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Karin Källander

Karin Källander

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

  • Dr. Karin Källander is a seasoned public health leader with over two decades of diverse expertise in health systems strengthening, digital health transformation, research, and child health program management. Her career spans seven years in a low-income country, nine years with a prominent international NGO, and six years with the United Nations (UNICEF), providing her with a deep understanding of the complex dynamics within the health sector and enabling her to adeptly navigate policy-making arenas and donor landscapes.

    Currently, as a Senior Health Specialist at UNICEF, Dr. Källander leads the Implementation Research team. Previously, she served as the global Chief of Digital Health & Information Systems Unit at UNICEF, where she spearheaded numerous digital health initiatives to support women and child health programs, including immunization. As a visionary leader, she has set global agendas and co-founded the COVID-19 Digital Health Centre of Excellence with the WHO during the pandemic.

     

    Her track record includes multi-million-dollar research projects, strategic partnerships, and tangible impact in infectious disease control and community-based care. Dr. Källander holds a PhD in Medical Science (International Health) from ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, Sweden, and an MSc in Molecular Biology (Pharmacology) from Lund University, Sweden. Her expertise lies in health systems strengthening, innovations and digital health, child health epidemiology, and paediatric healthcare management.

Research

  • Karin has extensive experience in operational research, design-,
    implementation-, management- and evaluation of programmes, health systems
    strengthening, health workforce development, assessment of quality of care,
    health policy development, behaviour change and community-based care.
    *Current projects include: *
    * TRAction - Universal versus conditional three-day follow-up visits for
    children with unclassified fever at community level in Ethiopia [1]
    * The Acute Repiratory Infection Diagnostic Aids (ARIDA) project [2], which
    evaluates community health workers' use of automated respiratory rate
    counting aids on children under five in Ethiopia.
    *Previous projects include:*
    * Pneumonia diagnstics [3]
    * Integrated Community Case Management of Common Childhood Diseases:
    Mozambique and Uganda - the inSCALE project [4]
    * Consequences of pneumococcal vaccination on child morbidity, serotype
    replacement and resistance pattern - comparative studies in Sweden
    and Uganda
    She has received grants from, among others, the Bill & Melinda Gates
    Foundation, Sida/SAREC, KI Public International Health
    Network (KIPIH), and the Strategic Research Program in Epidemiology.
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Articles

