Challenges and opportunities to prevent tuberculosis in people living with HIV in low-income countries. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 241-251.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Building sustainable operational research capacity in Pakistan: starting with tuberculosis and expanding to other public health problems. Global health action. 1-8.
  • Show author(s) (2019). A comparison of the yield and relative cost of active tuberculosis case-finding algorithms in Zimbabwe. Public Health Action. 63-68.

More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)

INTE-Africa: Improving management of NCD in Africa, led by LSTM, UK. 2019-2023

DATURA: Testing higher dose of anti-TB medications for HIV+ patients with TB, lead by ANRS/INSERM, France. Responsibility: Workpackage 6. Duration: 2019-

SORTIT: Operational research courses for publising scientific papers, led by MSF, IUATLD and WHO, arranged in Kenya, Ethiopia, Paris, Luxembourg, Islamabad and Arkhangelsk in 2011-21

FIDELIS: "Fund for Innovative DOTS Expansion Through Local Initiatives to Stop TB", monitoring TB case finding projects in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Kenya and Tanzania.

MD, PhD

International health

Global health

Reproductive health

Maternal health

Perinatal mortality in Low-income countreis

Operational research

Tuberculosis