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SIGHT Award 2021 for improving care of mothers and newborns

The 2021 SIGHT Award is awarded to Dr. Ashish KC, associate professor at the Department of Women's and Children's Health at Uppsala University. The SEK 100,000 prize recognises Dr. Ashish KC’s research into improving care to reduce death of mothers and newborns during childbirth in low- and middle-income countries.Far too many women and newborns still die and suffer unnecessarily during pregnancy and childbirth. Additionally, between 10 to 15 million newborns require breathing assistance every year at birth. Mothers and newborns in low-and-middle-income countries (LMIC) have suffered

New The Lancet-SIGHT Commission on peaceful societies through health and gender equality

What is the role of health and gender equality in contributing to peaceful, just, and inclusive societies? In partnership with The Lancet, SIGHT (Swedish Institute of Global Health Transformation) at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is hosting an independent and international Commission on peaceful societies through health and gender equality.Countries are working to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a global commitment to create peace and prosperity for the people and the planet, but conflict and instability pose serious threats to progress including SDG3 on health and

SIGHT Award 2019 for improving maternal and newborn health in low-resource settings

Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation has awarded the SIGHT Award 2019 and 100 000 Swedish krona to Claudia Hanson, from Karolinska Institutet. She is a senior scientist and clinician specialising in health systems research and implemented science aiming to improve the quality of maternal and newborn healthcare in low-resource settings.More than 300 000 mothers and 2,7 million newborns lose their lives every year. “There is still a huge, needless dying among mothers and newborns. The first 24 hours are the most dangerous in life. But improving this situation is not so easy.

A new roadmap on global child health launched today

Human rights are still merely an abstract concept for millions of women, children, and adolescents – and for our youngest progress is often defined as simply a question of survival. Now the Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation (SIGHT) and The Swedish Society of Medicine are launching a road map for global child health, emphasizing progress as the next generation’s right to thrive – placing children firmly at the centre of UN’s 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable development.According to the road map Placing children at the centre of the sustainable development goals, survival is a

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