  • Journal article: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2025;103(2):110-125h
    van Kessel R; Seghers L-E; Anderson M; Schutte NM; Monti G; Haig M; Schmidt J; Wharton G; Roman-Urrestarazu A; Larrain B; Sapanel Y; Stüwe L; Bourbonneux A; Yoon J; Lee M; Paccoud I; Borga L; Ndili N; Sutherland E; Görgens M; Weicken E; Coder M; de Fatima Marin H; Val E; Profili MC; Kosinska M; Browne CE; Marcelo A; Agarwal S; Mrazek MF; Eskandar H; Chestnov R; Smelyanskaya M; Källander K; Buttigieg S; Ramesh K; Holly L; Rys A; Azzopardi-Muscat N; de Barros J; Quintana Y; Spina A; Hyder AA; Labrique A; Kamel Boulos MN; Chen W; Agrawal A; Cho J; Klucken J; Prainsack B; Balicer R; Kickbusch I; Novillo-Ortiz D; Mossialos E
  • Journal article: REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;48:1
    da Silva JB; Garcia-Saisó S; Marti M; Regalia F; Saavedra J; Kallander K; Labrique A; Ibarraran P; Nelson J; Dmytraczenko T; Gorgens M; Fitzgerald J; Bascolo E; Secci F; Cafagna G; Nicholson E; Luna D; Haddad AE; D'Agostino M
  • Article: LANCET DIGITAL HEALTH. 2023;5(9):e627-e631
    Hellden D; Tesfaye S; Gachen C; Lindstrand A; Kaellander K
  • Article: PLOS DIGITAL HEALTH. 2023;2(6):e0000235
    Soremekun S; Kallander K; Lingam R; Branco A-CC; Batura N; Strachan DL; Muiambo A; Salomao N; Condoane J; Benhane F; Kasteng F; Vassall A; Hill Z; ten Asbroe G; Meek S; Tibenderana J; Kirkwood B
  • Article: PLOS DIGITAL HEALTH. 2023;2(6):e0000217
    Kallander K; Soremekun S; Strachan DL; Hill Z; Kasteng F; Kertho E; Nanyonjo A; Ten Asbroek G; Nakirunda M; Lumumba P; Ayebale G; Bagorogoza B; Vassall A; Meek S; Tibenderana J; Lingam R; Kirkwood B
  • Article: PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;3(7):e0001800
    Pfurtscheller T; Baker K; Habte T; Lasmi K; Matata L; Mucunguzi A; Nicholson J; Nuwa A; Petzold M; Gonzalez MP; Sebsibe A; Alfven T; Kallander K
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT. 2023;12:1-11
    Rawat A; Ameha A; Karlstrom J; Taddesse L; Negeri EL; Detjen A; Gandrup-Marino K; Mataruse N; Kallander K; Tariku A
  • Journal article: OXFORD OPEN DIGITAL HEALTH. 2023;1:oqad006
    Evans L; Evans J; Pagliari C; Källander K
  • Journal article: OXFORD OPEN DIGITAL HEALTH. 2023;1:oqad018
    Mehl GL; Seneviratne MG; Berg ML; Bidani S; Distler RL; Gorgens M; Kallander KE; Labrique AB; Landry MS; Leitner C; Lubell-Doughtie PB; Marcelo AB; Matias Y; Nelson J; Nguyen V; Nsengimana JP; Orton M; Garcia DRO; Oyaole DR; Ratanaprayul N; Roth S; Schaefer MP; Settle D; Tang J; Tien-Wahser B; Wanyee S; Hersch F
  • Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2022;21(1):239
    Batura N; Kasteng F; Condoane J; Bagorogosa B; Castel-Branco AC; Kertho E; Kallander K; Soremekun S; Lingam R; Vassall A
  • Article: JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS. 2022;11(5):e34013
    Evans L; Evans J; Pagliari C; Kallander K
  • Article: CHILDREN-BASEL. 2021;8(11):996
    Mwanga-Amumpaire J; Kalyango JN; Ndeezi G; Rujumba J; Owokuhaisa J; Stalsby Lundborg C; Alfven T; Obua C; Kallander K
  • Article: ECLINICALMEDICINE. 2021;38:101040
    Baker K; Petzold M; Mucunguzi A; Wharton-Smith A; Dantzer E; Habte T; Matata L; Nanyumba D; Okwir M; Posada M; Sebsibe A; Nicholson J; Marasciulo M; Izadnegahdar R; Alfven T; Kallander K
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;18(15):7742
    Mwanga-Amumpaire J; Alfven T; Obua C; Kallander K; Migisha R; Lundborg CS; Ndeezi G; Kalyango JN
  • Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(5):1620-1632
    Baker K; Ward C; Maurel A; de Cola MA; Smith H; Getachew D; Habte T; McWhorter C; LaBarre P; Karlstrom J; Ameha A; Tariku A; Black J; Bassat Q; Kallander K
  • Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2021;14(1):1961398
    Mwanga-Amumpaire J; Kalyango JN; Kallander K; Sundararajan R; Owokuhaisa J; Rujumba J; Obua C; Alfven T; Ndeezi G
  • Article: PLOS ONE. 2021;16(10):e0257851
    Mwanga-Amumpaire J; Ndeezi G; Kallander K; Obua C; Migisha R; Nkeramahame J; Lundborg CS; Kalyango JN; Alfven T
  • Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2020;13(1):1775368
    Counihan H; Baba E; Oresanya O; Adesoro O; Hamzat Y; Marks S; Ward C; Gimba P; Qazi SA; Kallander K
  • Article: JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HEALTH. 2020;10(2):021201
    Clarence C; Shiras T; Zhu J; Boggs MK; Faltas N; Wadsworth A; Bradley SE; Sadruddin S; Wazny K; Goodman C; Awor P; Bhutta ZA; Kallander K; Hamer DH
  • Article: BMJ OPEN. 2020;10(8):e038932
    Funk T; Kallander K; Abebe A; Alfven T; Alvesson HM
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All other publications

  • Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2022
    Soremekun S; Källander K; Lingam R; Branco A-CC; Batura N; Strachan D; Muiambo A; Salomao N; Condoane J; Benhane F; Kasteng F; Vassall A; Hill Z; Asbroek GT; Meek S; Tibenderana J; Kirkwood B
  • Preprint: JMIR PREPRINTS. 2021
    Evans L; Evans J; Pagliari C; Källander K
  • Letter: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;2(1):112
    Jackson D; Shahabuddin ASM; Sharkey AB; Källander K; Muñiz M; Mwamba R; Nyankesha E; Scherpbier RW; Hasman A; Balarajan Y; Albright K; Idele P; Peterson SS
  • Preprint: SSRN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL. 2021
    Källander KE; Soremekun S; Strachan DL; Hill Z; Kasteng F; Kertho E; Nanyonjo A; Asbroek GT; Vassall A; Ayebale G; Lumumba P; Nakirunda M; Bagorogoza B; Meek S; Tibenderana J; Lingam R; Kirkwood B
  • Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2020
    Jackson DJ; Shahabuddin A; Sharkey A; Kallander K; Muniz M; Mwamba R; Nyankesha E; Scherpbier R; Hasman A; Balarajan Y; Albright K; Adele P; Peterson SS
  • Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2020
    Mwanga-Amumpaire J; Kalyango JN; Källander K; Sundararajan R; Owokuhaisa J; Obua C; Alfvén T; Ndeezi G
  • Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2019
    Kateete D; Asiimwe BB; Mayanja R; Mujuni B; Bwanga F; Najjuka CF; Källander K; Rutebemberwa E
  • Letter: ECLINICALMEDICINE. 2019;16:15
    Baker K; Alfven T; Kallander K
  • Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2019
    Kateete D; Asiimwe BB; Mayanja R; Mujuni B; Bwanga F; Najjuka CF; Källander K; Rutebemberwa E
  • Preprint: JMIR PREPRINTS. 2019
    Ward C; Baker K; Marks S; Getachew D; Habte T; McWhorter C; Labarre P; Howard-Brand J; Miller NP; Tarekegn H; Deribessa SJ; Petzold M; Kallander K
  • Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2019
    Kateete D; Asiimwe BB; Mayanja R; Mujuni B; Bwanga F; Najjuka CF; Källander K; Rutebemberwa E
  • Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2019
    Kateete D; Asiimwe BB; Mayanja R; Mujuni B; Bwanga F; Najjuka CF; Källander K; Rutebemberwa E
  • Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2019
    Kateete D; Asiimwe BB; Mayanja R; Mujuni B; Bwanga F; Najjuka CF; Källander K; Rutebemberwa E
  • Preprint: JMIR PREPRINTS. 2019
    Baker K; Maurel A; Ward C; Getachew D; Habte T; McWhorter C; LaBarre P; Karlström J; Petzold M; Källander K
  • Corrigendum: JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS. 2019;8(3):e13755
    Baker K; Akasiima M; Wharton-Smith A; Habte T; Matata L; Nanyumba D; Okwir M; Sebsibe A; Marasciulo M; Petzold M; Kallander K
  • Preprint: JMIR PREPRINTS. 2019
    Baker K; Akasiima M; Wharton-Smith A; Habte T; Matata L; Nanyumba D; Okwir M; Sebsibe A; Marasciulo M; Petzold M; Källander K
  • Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2019;116:FHDT
    Helldén D; Källander K; Peterson S; Alfvén T
  • Preprint: SSRN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL. 2019
    Baker K; Alfvén T; Mucunguzi A; Wharton-Smith A; Dantzer E; Habte T; Matata L; Nanyumba D; Okwir M; Posada M; Sebsibe A; Nicholson J; Marasciulo M; Izadnegahdar R; Petzold M; Källander K
  • Review: GLOBAL HEALTH-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 2018;6(Suppl 1):S41-S48
    Long L-A; Pariyo G; Kallander K
  • Preprint: JMIR PREPRINTS. 2018
    Baker K; Akasiima M; Wharton-Smith A; Habte T; Matata L; Nanyumba D; Okwir M; Sebsibe A; Marasciulo M; Petzold M; Källander K
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Grants

  • Swedish Research Council
    1 January 2012 - 31 December 2014

Employments

  • Affiliated to Research, Department of Global Public Health, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2023-2025

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2013
  • Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Global Public Health, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2006

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