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The Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht – Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care 

The Global Health activities of UMC Utrecht aim to promote health and health equity worldwide.

They do this through research and education on six themes:

– Cardiovascular disease

-Obstetrics, Gynecology and Pediatrics

-Infectious Diseases

-Cancer

-Ethics and Justice in Global Health Research

-Planetary health and exposome research

The research and education of UMC Utrecht Global Health takes place worldwide with projects in:

-sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda

-South America and the Caribbean, including Suriname, Netherlands Antilles, Argentina

-Asia, including Indonesia, Bangladesh, Cambodia

In all projects they work with local partners. Research capacity strengthening is an important pillar to this work.

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Grants The Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht – Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care  has worked on

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  • Covid-19 Grants

This mixed-method research project assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to contraception or safe abortion services for women of reproductive age in Iran, Bangladesh, and the Netherlands. The developed knowledge products aim to inform relevant stakeholders on improving access to contraception and safe abortion during crises.

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From research to practice: the value of five years of maternal health research collaboration in Ghana

  • Small Grants

This project aimed to illustrate the value of research and research capacity building to improve maternal health in Ghana and to share and build support for the value of maternal health research in Ghana and the Netherlands.

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