Freddy Karup Pedersen Professor emeritus, dr.med. fped0001egionh.dk​ CV

Anja Poulsen Consultant, PhD anja.poulsen.01@regionh.dk CV​​

Jesper Kjærgaard MD, PhD, postdoc jesper.kjaergaard@regionh.dk CV

​​ Vibeke Brix Christensen MD, PhD, DMSC vbrixchr@gmail.com CV​

​Charlotte Holm-Hansen MD, PhD student charlotte.carina.holm-hansen@regionh.dk C​V

Malene Landbo Børresen, MD, PhD MD, PhD mboe0097@regionh.dk CV

Thomas Nørrelykke Nissen ​MD, PhD Thomas.noerrelykke.nissen.02@regionh.dk CV

Alexandra Kruse MD, PhD alexandra.yasmin.collin.kruse.01@regionh.dk ​ CV

Stine Lund MD, PhD stine.lund@regionh.dk CV

​Joakim Bloch MD, PhD student joakim.bloch@regionh.dk​ ​

​Christine Manich Bech MD Christinemanichbech@gmail.com

​​Lærke Vinge Larsen Medical student laerke.vinge.larsen.01@regionh.dk​

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• Cooperation with Danish Vietnamese Association and Childrens Hospital nr 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: neonatal survival. Until now included 4 PhD students.

• EU project Horizon2020: FRESHAIR on childhood asthma and respiratory diseases: cooperation with institutions in Vietnam, Uganda, Kyrgyzstan, Cyprus and University of Copenhagen, department of family medicine.

• Cooperation with Pemba Public Health Laboratory and Ministry of Health Zanzibar 

• NEO neonatal emergency outcome, PhD study, ongoing on Pemba, Tanzania 2018-2023

• Neonatal use of antibiotics, master study, Pemba

• Neonatal status the first 2 hours of life, master study, Pemba

• CRP in children with febrile illness and neonatal children, PhD study, Pemba, In cooperation with ICARS (international Centre for Antibiotic Resistance

• In preparation: Virtual reality in neonatal resuscitation, Pemba.

• Developing an APP on respiratory diseases for use in Vietnam in under-fives cooperation with Seattle University 

• Implementation of spacers in Kyrgyzstan in cooperation with Association of Respiratory Diseases in Kyrgyzstan. 

• Encephalitis project in Myanmar and Nepal, in cooperation with local Paediatric Hospitals

• CRP in children with respiratory diseases, PhD study, Kyrgyzstan. In cooperation with ICARS (international Centre for ​Antibiotic Resistance Research in refugee child health.

• Safe Delivery App, educational app for emergency neonatal and obstetric care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. In cooperation with Maternity Foundation

  
  

​​​Other activities

Activities in preparation

• ​​International Course in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and global Health, Bangladesh, Januar 2025
  

2023

• The right antibiotic for the right neonate? A prospective observational cohort study at a district hospital in Pemba, Tanzania.
  Lærke Vinge Larsen, Mathilde Languille Lassen, Stine Lund, Ulrikka Nygaard, Christine Manich Bech, Said Mzee, Said Mouhammed Ali & Anja Poulsen.
  Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 2023, 69(1), fmac116. https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmac116 ​​

​2022

• Life-threatening viral disease in a novel form of autosomal recessive IFNAR2 deficiency in the Arctic.
  Duncan CJA, Skouboe MK, Howarth S, Hollensen AK, Chen R, Børresen ML, Thompson BJ, Stremenova Spegarova J, Hatton CF, Stæger FF, Andersen MK, Whittaker J, Paludan SR, Jørgensen SE, Thomsen MK, Mikkelsen JG, Heilmann C, Buhas D, Øbro NF, Bay JT, Marquart HV, de la Morena MT, Klejka JA, Hirschfeld M, Borgwardt L, Forss I, Masmas T, Poulsen A, Noya F, Rouleau G, Hansen T, Zhou S, Albrechtsen A, Alizadehfar R, Allenspach EJ, Hambleton S, Mogensen
  TH.J Exp Med. 2022
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35442417/
  

• Risk factors for neonatal sepsis in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review with meta-analysis.
  Christine Manich Bech, Christina Nadia Stensgaard, Stine Lund, Charlotte Holm Hansen, Jesper Sune Brok, Ulrikka Nygaard & Anja Poulsen.
  BMJ Open 2022
  https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/9/e054491

