Sibylle Herzig van Wees
Affiliated Researcher at Department of Women's and Children's Health; Centre for Health and Sustainability
- E-mail:
- sibylle.herzigvanwees@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjöldsväg 14B, 1 tr
75237 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA
Short presentation
I am a social scientist and global health educator with degrees in Social Anthropology, Development Studies, Public Health and Pedagogy in Higher Education from UK Universities. I have worked on global health projects in Nepal, Mozambique, Somaliland and Cameroon, and as a global health educator at King's College London. I am a global health lecturer at Uppsala University and currently teach qualitative methods courses and a course titled Politics in Global Health.
Research
I am interested in research related to the politics of global health. My current research is on the role of donor engagement of faith-based organisatons (FBOs) in international health programmes in Cameroon.
I am also interested in research about the quality and impact of global health education, international global health exchanges and medical electives.

Publications
Recent publications
Part of Frontiers in Public Health, 2025
- DOI for “Sleepless nights are a daily reality for us” how women experiencing homelessness in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia describe street life: a photovoice study
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Part of Frontiers in Public Health, 2024
- DOI for Implementing a social innovation for community-based peer support for immigrant mothers in Sweden: a mixed-methods process evaluation
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Stroke survivors' perceptions of living with disability in urban Ghana- a qualitative study
Part of BMC Public Health, 2024
- DOI for Stroke survivors' perceptions of living with disability in urban Ghana- a qualitative study
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Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2023
- DOI for Contradictions hindering the provision of mental healthcare and psychosocial services to women experiencing homelessness in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: service providers' and programme coordinators' experiences and perspectives
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Part of International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
- DOI for Addressing the needs of Ethiopia's street homeless women of reproductive age in the health and social protection policy: a qualitative study
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All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Frontiers in Public Health, 2025
- DOI for “Sleepless nights are a daily reality for us” how women experiencing homelessness in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia describe street life: a photovoice study
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Part of Frontiers in Public Health, 2024
- DOI for Implementing a social innovation for community-based peer support for immigrant mothers in Sweden: a mixed-methods process evaluation
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Stroke survivors' perceptions of living with disability in urban Ghana- a qualitative study
Part of BMC Public Health, 2024
- DOI for Stroke survivors' perceptions of living with disability in urban Ghana- a qualitative study
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Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2023
- DOI for Contradictions hindering the provision of mental healthcare and psychosocial services to women experiencing homelessness in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: service providers' and programme coordinators' experiences and perspectives
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Part of International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
- DOI for Addressing the needs of Ethiopia's street homeless women of reproductive age in the health and social protection policy: a qualitative study
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Part of Reproductive Health, 2022
- DOI for Doctors' experiences providing sexual and reproductive health care at Catholic Hospitals in the conflict-affected North-West region of Cameroon: a qualitative study
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Part of International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
- DOI for Adapting a South African social innovation for maternal peer support to migrant communities in Sweden: a qualitative study
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Part of Health Policy and Planning, p. 464-472, 2021
- DOI for The challenges of donor engagement with faith-based organizations in Cameroon's health sector: a qualitative study
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Arabic speaking migrant parents' perceptions of sex education in Sweden: A qualitative study
Part of Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, 2021
- DOI for Arabic speaking migrant parents' perceptions of sex education in Sweden: A qualitative study
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Part of BMC Public Health, 2021
- DOI for Factors associated with measles vaccination status in children under the age of three years in a post-soviet context: a cross-sectional study using the DHS VII in Armenia
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Part of Development in Practice, p. 356-367, 2021
- DOI for A description and explanation of the complex landscape of faith-based organisations in Cameroon's health sector
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The role of faith-based health professions schools in Cameroon's health system
Part of Global Public Health, p. 895-910, 2021
- DOI for The role of faith-based health professions schools in Cameroon's health system
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Part of Nutrients, 2020
- DOI for Exploring the Experience and Determinants of the Food Choices and Eating Practices of Elderly Thai People: A Qualitative Study.
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Global health beyond geographical boundaries: reflections from global health education
Part of BMJ Global Health, 2020
- DOI for Global health beyond geographical boundaries: reflections from global health education
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Part of Global Health Action, 2020
- DOI for Negotiating social norms, the legacy of vertical health initiatives and contradicting health policies: a qualitative study of health professionals' perceptions and attitudes of providing adolescent sexual and reproductive health care in Arusha and Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania
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We need to talk about guilt in global health education
Part of The Lancet, p. 32-32, 2020
Achieving the SDGs through interdisciplinary research in global health
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, p. 793-795, 2019
Chapters in book
Part of International Development and Local Faith Actors, p. 177-187, Routledge, 2020