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The study will examine links between adolescent pregnancies and different approaches to empower adolescent girls in Zambia.
PhD Candidate Phyllis Awor is part of a research group working on improving quality of care at drug shops in Uganda.
The University of Bergen’s (UiB’s) Bergen Summer Research School (BSRS) 2015 is being held 15-27 June. The faculty team leading this summer’s programme are largely based at UiB’s Centre for International Health (CIH).
Professor emeritus at the Centre for International Health, Gunnar Kvåle, says that climate change will lead to larger health problems than tobacco.
Videos, pictures and presentations from all key notes and symposia speakers are now available on the GLOBVAC conference website.
Friday May 8, the Minster for Higher Education and Universities in DR Congo, Dr Théophile Mbemba Fundu, invited to an awareness-raising of GROWNUT.
About 6.9 million children younger than 5 years die every year worldwide; 43% of these deaths occur within the first 4 weeks of life; the neonatal period. India is one of the countries that is worst off - a quarter of all neonatal deaths in the world occur in India alone.
A new ground-breaking textbook switches focus from the individual’s health perspective to the community’s participation in health management and promotion. CIH Professor is contributing to the book.
The 9th Conference on Global Health and Vaccination Research will take place at Hotel Clarion in Oslo 17-18 March 2015.
Svanes is one of the most cited lung health researchers in Norway. She was recently awarded the Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) award for her longstanding effort in asthma and COPD research.
The prestigious Kochon Prize was presented to Dr. Daniel Datiko, the Field Director for the project at the 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health.
Injuries are a growing problem worldwide, and almost 6 million people die each year as a result of injuries. This is over 30 percent more than the number of deaths caused by malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS combined.
Professor Meera Chhagan died Friday 29th August 2014 after an accident.
Three students from the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS) have been the driving force behind one of the courses at the Bergen Summer Research School (BSRS) 2014.
An international group of respiratory health experts met at the Centre of International Health to share recent results and plan future research directions, 10-13 June.
We have 1000 days to get it right for every child: from conception to toddlerhood.
The recent University of Oslo – Lancet Commission on politics and health inequity did not include discussions of the consequences of climate change.
The Centre for International Health (CIH) has published an annual report presenting information about its activities in 2013.

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