Research focus
Our research activities revolve around ethically challenging dimensions of global and national health focusing on the following two key research topics:
- Justice and priority setting in health, including questions about how to allocate scarce resources for health and health care efficiently and fairly.
- The articulation between large scale (global/national) health initiatives and local health systems.
Key research topics
Ethics, Economy and Health
- Equity and social determinants of health
- The ethics of clinical decisions
- Local implications of global / national health policies and –initiatives
- Culture and health
- Economic evaluation
- Reproductive health, maternal health, gender
Publications
The group aims at publishing in high ranking international peer-reviewed journals and books published at reknown publishers. We have an explicit policy of opting for open access journals to ensure free global access to the publications.
Global Health Research Group: Ethics, Economy and Culture
An interdisciplinary group
The group is interdisciplinary with professional competence in medicine, medical anthropology, economics, ethics and philosophy, political science, public health, sociology, epidemiology, statistics and history. Drawing upon the knowledge from a variety of perspectives is a precondition for the group’s research activities.
Research Group Responsible: Astrid Blystad
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News
Medical Peace Work - free online courses
Health workers in conflict areas make a remarkable effort in the medical field, but also in violence prevention and peace building. Seven free online courses are now launched for those who want to learn more about medical peace work.
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News
Global Health Group:receives a very positive evaluation
The Research Council of Norway has facilitated an evaluation of biology, medicine and health research in Norway.
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Marte Jürgensen won the Researcher Grand Prix finals
PhD candidate at SIH, Marte Jürgensen, won the local finals of the Researcher Grand Prix and proceeds to the national finals.
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PHD
Norwegian-Ugandan Friendship
This month Grace Ndeezi from Uganda will defend the first joint PhD from Makerere University and the University of Bergen.
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New publication
Unfair working conditions affect health workers' motivation
Health workers' motivation is one of the determining factors of the quality of public health services in Tanzania. Perceived unfairness in working conditions could be an important reason for low motivation.
News
- Global Health Group:receives a very positive evaluation (17.11.2011)
- Marte Jürgensen won the Researcher Grand Prix finals (31.10.2011)
- Global Health Challenges (25.10.2011)
BMC International Health and Human Rights
- Nepalese minorities report lack of human rights (16.05.12)
- HIV/AIDS stigma-associated attitudes in a rural Ethiopian community: characteristics, correlation with HIV knowledge and other factors, and implications for community intervention (03.05.12)
- Corruption in the health care sector: A barrier to access of orthopaedic care and medical devices in Uganda (03.05.12)
- Multiple moves affect migrant mental health (17.04.12)
- Changes to the law on consent in South Africa: implications for school-based adolescent sexual and reproductive health research (10.04.12)