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Helena Hildenwall

Helena Hildenwall

Affiliated to Research | Docent
Visiting address: Tomtebodavägen 18A, 17177 Stockholm
Postal address: K9 Global folkhälsa, K9 GPH Alfvén, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • I have been working in the field of global child health since 2004. I did my
    PhD on the management of pediatric pneumonia symptoms in Uganda (Kampala and
    Iganga/Mayuge) and my postdoc on causes of non-malarial febrile illness with
    Joint Malaria Programme and London School of Tropical Medicine and
    Hygiene in Tanzania (Muheza).
    I am the principal investigator of the SugarFACT study [1] - a clinical
    trial at two hospitals in Malawi with Malawi College of Medicine [2] as a
    collaborator, to determine the mortality impact of a changed treatment cut
    off level for hypoglycemia in pediatric emergencies. Associated studies
    involve factors associated with pediatric dysglycemia and facility emergency
    management practises. I am a pediatric doctor and a clinical research fellow
    at Astrid Lindgren Children's hospital [3] in Stockholm. I am also a
    researcher and supervisor within the Makerere-Sweden [4] collaboration.
    * Medical Doctor ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ 2007
    * PhD Global Health ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ 2009, Thesis title: Beyond fever
    – Managing children with pneumonia symptoms in malaria endemic Uganda.
    ISBN 978-91-7409-272-1.
    * Postdoctoral research fellow at Joint Malaria Programme, Tanzania/London
    School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene /̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, Sweden,
    2011-2014
    * Resident in Paediatrics, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital 2012 - 2019
    * Clinical research fellow, Department of Public Health Science and Astrid
    Lindgren Children's Hospital, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡/University Hospital,
    Stockholm, Sweden, 2015 - 2019
    * Visiting clinical research fellow, Department of Paediatrics, Queen
    Elisabeth Central Hospital, Malawi 2016-2017
    * Associate Professor in Global Health, 2018-
    * Paediatrician, 2019 -
    * Coordinator of regional partnership in child health between Stockholm
    Region, Sweden and Jinja City, Uganda 2021-
    [1]
    [2]
    [3]
    [4]

Research

  • My PhD and postdoctoral work concentrated on the management and
    diagnostic issues of common childhood illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa
    and how the recent role out of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria influences
    the diagnosis and treatment of other causes of pediatric febrile illness.
    More recent interests, and the main focus of my
    current research, involve the quality of care and health facility
    emergency management of severely sick children in low-income countries.

Articles

  • Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2024;17(1):2317774
    Schedwin M; Bisumba Furaha A; Elimian K; King C; Malembaka EB; Yambayamba MK; Tylleskaer T; Alfven T; Carter SE; Welo Okitayemba P; Mapatano MA; Hildenwall H
  • Article: EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL. 2024;41(4):242-248
    Satarvandi D; van der Werff SD; Naucler P; Hildenwall H; Sonden K
  • Article: PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;4(3):e0002896
    Schedwin M; Furaha AB; Hildenwall H; Elimian K; Malembaka EB; Yambayamba MK; Forsberg BC; Van Damme W; Alfvén T; Carter SE; Okitayemba PW; Mapatano MA; King C
  • Article: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2022;100(7):422-435
    Schedwin M; Furaha AB; Kapend R; Akilimali P; Malembaka EB; Hildenwall H; Alfven T; Tylleskar T; Mapatano MA; King C
  • Article: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2022;100(5):302-314B
    King C; Zadutsa B; Banda L; Phiri E; McCollum E; Langton J; Desmond N; Qazi SA; Bin Nisar Y; Makwenda C; Hildenwall H
  • Article: ANTIBIOTICS. 2022;11(5):574
    Holloway B; Chandrasekar H; Purohit M; Sharma A; Mathur A; Ashish KC; Fernandez-Carballo L; Dittrich S; Hildenwall H; Bergstrom A
  • Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2022;22(1):306
    Namazzi G; Hildenwall H; Ndeezi G; Mubiri P; Nalwadda C; Kakooza-Mwesige A; Waiswa P; Tumwine JK
  • Article: PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;2(4):e0000284
    Thunberg A; Zadutsa B; Phiri E; King C; Langton J; Banda L; Makwenda C; Hildenwall H
  • Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS. 2021;110(10):2802-2804
    Rhedin SA; Rinder MR; Hildenwall H; Herlenius E; Hertting O; Luthander J; Melen E; Nijman R; Olsson-Akefeldt S; Alfven T
  • Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2021;105(3):846-851
    Ngwalangwa F; Katumbi C; Dube Q; Langton J; Baker T; Janson A; Hildenwall H
  • Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2021;14(1):1989807
    King C; Dube A; Zadutsa B; Banda L; Langton J; Desmond N; Lufesi N; Makwenda C; Hildenwall H
  • Article: BMJ PAEDIATRICS OPEN. 2021;5(1):e001044
    Kilov K; Hildenwall H; Dube A; Zadutsa B; Banda L; Langton J; Desmond N; Lufesi N; Makwenda C; King C
  • Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2020;13(1):1820714
    Namazzi G; Tumwine JK; Hildenwall H; Ndeezi G; Mubiri P; Hanson C; Kakooza-Mwesige A; Waiswa P
  • Article: THE LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH. 2020;8(12):e1546-e1554
    Baker T; Ngwalangwa F; Masanjala H; Dube Q; Langton J; Marrone G; Hildenwall H
  • Article: BMC PEDIATRICS. 2020;20(1):423
    Ngwalangwa F; Chirambo CM; Lindsjo C; Dube Q; Langton J; Baker T; Hildenwall H
  • Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;20(1):992
    Johansson EW; Lindsjo C; Weiss DJ; Nsona H; Selling KE; Lufesi N; Hildenwall H
  • Article: PLOS ONE. 2020;15(7):e0236488
    Namazzi G; Hanson C; Nalwadda C; Tetui M; Nampijja M; Waiswa P; Tumwine JK; Hildenwall H
  • Article: BMC PEDIATRICS. 2019;19(1):379
    Namazzi G; Hildenwall H; Mubiri P; Hanson C; Nalwadda C; Nampijja M; Kakooza-Mwesige A; Waiswa P; Tumwine JK
  • Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2019;101(3):670-675
    Ngwalangwa F; Phiri CHA; Dube Q; Langton J; Hildenwall H; Baker T
  • Article: TRIALS. 2018;19(1):33
    Baker T; Dube Q; Langton J; Hildenwall H
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All other publications

  • Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS. 2022;111(9):1658-1659
    Hildenwall H
  • Editorial comment: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2021;99(12):904-906
    Hildenwall H; Ngwalangwa F
  • Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS. 2021;110(9):2578-2580
    Sterky E; Olsson-Akefeldt S; Hertting O; Herlenius E; Alfven T; Ryd Rinder M; Rhedin S; Hildenwall H
  • Letter: ACTA PAEDIATRICA, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS. 2020;109(10):2152-2154
    Hildenwall H; Luthander J; Rhedin S; Hertting O; Olsson-Akefeldt S; Erik M; Alfven T; Herlenius E; Ryd Rinder M
  • Letter: THE BMJ. 2017;357:j2290
    Johansson EW; Hildenwall H; Nsona H; de Lauwerier VB; Peterson SS
  • Thesis / dissertation: 2008
    Hildenwall, Helena

Employments

  • Affiliated to Research, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2024-2027
  • Affiliated to Research, Department of Global Public Health, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2022-2025

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2018
  • Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Global Public Health, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2009
  • University Medical Degree, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2007

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