• Essential newborn care practices for healthy newborns at a district hospital in Pemba, Tanzania: a cross-sectional observational study utilizing video recordings.
  Christina Nadia Stensgaard, Christine Manich Bech, Charlotte Holm- Hansen, Tine Bruhn Skytte, Said Mohammed Ali, Ulfat Amour Mohd, Jesper Kjærgaard, Gorm Greisen, Anja Poulsen & Stine Lund.
  Global Health Action
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35674453/

• Video recording as an objective assessment tool of health worker performance in neonatal resuscitation at a district hospital in Pemba, Tanzania: a feasibility study.
  Charlotte Carina Holm-Hansen, Anja Poulsen, Tine Bruhn Skytte, Christina Stensgaard, Christine Manich Bech, Mads Nathaniel Lopes, Mads Kristiansen, Jesper Kjærgaard, Said Mzee, Said Mouhammed Ali, Shaali Ame, Jette Led Sorensen, Gorm Greisen & Stine Lund.
  BMJ Open 2022
  https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/5/e060642

• Herpes simplex-virusinfektion hos nyfødte. ​
  Stine Lund, Tine Brink Henriksen, Anja Poulsen, Kia Hee Schultz Dungu, Emma Louise Malchau Carlsen, Bo Mølholm Hansen, Lise Aunsholt & Ulrikka Nygaard
  Ugeskr Læger 2022;184:V11210869
  https://ugeskriftet.dk/videnskab/herpes-simplex-virusinfektion-hos-nyfodte

• Essential Newborn Care practices of healthy newborns at a district hospital in Pemba, Tanzania: a cross sectional observational study using video recordings.
  Christina Steensgaard, Christine Manich Bech, Charlotte Holm-hansen, Tine Bruhn Skytte, Said Mohammed Ali, Ulfat Amour Mhod,Jesper Kjærgaard, Gorm Greisen, Anja Poulsen & Stine Lund.
  Global Health Action 2022
  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/16549716.2022.2067398
  

• ​Management of Children with Respiratory Symptoms in Primary Care Facilities in Uganda: A FRESH AIR Descriptive Study
  Nantanda R, Bloch J, Østergaard MS, Kirenga BJ, Tumwine JK, Ndeezi G, Reventlow S, Poulsen A & Kjærgaard J.
  Health Workers' Practices in Assessment and. J Trop Pediatr. 2021 May https://academic.oup.com/tropej/article/67/2/fmab042/6296314?login=false
  

• ​Bite wounds from dogs, cats and humans
  Christine Manich Bech, Stine Lund, Jonas Ingemann Baggesgaard, Christina Nadia Christoffersen, Jesper Kjærgaard & Anja Poulsen
  Ugeskr Laeger 2021
  https://ugeskriftet.dk/videnskab/bidsar-fra-hunde-katte-og-mennesker

• Indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality of mothers and children in low- and middle-income countries
  Christine Manich Bech, Joakim Bloch, Jesper Kjærgaard, Stine Lund, Freddy Karup Pedersen & Anja Poulsen.
  Ugeskr Laeger 2021
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33734073/

• Analysis of Hepatitis B Virus Genotype D in Greenland Suggests the Presence of a Novel Quasi-Subgenotype.
  de Bernardi Schneider A, Osiowy C, Hostager R, Krarup H, Børresen M, Tanaka Y, Morriseau T, Wertheim JO.
  Front Microbiol 2021
  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7843931/​
  

• Poor Head Growth Is Associated with Later Mental Delay among Vietnamese Preterm Infants: A Follow-up Study.
  Do CHT, Børresen ML, Pedersen FK, Nguyen TT, Nguyen HT, Kruse AY.
  J Trop Pediatr. 2021
  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7948389/

• Health screening among children newly granted asylum in Denmark.
  Nicoline Willum Frederiksen,, Nanna Marie Christoffersen,  Anna Karen Haugaard, Afsaneh Ahmadi,  Anja Poulsen, Marie Norredam & Alexandra Kruse.
  Acta Paediatrica 2021
  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apa.15879  

