News archive for Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care

Mental health and child development in societies of change (28.09.2017)

One of the courses in the Bergen Summer Research School was arranged by the global mental health research group.

Meet Some Capacity Builders (26.09.2017)

Five «students» been selected to take part in the capacity-building project funded by the Gates Foundation. Here we meet Lelisa Fekadu and Getachew Teshome.

It’s unfair - not everybody who is sick in Ethiopia gets medicine! (26.09.2017)

Researchers from the Global Priorities research group and the Gates project have prepared an activity to help Norwegian 7th graders in Bergen understand global health inequalities.

BSRS 2018: Global Challenges (18.09.2017)

New TB test (15.09.2017)

CIH researcher, Tehmina Mustafa, has developed a new robust, rapid, sensitive, and specific test for TB, implementable in low-resource settings!

Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (15.09.2017)

The 2016 Global Burden of Disease Study has been published as a special edition in the Lancet, and in a accompanying podcast you can listen to professor Ole Frithjof Norheim discussing Ethiopia's path towards the SDGs.

What is "necessary training" in health-related research ethics? (21.06.2017)

Associated Professor Kristine Bærøe spent one month as a visiting researcher at the Ethox Centre at Oxford University. She recently published a blog post on Ethoxblog, addressing the question of necessary training in research ethics.

Department Day 2017 in the Aula (26.05.2017)

The Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS) held its annual Department Day in the University Aula, 10 May.

#GlobalChallenges (19.05.2017)

The University of Bergen (UiB) has 3 strategic multidisciplinary focus areas. One of these, “Global Challenges”, was officially launched 15 May 2017.

Opening of Global Challenges (16.05.2017)

Physical activity is independently associated with reduced mortality: 15-years follow-up of the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK) (02.05.2017)

A new study from the University of Bergen shows that adults from Hordaland that are physically active are at lower risk of dying than others – and that the level of physical activity required for a protective effects is surprisingly low.

Fair priority setting is compatible with the right to health (27.04.2017)

GHP Professor Ole Frithjof Norheim is co-author on a new Lancet article discussing fair priority setting and the human right to health in relation to universal health coverage.

COSMOS implementation (20.04.2017)

COSMOS provides new opportunities to improve nursing home patients' quality of life.

SEFAS annual report 2016 (18.04.2017)

Read about our research, education and dissemination.

10th GLOBVAC conference: Ensuring Healthy Lives for All (03.04.2017)

Over 300 participants from more than 30 countries attended the 10th GLOBVAC conference held this year in Trondheim.

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Meeting Bill Gates in the lift (16.03.2017)

Imagine that you were to meet Bill Gates in a lift. You strike up a conversation and he asks you what you do. As it happens, you have just come up with an idea that you believe could change the world. In the approximately two minutes until the elevator reaches your floor, you decide to try to convince him that he should invest in your idea. What would you say?

Improving feeding practices among mothers with HIV (02.03.2017)

New WHO guideline published with updates on HIV and infant feeding.

10th Anniversary Seminar (30.01.2017)

At the Norwegian Forum for Global Health Research (Forum)’s 10 Anniversary Seminar 12-13 January 2017 the conclusion was that it takes time to build relations and networks – and that after 10 years, Forum’s Global Health Research activities are becoming firmly established.

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