The Network for Health and Development in cooperation with Department of Public Health, Aarhus University and Danish Mission Council Development Department (DMCDD) organise a seminar on Health Financing in Fragile States - Implementing community based financing schemes on Friday 21 March 2014.
Alexandra Kruse Pediatrician at Rigshospitalet
I am MD, pediatrician and currently sub-specializing in pediatric infectious diseases. I am studying at Oxford University diploma course and attached to International Child Health Research Unit at Rigshospitalet. I did my PhD thesis on neonatal hospital mortality in South Vietnam, including studies on neonatal hospital population selection, pre- and in-hospital risk factors, and blood stream infections. I have worked in the field of international child health in Denmark, East Timor, Albania, Rwanda and Malawi. I have taught in international child health and research methodology at various courses at Copenhagen University. Honorary posts (previous and present) include the board of Doctors without Borders, Danish Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health Minders. Besides the commitment to the medical field, I have the supplementary education from The School of Journalism, Århus and I am editor at U-landsnyt.