• A systematic approach to context-mapping to prepare for health interventions: development and validation of the SETTING-tool in four countries.
  Brakema EA, vand der Keij RM, Poot CC, Chavannes NH, Tsiligianni I, Walusimbi S, An PL, Sooronbaev T Numans ME Crone MR, Reis RR & FRESH AIR collaborators.
  BMJ Glob Health 2021
  https://gh.bmj.com/content/6/1/e003221

• No time for change? Impact of contextual factors on the effect of training primary care healthcare workers in Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam on how to manage asthma in children - A FRESH AIR implementation study.
  Jesper Kjærgaard, Thomas Nørrelykke Nissen, Elvira Isaeva; Nguyen Nhat Quynh; Susanne Reventlow, Stine Lund, Talant Sooronbaev, Pham Le An, Marianne Stubbe Østergaard, James Stout & Anja Poulsen
  BMC Health Services Research 2020
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33302935/

• ​Snakebites
  Eggert S, Kjærgaard J & Poulsen A.
  Ugeskr Laeger 2020
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32800051/

• Let's stop dumping cookstoves in local communities. It's time to get implementation right.
  Brakema EA, van der Kleij RM, Vermond D, van Gemert FA, Kirenga B, Chavannes NH, et al.
  NPJ Prim care Respir Med 2020
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31924825/

• Implementing a context-driven awareness programme addressing household air pollution and tobacco: a FRESH AIR study.
  Brakema EA, van Gemert FA, Williams S, Sooronbaev T, Emilov B, Mademilov M, et al.
  NPJ Prim care Respir Med 2020
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33024125/

• Rates of rehospitalisation in the first 2 years among preterm infants discharged from the NICU of a tertiary children hospital in Vietnam: a follow-up study.
  Do CHT, Børresen ML, Pedersen FK, Geskus RB & Kruse AY.
  BMJ Open. 2020
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33020086/

• User Patterns of The Safe Delivery App in Ethiopia.
  Parellarda C, Boas I M, Nielsen H S, Sørensen B L & Lund S.
  Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries. 2020
  https://www.jhidc.org/index.php/jhidc/article/view/251

• A Case Report of Monkeypox in a 4-Year-Old Boy from the DR Congo: Challenges of Diagnosis and Management.
  Eltvedt AK, Christiansen M & Poulsen A
  Case Reports in Pediatrics Volume 2020
  https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cripe/2020/8572596/

• Low-Cost Bubble CPAP Treatment of a Severe Case of Pneumonia in a Low- and Middle-Income Country.
  Søren Vinther & Anja Poulsen
  Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 2020
  https://academic.oup.com/tropej/article/67/3/fmaa049/5890703

• Let's stop dumping cookstoves in local communities. It's time to get implementation right.
  Brabema EA, van der Kleijn RM, Vermond D et al
  NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2020
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41533-019-0160-8

• Asthma in children under 5 years in rural Kyrgyzstan: A diagnostic vacuum? A qualitative FRESH AIR study.
  Østergaard MS, Kjærgaard J, Kristensen M-M, Reventlow S, Poulsen A, Isaeva E, et al.
  Eur Med J Respir 2019
  https://www.emjreviews.com/respiratory/article/asthma-in-children-under-5-years-in-rural-kyrgyzstan-a-diagnostic-vacuum-a-qualitative-fresh-air-study/

• Effects and acceptability of implementing improved cookstoves and heaters to reduce household air pollution: a FRESH AIR study.
  van Gemert F, de Jong C, Kirenga B, Musinguzi P, Buteme S, Sooronbaev T, et al.
  NPJ Prim care Respir Med 2019
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31417087/  

• Infectious diseases detected by screening after arrival to Denmark in internationally adopted children.
  Nielsen AV, Kjaergaard J, Pedersen TM, Helmuth IG, Nygaard U, Nielsen HW, et al.
  Acta Paediatr 2019
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31580515/

• Diagnosis and treatment of acute respiratory illness in children under five in primary care in low-, middle-, and high-income countries: A descriptive FRESH AIR study.
  Kjærgaard J, Anastasaki M, Østergaard MS, Isaeva E, Akylbekov A, Nguyen NQ, et al.
  PLoS One 2019
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31693667/

