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Conversations about sex need multi-level approaches (08.07.2019)

CIH/CISMAC researcher, Joar Svanemyr has published about his work with the RISE project in Zambia. The paper is also presented in the UK edition of the Conversation.

Glimpses from the 7th MUHAS scientific conference (05.07.2019)

More than 500 scientists and students from the host country Tanzania and elsewhere attended the “7th MUHAS Scientific Conference” 27-28 June 2019.

Beyond our randomized controlled trials … (19.06.2019)

CISMAC meeting 13-15 June, Bergen – some “take-home” messages

Hilde Engjom received the Marie Spångberg award for 2018 (17.06.2019)

Engjom is first author on the article "Risk of eclampsia or HELLP- syndrome by institution availability and place and delivery – A population – based cohort study". The Marie Spångberg award is established by the Representative Body of the Norwegian Medical Association in connection with the 100 year anniversary in 1993 for Marie Spångberg. The first Norwegian woman to become a doctor.

Collaborating partners (17.06.2019)

BCEPS has several Norwegian and international partners

CISMAC Annual Report 2018 Available (06.06.2019)

While new funding models are making the future of global health research more uncertain, government leaders around the world are increasingly recognising the importance of using research-based evidence in policy-making – the kind of evidence that CISMAC projects are generating.

CISMAC Systematic reviews and meta-analyses course

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses course (06.06.2019)

CISMAC, one of UiB’s SFFs, is committed to training the next generation of research leaders involved in improving mother- and child-care in low- and middle-income countries. June 2019, the CIH-CISMAC Research School hosted a course in systematic reviews and meta-analyses, as it is important that health care professionals understand what systematic reviews are, and know something about how to... Read more

Cleaning can be bad for your health?? (31.05.2019)

Professor Cecilie Svanes’ research results went viral, and have been discussed in the British Parliament and in the popular press.

Lifestyles and behaviours impact health across several generations (31.05.2019)

Professor Cecilie Svanes at the Centre for International Health is a specialist in pulmonary and internal medicine. She shared the most recent results from several large studies, which seem to indicate that the pre-adolescent health and behaviour of fathers is a critical window for optimising the health of future generations.

Eric Somé: Assessing HIV+ mothers’ physical response to breastfeeding (13.05.2019)

Both breastfeeding and coping with HIV infection are energy demanding. Does combining the two increase the rate of disease progression?

Health inequalities – what research is needed? (10.05.2019)

Over 100 participated in Department Day 2019 at the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS), 8 May. The goal of these annual events is to inform, inspire and engage those working at IGS, as well as helping to build academic and social bonds across different groups at the Department.

The DCP-E team outside Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Discussed Ethiopia´s health services at Harvard (15.04.2019)

A group of central researchers in the Gates funded project “Disease Control Priorities Ethiopia” (DCP-E) gathered at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to discuss the revision of Ethiopia's publicly funded health services package.

Establishing the groundwork for a new international partnership (12.04.2019)

One of the CIH’s most important resources is the many long-term, stable, productive partnerships Centre researchers have been able to establish with researchers and institutions in Africa and Asia.

Haplin power analysis: a software module for power and sample size calculations in genetic association analyses of family triads and unrelated controls (11.04.2019)

We introduce a new and complete tool in the R package Haplin for power and sample size calculations in genetic association studies, readily applicable to data in MoBa or Harvest. The article is published in BMC Bioinformatics

Understanding the other side (09.04.2019)

Medical research student, Mehma Pannu, says that actually being a researcher gave her an insight into the “other side”. Instead of, as a medical student, taking research results as hard facts, understanding more about the research process has made her more objective.

Using spatial-temporal data analyses to explain impact of HIV treatment in Kenya (12.03.2019)

Although across Kenya there has been a significant decrease in HIV positivity between 2015 and 2017, there are still some gaps that can be identified through spatial-temporal analyses and modelling. A PhD student from CIH talked about his work with spatial-temporal analyses at the prestigious CROI conference held 4-7 March, 2019 in Seattle.

Saving people from the harm of death, Oxford University Press

Saving people from the harm of death (22.02.2019)

This is the first volume to connect philosophical discussions on the harm of death with discussions on population health, adjusting the ways in which death is evaluated. Edited by post doc in the GHP Research Group Carl Tollef Solberg and associated member of the group Espen Gamlund (professor in philosophy). Foreword by professor of Moral Philosophy Jeff McMahan.

Position open: Professor - Associate Professor of Medicine in Global Health (22.02.2019)

There is a permanent full-time position (100%) as Professor of Medicine (Global Health) open at the University of Bergen, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Centre for International Health. If there are no qualified applicants for the Professor position, candidates will also be considered for an Associate Professor position.

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