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Minister of Health Ethiopia, Amir Aman
Ethiopia renews its commitment to Universal Health Coverage (28.01.2019)
The Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia renews its commitment to actions towards universal health coverage (UHC). The re-definition of the Essential Health Service Packages (EHSP), which the Global Health Priorities Research Group is involved in, is defined as one of the most important steps forward.
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SEFAS' Annual Report 2018 (24.01.2019)
Our highlights from research, international collaboration and dissemination.
Bryggen metaphor
IGS General Assembly 16 Jan. 2019 (18.01.2019)
Summarising 2018 and looking ahead to 2019 at IGS
Magnus Vollset
The history of a concept: the epidemiological transition (18.01.2019)
IGS’ first General Meeting of 2019 opened with an inaugural lecture by newly appointed Associate Professor in the History of Medicine, Magnus Vollset.
Critical perspectives on health and disease
Critical perspectives on health and disease (16.01.2019)
Would you like to be able to view medical and health research in a broader perspective?
CISMAC
Course on Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (10.01.2019)
June 2019 CISMAC will be offering a course on systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Alemselam Zebdewos Orsango
Alemselam Zebdewos Orsango: Researching amaranth potential to prevent anemia. (02.01.2019)
Alemselam Zebdewos’ study deals with child anemia, which is common childhood malnutrition and which includes diagnosed nutritional deficiency problems.
Illustrasjon/screen shot av nettside for kurs
Online course about violence, peace and health work (19.12.2018)
The Medical Peace Work project and the University of Bergen offer two interactive Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) early in 2019.
CIH 30 Years
Celebrating 30 years of international health (11.12.2018)
Centre for International Health celebrated its 30th anniversary with a large seminar at the University Aula.
Kjellstadli med to kolleger.
- This stay has provided me with new tools for doing research (23.11.2018)
SEFAS' PhD student at a six months exchange as Postgraduate Fellow at Yale School of Medicine, Geriatrics.
Norwegian group at discussions at Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan
Strengthening the Norway-Bhutan academic collaborations (21.11.2018)
Long term networks through the Kolaas’ engagement in Bhutan has given new opportunities for exchange in acadmic training and Research.
Beating the DRUM event with Global Financing Facility in Oslo November 5
Professor Ole Frithjof Norheim leading discussion at international GFF event (06.11.2018)
The international event "Beating the DRUM" co-hosted by Norwegian government focused on domestic resource use and mobilization for accelerating progress towards SDG3. It featured roundtable discussions about increasing public-sector revenue to improve health in an efficient and equitable way. Norheim, director of the Global Health Priority Research Group, was the moderator of one of these... Read more
Medical student from Japan is doing research on data from Norwegian Nursing Homes (05.11.2018)
Erika Ito is a third year medical student at Tohoku University in Sendai in Japan and as part of her study she is four months in Bergen to do research.
Tohoku University focuses on cognitive training for persons with dementia (05.11.2018)
SEFAS' collaboration partner, Smart Aging Research Centre, is doing several studies to test the effect of brain training to improve the cognitive ability for persons with dementia and other groups for elderly people.
health centre in Africa
Protecting children – the next generation (02.11.2018)
CIH Professor, Thorkild Tylleskär, spoke about preventing mother-child transmission of HIV at NTNU’s Global Health Day 24 October, 2018.
User involvement is the future (25.10.2018)
- We train our doctors to ask the patient what matters to them
Tanzanian metal workers
Free online course in Occupational Health starts 24 October 2022 (25.10.2018)
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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New Lancet report out: High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution (03.10.2018)
The report by The Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems, co-authored by leader in the GHP research group Ole Frithjof Norheim, sets a new definition for “quality health systems,” and finds that improved health system quality could prevent over 8 million deaths and improve the health outcomes of millions more each year in low- and middle-income countries. The report... Read more

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