• COPD's early origins in low-and-middle income countries: what are the implications of a false start?
  Brakema EA, van Gemert FA, van der Kleij RMJJ, Salvi S, Puhan M, Chavannes NH, et al.
  NPJ Prim care Respir Med 2019
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30837469/

• The socioeconomic burden of chronic lung disease in low-resource settings across the globe - an observational FRESH AIR study.
  Brakema EA, Tabyshova A, van der Kleij RMJJ, Sooronbaev T, Lionis C, Anastasaki M, et al.
  Respir Res 2019
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31864411/

• Neurodevelopment at two years corrected age among Vietnamese preterm infants.
  Chuong HTD, Kruse YA, Wills B, Saraswathy S, Clapham H, Pedersen FK, Pham NT, Vu MP & Borresen ML
  Arch Dis Child 2019
  https://adc.bmj.com/content/105/2/134

• Physical growth of Vietnamese preterm infants-a follow up study.
  Chunong HTD, Borresen ML, Pederen FK, Geskus R B, Kruse AY.
  Part of Chuong HTDs phd thesis at the University of Copenhagen November 2019.

• Rehospitalisation of Vietnames preterm infants in the first two years of life – a follow up study.
  Chuong HTD, Borresen ML, Pedersen FK, Gestus RB, Kruse AY.
  Part of Chuong HTDs phd thesis at the University of Copenhagen November 2019.

• Changing patterns of neurodevelopmental outcomes from 12 months to 24 months corrected age among Vietnames preterm infants.
  Chuong HTD, Borresen ML, Pedersen FK, Kruse YA.
  Part of Chuong HTds phd thesis at the Unvoiersity of Copenhagen November 2019.

• To bubble or not? Review of bubble continuous positive airway pressure in children in low- and middle-income countries
  Stagstrup C, Nørgaard M, Lund S & Poulsen A
  J Trop Pediatr. 2019
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31599959/

• The effect of smartphone training of Ghanaian midwives by the Safe Delivery application on the incidence of postpartum hemorrhage: A cluster randomized controlled trial.
  Klokkenga C M B, Enemark U, Adanu R, Lund S, Sørensen B L, Attermann J.
  Cogent Medicine 2019.
  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2331205X.2019.1632016

• Health workers' experiences with the Safe Delivery App in West Wollega Zone, Ethiopia: a qualitative study.
  Thomsen CF, Barrie AMF, Boas IM, Lund S, Sørensen BL, Oljira FG, et al.
  Reproductive Health. 2019.
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31072399/

• Recurrent lower respiratory illnesses among young children in rural Kyrgyzstan: overuse of antibiotics and possible under-diagnosis of asthma. A qualitative FRESH AIR study.
  Østergaard MS, Kjærgaard J, Kristensen M-M, Reventlow S, Poulsen A, Isaeva E, et al.
  NPJ Prim care Respir Med. 2018
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41533-018-0081-y

• Mobile phone innovations for maternal and neonatal health in low- and middle-income countries: the role of mHealth.
  Lund S.
  BJOG. 2018
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29927534/

• Audit of neonatal deaths in a provincial Hopspital in Vietnam.
  Binh TT, Hue TH, Kruse AY, Phuong N, Cam, Pedersen FK.
  Part of Binh TTs Phd thesis at the University of Copenhagen September 2017.

• Incidence of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in a Vietnamese population with a high rate of caesarean delivery.
  Binh TT, Thuy TM, Chung, Ha TD, Nguyen, Loi QT, Phuc HH, Anh TTN, Pedersen FK.
  Pat of Binh TTs Phd thesis at the University of Copenhagen September 2017.

• Whole body cooling: a safe and feasible procedure for neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy in Vietnam.
  Binh TT, Phuon NC, Dung TNL, Thuy TAN, Pedersen FK
  Part of Binh TTs thesis at the University of Copenhagen September 2017.

