1. presented by Jaran Eriksen, project co-coordinator
Project 346: Innovations in the health system: interventions for improved treatment of infectious diseases in children in rural Uganda. Better diagnostics and algorithms for increased quality of care, rational use of medicines and minimized antimicrobial resistance
presented by Jaran Eriksen, project co-coordinator
Jaran Eriksen
16/11/2018

2. Swedish collaborators
Karolinska Institutet (KI), Department of Public Health Sciences (PHS):
Programme coordinator: Prof Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg
Co-cordinator: Dr Jaran Eriksen (PHS and clinical pharmacology)
Assoc. Prof Tobias Alfvén
Assoc. Prof Karin Källander
Dr Jesper Gantelius
Dr Anton Pohanka (Clinical Pharmacology)
Senior Prof Anneli Brauner (Clinical Microbiology)
Assoc. Prof Gaetano Marrone
Jaran Eriksen
16/11/2018

3. Ugandan collaborators (Postdocs and PhD-students not included)
Programme coordinator: Prof Celestino Obua (Makerere and Mbarara Universitites)
Co-coordinator: Assoc. Prof Joan Kalyango (Makerere)
Dr Freddie Bwanga (Makerere)
Dr Henry Wamani (Makerere)
Dr Grace Ndeezi (Mbarara)
Prof. Paul Waako (Busitema)
Prof. Jasper Ogwal-Okeng (Gulu/Lira)
Dr Moses Ocan (Makerere)
Jaran Eriksen
16/11/2018

4. Doctoral students - status
Name
Topic
Supervisors
Status
Calmax Denish Angol (Lira)
Antimicrobial Misuse and Resistance in Under Five Children in Post Conflict Northern Uganda
Freddie Bwanga (main)
Paul Waako
Jaran Eriksen
Provisional
registration
August 2016
Hindum Lanyero (Makerere)
Monitoring of antimicrobial use for sustainable effectiveness in children in rural Uganda
Sarah Nanzigu (main)
Moses Ocan
Anton Pohanka
planned
September 2017
Juliet Amumpaire Mwanga (Mbarara)
Improving quality of care for children with malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea in private sector in Mbarara
Joan Kalyango (main)
Wamani Henry
Karin Källander
Tobias Alfvén
July 2017
Isaac Mimbowa (Makerere)
Regulation and quality of antimicrobial paediatric formulation
Jackson Mukonzo (main)
Joan Kalyango
Cecilia Sålsby Lundborg
Provisional registration planned October 2017
Jaran Eriksen
16/11/2018

5. Postdocs - status Name Topic Mentors Statu Sarah Nanzigu
Compliance monitoring among children receiving AL for uncomplicated malaria in rural Uganda, and to develop simple methods for monitoring of compliance to ACT.
Celestino Obua
Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg
Anton Pohanka
All ready to start, but problems with procurement/SOP
Freddie Bwanga
Developing low cost tests for detecting MRSA and ESBL producing gram negative bacteria
Anneli Brauner
All ready to start, but problems with procurement (database created)
Phyllis Awor
Evaluating the scale up of the integrated community case management (iCCM) strategy at drug shops in Uganda
Jaran Eriksen
Henry Wamani
Data collection almost completed
All postocs based at Makerere University
Jaran Eriksen
16/11/2018

6. Update Challenges and delays:
Recruitment of PhD students, incl. two drop-outs
Procurement of laboratory equipment and laboratory consumables
Reimbursing cost for clinical care in clinical trials seems not possible as not included in SOP (partly solved?)
Complicated administration and reporting dominates and delays student research work
Several PhD students and postdocs planning visits to Sweden for courses and research fall 2017
Jaran Eriksen
16/11/2018