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In some parts of the world maternal mortality is still high. CIH Professor Bernt Lindtjørn led a project that led to significant improvements in south-western Ethiopia.
During their medical student career, students at the University of Bergen have the option of taking an elective course called “Global Health”.
Register now! Global challenges affect us all. Every summer the University of Bergen (UiB) hosts a cross-disciplinary research school exploring some of the most pressing challenges facing our world, Bergen Summer Research School (BSRS). Deadline for registration 1 March 2017.
At the Norwegian Forum for Global Health Research (Forum)’s 10 Anniversary Seminar 12-13 January 2017 the conclusion was that it takes time to build relations and networks – and that after 10 years, Forum’s Global Health Research activities are becoming firmly established.
'Global gag rule' reinstated by Trump threatens girls' and women's access to reproductive health services including safe abortion
A large multinational project seeks to find out whether malaria treatment will improve the health of children with anaemia after discharge from hospital.
Professor and Director of the Centre for International Health, Bente Elisabeth Moen, and Arvid Hallén, Director General of the Research Council of Norway (RCN), both express deep concerns about the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation’s (NORAD’s) recent recommendation of cuts to the Global Health and Vaccination Research Programme’s funding (GLOBVAC).
29 November to 2 December 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
For the first time the potential of small fish to reach the sustainable development goals was discussed across disciplines, with a case focus on Ghana.
- The aim of the Research School is to increase network activity between Ph.D.-candidates, thereby lowering the threshold to visit each other and cooperate, says Chairman Thorkild Tylleskär. –We believe that through this we will be able to facilitate for better research.
The Norwegian Forum for Global Health Research began almost exactly 10 years ago, 16 November 2006. A group from Forum and other global health-interested met in Tromsø 3-4 November, 2016.
UiB Global and CROP launch working paper series on global challenges.
The International Federation of Professional Abortion and Contraception Associates (FIAPAC) held its biannual conference in Lisbon, Portugal 13-15 October 2016.
The research group held a seminar on Mental health and child and adolescent health programs in Cambodia and South-East-Asia in October.
There are two main reasons for why Jørn Blume is the candidate of the month of July.
The status of safety conditions in many countries is changeable.
Every 15 seconds, a worker dies from a work-related accident or disease. Two thirds of these deaths happen in developing countries. This can be prevented with knowledge and education.

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