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SOGH goes to SIHI: Engaged volunteers engaging communities
The Swedish Organization for Global Health (SOGH) has been run by passionate volunteers—from university students to young health professionals—since its start in Karolinska Institutet in 2014. What began as a local volunteer movement in Sweden has since expanded its reach globally. It quickly...
SOGH goes to SIHI: Engaged volunteers engaging communities
The Swedish Organization for Global Health (SOGH) has been run by passionate volunteers—from university students to young health professionals—since its start in Karolinska Institutet in 2014. What began as a local volunteer movement in Sweden has...
The World Health Summit 2023 – A Pivotal Moment for Global Health Action
For the second time, I was able to attend the World Health Summit this year. What is the World Health Summit, and what does this event entail? The World Health Summit (WHS), a renowned 3-day conference held annually in mid-October in Berlin,...
Environmental Health Promotion Part 2 — What Can I Do?
Environmental Health Promotion This mini-blog series is part two of the "Environmental Health Promotion" project, which deals with global health challenges that are harmful to both the environment and people's well-being. Its main goal is to raise...
Environmental Health Promotion Part 2 — E-waste
Environmental Health Promotion This mini-blog series is part two of the "Environmental Health Promotion" project, which deals with global health challenges that are harmful to both the environment and people's well-being. Its main goal is to raise...
Environmental Health Promotion Part 2 — Triclosan
Environmental Health Promotion This mini-blog series is part two of the "Environmental Health Promotion" project, which deals with global health challenges that are harmful to both the environment and people's well-being. Its main goal is to raise...
Environmental Health Promotion Part 2 — Bisphenol A
Environmental Health Promotion This mini-blog series is part two of the "Environmental Health Promotion" project, which deals with global health challenges that are harmful to both the environment and people's well-being. Its main goal is to raise...
Environmental Health Promotion Part 2 — Formaldehyde
Environmental Health Promotion This mini-blog series is part two of the "Environmental Health Promotion" project, which deals with global health challenges that are harmful to both the environment and people's well-being. Its main goal is to raise...
Environmental Health Promotion Part 2 — Phthalates
Environmental Health Promotion This mini-blog series is part two of the "Environmental Health Promotion" project, which deals with global health challenges that are harmful to both the environment and people's well-being. Its main goal is to raise...
You Go Girl!
This 11 October 2023, we celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child. And on this day, we would like to highlight that every girl has an equal right to participate in all enriching activities just as their counterparts do, and this includes sports. However, often times they cannot do so because of the gender stereotypes, sexism and harassment they face. In this blog, we elaborate on this critical issues and why these need to be addressed–so that all girls will eventually have equal access and capabilities to safely engage in sports activities, whenever and wherever they want to.
The Refugee (Health) Crisis
Last June 20th, the globe celebrated World Refugee Day—highlighting the international need to constantly improve how refugees are treated all around the world. Exactly one week after, we at the Swedish Organization for Global Health would like to continue shedding light on the harsh realities that refugees, and their overall health, face during their entire refuge-seeking journey.
Midwives in Public Health: Barriers, Gaps and Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes
Overview Many of the targets of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 are concerned with reproductive, maternal and child healthcare. Sexual and reproductive health is directly related to multiple human rights, including the right to live,...
Environmental Health Promotion — What Can I Do?
The Health Promotion Report Swedish Organization for Global Health's recently released Health Promotion Report was developed to emphasize the current global health challenges that pose a significant threat to both the environment and human health....
Environmental Health Promotion — Vaccines and Immunization
Environmental Health Promotion This is the first mini-blog of the series “Environmental Health Promotion” which is part of the 2023 Environmental Sustainability report that emphasizes global health challenges that pose a significant threat to both...
Environmental Health Promotion — PFAS (Per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances)
Environmental Health Promotion This is the second mini-blog of the series “Environmental Health Promotion” that is part of the 2023 Environmental Sustainability report that emphasizes global health challenges that pose a significant threat to both...
Environmental Health Promotion — Microplastics
Environmental Health Promotion This is the third mini-blog of the series “Environmental Health Promotion” that is part of the 2023 Environmental Sustainability report that emphasizes global health challenges that pose a significant threat to both...
Environmental Health Promotion — Mycotoxins
Environmental Health Promotion This is the fourth and last mini-blog of the series “Environmental Health Promotion” that is part of the 2023 Environmental Sustainability report that emphasizes global health challenges that pose a significant threat...
The silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance, no longer a silent threat.
We live in an era where outbreaks and pandemics have become more and more common. There are estimates that show increasing rates of disease emergence from animal reservoirs, which have also been associated with causes from environmental changes....
Beyond policies and intents: Remodeling equitable workspaces in global health organizations
Over the past few years, there has been an increase in both awareness and call to action from students and early career professionals to decolonize the existing global health structures. This has stemmed from a generational realization that...
My Road to COP27
From 6th November to 18th November, 2022, the 27th session of the conference of the parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), commonly referred to as COP27 took place.
What it’s like to wear hijab in Sweden
Today our intern Ayesha is exploring what the decision to wear a headscarf can mean for a Muslim woman like her living in Sweden.
News from Uganda: Mama & Family project updates
Today’s post is going to take you through the most important updates from our on-the-ground project in Uganda, the Mama&Family project.
Sustainable banking: Keeping your money AND the planet safe
SOGH is commited to sustainability in all areas of our work. Today’s blog post covers the challenges we encoutered looking for green banking options.
Exploring Gender-based Violence Activism in Nigeria
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a major problem that can never be overemphasized. It comes in different forms, from intimate partner violence, female genitalia mutilation such as breast ironing, and many more
SOGH’s mission on planetary health
Without a healthy planet, we cannot have a healthy human population. SOGH as an organization is dedicated to contributing to planetary health and in today’s blog post our environmental sustainability manager Chrisitina shares with us SOGH’s position and actions on the topic.
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