BCEPS Projects

As a Research Council of Norway Centre of Excellence, BCEPS will build on current applied research in Universal Health Coverage decision support to develop new methods and a new ethical framework that can be applied at all levels to achieve fair and efficient priority setting in health.

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PORTFOLIO

The following portfolio of projects and activities is organised according to the country from which a project or activity is led. BCEPS also has global collaborations with the World Bank and the World Health Organization.

NB: This portfolio will be expanded to include Centre of Excellence activites. In the meantime, please use the following link for more information: Description of the planned BCEPS Centre of Excellence

Projects and Activities in Norway

Priority Setting in Health

Medical ethics and decision-making (MEDI)

Fair Choices DCP Analytics Tool

Evidence to Policy

Climate and Health

Severity and Priority Setting in Health Care - SEVPRI

Teaching and Supervision

Projects and Activities in Other Countries

Addis Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting (ACEPS)	ETHIOPIA
Core Analytics	USA
Defining and Integrating Essential NCD Interventions into National Health Systems	GHANA
Defining and Integrating Essential NCD Interventions into National Health Systems	NEPAL
Defining and Integrating Essential NCD Interventions into National Health Systems	TANZANIA
Equity and financial household impact in randomised controlled trials, implementation research and cohort studies (EQUIFINANCE)	INDIA
Essential Surgery Malawi	MALAWI
Translation and Process	USA
UHC - Universal Health Coverage Zanzibar	ZANZIBAR

Global and Regional Collaborations

Defining and Integrating Essential NCD Interventions into National Health Systems	WHO
Defining and Integrating Essential NCD Interventions into National Health Systems	AFRICA CDC
Disease Control Priorities 4 (DCP-4)	WORLD BANK
Fair Financing	WORLD BANK

Completed Projects

Disease Control Priorities (DCP) - Ethiopia

Inclusive Evaluation of Public Health Interventions

Priority Setting for New and Expensive Cancer Drugs

ToT ME programme

Thematic Focus

Bioethics
Health Economics
Decision support for UHC

Centre of Excellence

Description of the the planned BCEPS Centre of Excellence

More Information

See About BCEPS

- for more information on BCEPS' background, vision and objectives, funding sources, organisation, and collaborative partners

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BCEPS DECISION SUPPORT FOR UHC - Work Packages

Omar Mwalim and Kjell Arne Johansson during the launch event of EHCP Report in Zanzibar

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Zanzibar

UHC Zanzibar is led by Omar Mwalim and Kjell Arne Johansson. The 5-year project started in 2019 and aims at providing decision support to the Ministry of Health (MoH) to help define and implement an essential health service package  (EHCP) for Zanzibar.

Health Benefit Package Design in Malawi: Inclusivity and Implementation

This project aims to research priority setting for surgery and progress on implementation of the Health Benefits Package in Malawi.

Addis Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting (ACEPS)

ACEPS aims to be a regional hub for knowledge exchange on priority setting and benefit package design in East Africa.

Translation and Process

The Translation and Process team is led by David Watkins at the University of Washington.

Core Analytics

The Core Analytics team is led by Stéphane Verguet at Harvard University.

FairChoices DCP Analytics Tool

The FairChoices DCP Analytics Tools team is led by Kjell Arne Johansson and Øystein Haaland at the University of Bergen.

BCEPS Centre of Excellence - Research Goals

Foundational research is needed to clarify how ethical principles can better guide priority setting for health and well-being. The planned workstreams at the new centre have the potential to achieve ground-breaking results.

BCEPS Centre of Excellence - Background and Vision

Led by researchers renowned in their fields, the new centre will generate ground-breaking results in the form of new methods and a new ethical framework for fair and efficient priority setting in health.

BCEPS Centre of Excellence - Partners and People

By bringing together top scholars in ethics, economics and epidemiology, the new centre will attract young talent and ensure inclusive high-quality education for the next generation of scientists.

05.12.2023