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Turning national public health challenges into global ones (30.06.2014)

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.

Tracing the origins of respiratory illness – back generations (23.06.2014)

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.

“A Legacy for Life” (05.06.2014)

We have 1000 days to get it right for every child: from conception to toddlerhood.

Climate and Health (27.05.2014)

The recent University of Oslo – Lancet Commission on politics and health inequity did not include discussions of the consequences of climate change.

CIH Annual Report 2013 (23.05.2014)

The Centre for International Health (CIH) has published an annual report presenting information about its activities in 2013.

Competency-building at CIH (29.04.2014)

Obstetrician Robert Byamugisha epitomises some of the challenges and rewards of being a part of CIH’s competency-building activities in international health.

Early intervention research fits WUN research profile (07.04.2014)

Nine delegates from UiB participated in the 2014 annual WUN Conference, including two from CIH.

CIH researcher profiled on Udannet! (07.04.2014)

PhD candidate Sally el Tayeb gives a live interview for Knut Melvær’s podcast, Udannet.

NORHED workshop at Makerere (21.03.2014)

NORHED, NORAD’s new programme, started in 2013. It aims to strengthen capacity in higher education in low-and middle-income countries.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION: The researchers from the study who were present at...

More children saved despite HIV positive mothers (07.03.2014)

Infants who are breastfed by HIV positive mothers are not infected by HIV if they are treated with certain medicines, according to new research at the University of Bergen with partners.

Applied economic evaluation in health care (24.01.2014)

This spring CIH offers a new course on economic evaluation. The course will be open for both masters and PhD students.

Makerere-UiB: a new frame agreement (10.12.2013)

In late November 2013, the coordinators from Makerere University and UiB met in Bergen to kick-start the process towards a new frame agreement.

Thorkild Tylleskär, Khalid Azim Mughal, Martin Chieng Were, and Peter Khisa...

Health care: an information business (28.10.2013)

Africa is technologically advanced in several areas, but woefully unprepared for technologies that could revolutionise its health care.

Paper from CIH in "HIV this month" (15.08.2013)

The paper "Strong effects of home-based voluntary HIV counselling and testing on acceptance and equity: a cluster randomised trial in Zambia" from CIH* was selected to be in the "HIV this month"

WHO: new HIV recommendations calling for earlier treatment (05.07.2013)

Earlier, safer and simpler antiretroviral therapy can push the HIV epidemic into irreversible decline declares WHO. Article questions whether the recommendations are evidence based.

NORHED results: CIH partner in 5 projects (05.07.2013)

The Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development (NORHED)has announced the results from the first application round, and CIH is a partner in 5 large research projects.

CIH publication one of 10 best resources on mixed methods research (12.04.2013)

Mercy Njeru’s paper on HIV testing has been selected as one of the top ten resources on mixed methods research in health systems.

NOK 2 billion to new Centres of Excellence (12.11.2012)

The Research Council of Norway has granted 13 research groups status as Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF centres), among them the CIH based Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child health.

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