Mattias Schedwin
Phd Student
E-mail: mattias.schedwin@ki.se
Visiting address: Tomtebodavägen 18A, 17177 Stockholm
Postal address: K9 Global folkhälsa, K9 GPH Alfvén, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I’m a PhD Student at the Department of Global Public Health and a resident
in paediatrics at Karolinska University Hospital. I’m currently based in
Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Besides my research, I support
the project “Building capacity for sustainable development in fragile
states". I’m also taking part in clinical paediatric care in the DRC.
* PhD Student, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet,
2020-
* Resident in Paediatrics, Karolinska University Hospital, 2018-
* Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Royal College of Physicians UK,
2021
* Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine Course, Doctors Without Borders,
2020
* Licensed physician, Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, 2018
Research
- My thesis focuses on child health and infectious diseases in the Democratic
Republic of Congo. I’m particularly interested in subnational inequities
and the effect of vertical health initiatives on sustainable development of
the health sector.
Articles
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Article: SUSTAINABILITY. 2023;15(2):1259
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Article: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2022;100(7):422-435