| University | University of Gothenburg |
| Department | Biomedicine |
| Division | Infectious diseases |
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PhD student |
| Keywords | Antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic resistance, pneumococci, pneumococcal disease, Africa South of Saharah, antimikrobiell resistens, antibiotika resistens, pneumokocker, pneumokocksjukdom, Afrika söder om Sahara |
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| Website University of Gothenburg, in Swedish www.gu.se/forskning/susann-skovbjerg |
| Website University of Gothenburg, in English www.gu.se/en/research/susann-skovbjerg |
| Networks/thematic areas | Global perspectives with focus on low and middle income countries |
| SDG:s | 3. Good health and wellbeing |
| Regions | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Country | Tanzania, DR Kongo, DR Congo |
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| Reasearch / work |
| Research on antibiotic resistance and antibiotic use in children in Tanzania and DR Congo. Including epidemiological studies on prevention of pneumococcal disease (pneumococcal carriage in relation to socioeconomic factors, antibiotic susceptibility and serotype distribution following introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-13)) and qualitative studies on antibiotic prescription and antibiotic use in children under five years of age. |