Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care

Information from IGS:

Covid-19 outbreak in Bergen

New measures from Bergen municipality

UiB and the faculties will continue the current corona measures until and including 29 September, after Bergen Municipality continues its most important measures on Monday 21 September.

International Journal Publication

An Ethical Framework for Global Vaccine Allocation

BCEPS Director Ole Frithjof Norheim has contributed to a paper that proposes an ethical framework for global COVID-19 vaccine allocation, published in Science Magazine on 3 September 2020.

Department Meeting

First Department Meeting at Alrek

On the 10th of August, UiB formally took over ownership of Alrek, Årstadveien 17, from the builder. Department Leader, Guri Rørtveit represented IGS and was given a key to the new facilities. Already 19th August, Rørtveit was able to assemble IGS for the first full Department meeting.

Research results

Meaning to do good, but …

The Centre for Health Research and Development at the Society for Applied Studies in New Delhi undertook a large randomized controlled trial in India together with CISMAC researchers and the Haryana government to estimate the effect of the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses...

new research project

Long-term lung health effects of air pollution

Ane Johannessen is the project leader for Life-GAP, a research project that begins in July 2020. This week Johannessen led an administrative kick-off meeting at CIH.