Right to health through litigation? Can court enforced health rights improve health policy?

The project investigates whether litigation can make health policies and -systems in poor countries more equitable by forcing policy-makers and administrators to take seriously their human rights obligations

Gender, Generation and Social Mobilization (GESOMO)

Reproductive health is located at the heart of the UN’s millennium goals, and is found within the partner institutions’ research priorities. The project covers capacity building, curriculum development, research and dissemination.

REACT: Health Related Priority Setting, Tanzania, Kenya and Zambia

Health systems authorities in many low many LMICs perceive current management capacity as insufficient to be given full responsibility for priority setting. Moreover, without effective decentralization of the priority setting process, the capacity will never increase.

Global and Development related Research

Global and development-related research is one of two priority areas for research at the University of Bergen.

Searching for effective HIV-prevention and care in sub-Saharan Africa

After 20 years of experience with HIV prevention, the number of people infected with HIV continues to rise, and there are still few examples of declining epidemics. Why have we not done better? This proposal is a response to the urgent need to document what works in community

PROMISE EBF: Safety and efficacy of exclusive breastfeeding promotion in the era of HIV

Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first six months is an effective child survival strategy.

Strengthening Human Resources for Health: A Study of Health Worker Availability and Performance in Tanzania

Shortage of health personnel and poor health workers’ performance is major constraint on health systems in low-income countries. The project represents an important strategic initiative to provide evidence that will be valuable in addressing health work force crises.

PhD SV: VITSV900 2013: 12-.15 February, 2013 (plus a start-up course in Bergen)

Gender in poverty reduction. Critical Explorations of Norwegian Aid Policy on Gender Equality and Womens Rights

During the last decade gender equality and womens rights have become key issues in international development aid policies, and a main concern in the Millennium effort to eradicate poverty.

Hoping doctoral degree will inspire others

Hilkka Ndjaula is the first person to have completed a doctoral degree through the long-standing academic collaboration on fisheries between UiB and Namibia. She hopes her degree will inspire her fellow countrymen and women to pursue research careers.

Prize-winning research

In 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) presents its Fifth Assessment Report. The Bjerknes Centre is heavily involved with the report.

Academia meets the community

This year’s Christie conference is just around the corner. Wednesday 25 April Grieghallen will resound with conversations inspired by panel discussions and lectures.

High Stakes in Water Negotiations Between Nile Basin Countries

On 6 December the Nile Basin Research Programme (NBRP) organised a seminar to highlight important developments in the ongoing negotiations about the apportionment of the Nile waters.

A foreign welcome

More than 500 international students arrived in Bergen last week to start or continue their studies at the University of Bergen.

A primer in life and death

Who receives medical care when resources are scarce? To make those hard decisions, researchers at UiB have worked on a guide with the World Health Organization.

Design success for UiB and partners

Thousands of guests were attracted by the stunning design of the UH Nett Vest stand at the EAIE conference in Copenhagen.

Whale washing

The century old whale skeletons at Bergen Museum are getting an "extreme makeover" to preserve them for the future. Meet the professional whale washers in this video.

Work in the Balance

The Chinese are not content with economic growth alone. To create the perfect society they now want to learn how to improve their quality of life too.