• Infant botulism in Denmark from 1995 to 2015.
  Drivenes B, Krause TG, Andersson M, Müller L, Fuursted K, Pedersen T, Hansen AK, Børresen ML.
  Dan Med J. 2017 Sep
  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28874241
  

• CPT1A Missense Mutation Associated With Fatty Acid Metabolism and Reduced Height in Greenlanders.
  Skotte L, Koch A, Yakimov V, Zhou S, Søborg B, Andersson M, Michelsen SW, Navne JE, Mistry JM, Dion PA, Pedersen ML, Børresen ML, Rouleau GA, Geller F, Melbye M, Feenstra B.
  Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2017 Jun
  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28611031
  

• Effect of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on nasopharyngeal carriage by respiratory pathogens among Greenlandic children.
  Navne JE, Koch A, Slotved HC, Andersson M, Melbye M, Ladefoged K, Børresen ML.
  Int J Circumpolar Health. 2017
  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28467237
  

• South Vietnamese rural mothers knowledge, aTTITUDE and pRACTICE (KAP) in child health care.
  Dinh Thac2, Freddy Karup Pedersen1, Tang Chi Thuong2, Le Bich Lien2, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh3, Nguyen Ngoc Phuc3.
  Biomed Research International March 2016.

• Low neonatal mortality and high incidence of infectious diseases in a Vietnamese Provincial Hospital.
  Binh TT, Kruse AY, Hue TH, Phuong N, Pedersen FK.
  Biomed research International, ID2087042, Volume 2016
  

• ​​Nasopharyngeal bacterial carriage in young children in Greenland: a population at high risk of respiratory infections.
  Navne JE, Børresen ML, Slotved HC, Andersson M, Melbye M, Ladefoged K, Koch A.​
  Epidemiol Infect. 2016 Nov
  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27405603
  

• Effects of the Safe Delivery App on quality of care and perinatal survival in Ethiopia: A cluster-randomized controlled
  Lund S, Boas I M, Bedesa T, Fedeke W, Nielsen H S, Sørensen B L. trial.
  JAMA Pediatr, 2016
  

• The diagnosis and treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection in Arctic regions with a high prevalence of infection: Expert Commentary.
  McMAHON BJ, Bruce MG, Koch A, Goodman KJ, Tsukanov V, Mulvad G, Borresen ML, Sacco F, Barrett D, Westby S, Parkinson AJ.
  Epidemiol Infect. 2015 Jun
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26094936
  

• Determination of NAT2 acetylation status in the Greenlandic population.
  Geller F, Soborg B, Koch A, Michelsen SW, Bjorn-Mortensen K, Carstensen L, Birch E, Nordholm AC, Johansen MM, Børresen ML, Feenstra B, Melbye M.
  Arch Toxicol. 2015 Mar
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25794903​
  

• Hepatitis B prevalence and incidence in Greenland: a population-based cohort study.
  Børresen ML, Andersson M, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M, Biggar RJ, Ladefoged K, Panum I, Koch A.
  Am J Epidemiol. 2015 Mar
  2014
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25721415
  

• Climate change and infectio​us diseases in the Arctic: establishment of a circumpolar working group.
  Parkinson AJ, Evengard B, Semenza JC, Ogden N, Børresen ML, Berner J, Brubaker M, Sjöstedt A, Evander M, Hondula DM, Menne B, Pshenichnaya N, Gounder P, Larose T, Revich B, Hueffer K, Albihn A.
  Int J Circumpolar Health. 2014 Sep
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25317383
  

• Mobile Phone Intervention Reduces Perinatal Mortality in Zanzibar: Secondary Outcomes of a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.
  Lund S, Rasch V, Hemed M, Boas I M, Said A, Said K, Makundu M H, Nielsen B B.
  JMIR Mhealth and Uhealth 2014

• Mobile phones improve antenatal care attendance and quality of care in Zanzibar: A cluster randomised controlled trial.
  Lund S, Nielsen B B, Hemed M, Boas I M, Said A, Said K, Makungu M H, Rasch V.
  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014,14:29.
  

• Identification of important and potentially avoidable risk factors in a prospective audit study of neonatal deaths in a paediatric hospital in Vietnam.
  Alexandra Y Kruse, Cam N Phuong2, Binh TT Ho2, Lone G Stensballe3, Freddy K Pedersen, Gorm Greisen
  Acta Paed, 2013 Sep

• Neonatal Blood Stream Infections in a Pediatric Hospital in Vietnam: a Cohort Study.
  Kruse AY, Chuong DHT, Phuong CN, Duc T, Stensballe LG, Prag J, Kurtzhals J, Greisen G, Pedersen FK.
  J Trop Pediatr 2013 July 
  

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