NORHED II research projects

NORHED II 2021-2026

NORHED is the Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development. CIH researchers was rewarded with five NORHED II projects for the period 2021-2026.

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Norad supports North-South-South university partnerships for projects on capacity development in higher education and research, through NORHED II. NORHED aims to strengthen the capacity of higher education institutions in developing countries to produce higher-quality graduates, more and higher-quality research, and more inclusive higher education.

A total of 60 projects have been awarded funding under the NORHED II call for proposals, five were from CIH.

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SENUPH II - Educating and training professional staff and future leaders in southern Ethiopia

Professor Bernt Lindtjørn from the Centre for International Health leads a NORHED II project that will expand the ongoing capacity-building activity at Hawassa University to include Arba Minch and Dilla Universities in southern Ethiopia.

GROWNUT II - Developing a cadre of African nutrition scholars and leaders to address nutrition disorders and influence nutrition policy

Three CIH Professors will be involved in GROWNUT II, Anne Hatløy (Associate Professor), Ingunn Engebretsen, and Thorkild Tylleskär. The project will be implemented in Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and will have collaborating partners from South Africa.

I-CARTA – institutionalisation for sustainability

CIH Professor, Thorkild Tylleskär, leads a NORHED II project, I-CARTA, that aims to partner with 3 universities in Malawi, Rwanda and Uganda to implement and institutionalise the successful strategies and outcomes of the 20-year CARTA Consortium.

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SAFEWORKERS - developing a Virtual School of Occupational Health

Professors Bente E. Moen (CIH) and Magne Bråtveit (OEM) aim to develop a Virtual school of Occupational Health with their partners in Tanzania and Ethiopia.

SAHLSA - UiB part of an innovative new Health System project in Latin America

Ana Lorena Ruano, from the Centre for International Health, is leading a new NORHED II project in partnership with 2 Latin American institutions. The project will professionalize a new generation of leaders in the field of Health Policy & Systems Research (HPSR) that represent the region’s...

PRICE - Strengthening Health Systems through Primary Care leaders Education

WHO emphasizes that the best approach for improving the quality and coverage of essential health services and for ensuring the...

Water ESSENCE Africa - creating synergy to meet the global challenges

The project ESSENCE-Africa shall strengthen and innovate the teaching and learning processes, enhancing the capacities and capabilities of the graduate water programs.

NORHED II Programme

Information about the NORHED II programme at the University of Bergen (UiB) and the 14 projects in the programme.

29.11.2023