The Centre for International Health (CIH) is part of the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. However, research and teaching at CIH traverses departments and faculties at the University of Bergen, and in partnerships with other national and international institutions. Annual Report 2013
For over 25 years, CIH has been working to improve health in low-income countries through research, postgraduate teaching as well as advanced training and capacity building.
A Centre of Excellence, the Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health (CISMAC) was awarded to CIH in 2013.
New Publications:
- Rongsen_Chandola T et.al., Compliance of mothers following recommendations to breastfeed or withhold breast milk during rotavirus vaccination in North India: a randomized clinical trial. Trials. 2014 Jun 28
- Engebretsen IM et.al., Growth effects of exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial. BMC Public Health. 2014 Jun 21
- Basnet S et.al., Oral zinc and common childhood infections-An update. J Trace Elem Med Biol. 2014 May 22
- Zachariah R et.al., Research to policy and practice change: is capacity building in operational research delivering the goods? Trop Med Int Health. 2014 Jun 9
PhD position available
A 3-yr position, beginning 1 January 2015”Malaria Chemoprevention for the post-discharge management of severe anaemia in children in Malawi, Uganda and Kenya: Moving towards policy,”. Read the announcement. For more info contact Professor Bjarne Robberstad, e-post: bjarne.robberstad@cih.uib.no , tlf.: +47 932 88 039