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Research Groups

Over the period from 1988 CIH has developed from a small research centre to one of the leading institutions in this field in Norway, with a strong national and international network.

CIH’s main research activities are anchored in Research Clusters and Research Groups in collaboration with other departments at The University of Bergen.

 

 

Learn more about selected research projects here

Updated: 07.09.2020 (First published: 10.11.2011)

Other collaborations:

CIH is responsible for
Global Challenges, one of three of UiB's cross-Faculty strategic focus areas. 

CIH hosts the Secretariats for the
Norwegian Forum for Global Health Research and the
Global Health Norway.

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Tehmina Mustafa and colleagues Zanzibar lab

Tuberculosis Research Group

Tuberculosis (TB), one of the oldest known human diseases, is still one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality globally. Over 90% of TB cases occur in low- and middle-income countries that have fragile healthcare infrastructures and constrained resources.

Blomster i Joutunheimen

Global mental health

Film-still from 'Love Complication' SAFEZT-project

Global health anthropology

Global Health Priorities

Until mid-2019, Global Health Priorities was the main research group at the Section for Ethics and Health Economics (ETØK), Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS). It focused on the ethics and economics of priority setting in health, and the background and implications of health...
A naval vessel, an mr-machine, industry in Africa and polluted air in Bergen

Occupational and environmental medicine

Malaria research at CIH

Malaria remains a major public health problem worldwide. The Ethiopian Malaria Prediction System research group works to improve our understanding of the links between climate and malaria.

Forsidebilde

Clinical Dental Research

Bergen city

Global challenges at UiB

Global challenges affect us all — they are complex and interdisciplinary by nature, and at the University of Bergen they influence how we work and collaborate across academic disciplines.

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Norwegian Forum for Global Health Research

The Forum's objective is to promote high quality research and training aiming at improving health and health care for marginalized population groups in low- and middle-income countries.