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Cod liver oil - illustration: Colourbox
Vitamin D intake and MS risk: Is timing important? (29.06.2015)
Vitamin D, consumed via oily fish or cod liver oil supplements, may lower the risk of adult-onset multiple sclerosis (MS). Adolescence may be a particularly susceptible life period for such vitamin D-based risk reduction.
seriously ill infants
Predicting recovery time in sick infants (26.06.2015)
Being better able to identify the most seriously ill infants is of great importance in terms of being best able to prioritise health resources, particularly is developing countries where such resources are limited. Two researchers from the Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health (CISMAC) were part of a study that has identified predictors of recovery time in infants with... Read more
general practitioner
Give and take in sick leave negotiations (26.06.2015)
A focus-group study involving 2 researchers from the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS) found that General Practitioners (GPs) seem to consciously negotiate when dealing with sick leave issues.
Girls from Zambia teach other youth about their right to education. Photo: Jessica Lea/DFID (Flickr, CC license)
CISMAC study in Zambia receives GLOBVAC funding (25.06.2015)
The study will examine links between adolescent pregnancies and different approaches to empower adolescent girls in Zambia.
COST-Action (TD1005) International researchers
Gather to share research about dementia (25.06.2015)
The 7th International Congress of Pain in Dementia gathered leading researchers on dementia in Bergen, Norway. The goal was to share knowledge, raise awareness and find solutions to challenges related to pain in people with dementia.
Makerere project Drug Shop Integrated Care
Social Innovation Recognition for PhD Candidate (22.06.2015)
PhD Candidate Phyllis Awor is part of a research group working on improving quality of care at drug shops in Uganda.
sustainable development
Sustainable Development Goals to meet Global Development Challenges (19.06.2015)
The University of Bergen’s (UiB’s) Bergen Summer Research School (BSRS) 2015 is being held 15-27 June. The faculty team leading this summer’s programme are largely based at UiB’s Centre for International Health (CIH).
riding bicyckles in forest
How should we understand equality in health? (15.06.2015)
Is equality best understood as a distributive concern, or should it be viewed as a social and political ideal? The former view dominates in the justice and health literature, but in a new essay Gry Wester and Kristin Vogt explore the latter view.
Intensive care unit
Are rationing of ICU services too strict in Norway? (28.05.2015)
Estimates of the expected remaining lifetime of critically ill patients and expected life years gained from intensive care unit (ICU) admission could inform priority setting of intensive care.
Førsteforfatter Sara Ghaderi
Educational achievements among survivors of childhood cancer (27.05.2015)
A new study from IGS shows that an overall lower proportion of survivors of cancer diagnosed at young ages (<19 years) completed their education compared with the cancer-free population.
Helicopter rescue
Minutes are Critical (25.05.2015)
Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) have a number of theoretical advantages. After nearly 30 years in operation, how is the Norwegian HEMS doing in terms of flying times and primary mission rates?
Professor emeritus Gunnar Kvåle
"Climate changes should concern health professionals" says professor emeritus Gunnar Kvåle, Centre for International Health (21.05.2015)
Professor emeritus at the Centre for International Health, Gunnar Kvåle, says that climate change will lead to larger health problems than tobacco.
GLOBVAC conference 2015, the Bergen team
Did you miss the 2015 GLOBVAC conference? Presentations now available online. (18.05.2015)
Videos, pictures and presentations from all key notes and symposia speakers are now available on the GLOBVAC conference website.
GROWNUT project meeting
Important Meeting on Nutrition at University of Kishasha (12.05.2015)
Friday May 8, the Minster for Higher Education and Universities in DR Congo, Dr Théophile Mbemba Fundu, invited to an awareness-raising of GROWNUT.
african child
Rotavirus vaccination increases effect of diarrhoeal treatment in Ethiopia (07.05.2015)
Deaths due to diarrhoea is one of the main killers of children in Sub Saharan Africa. In a new paper published in BMJ open Solomon Tessema Memire and Kjell Arne Johansson together with US examine the impact of universal public financing of rotavirus vaccination and diarrhoeal treatment in Ethiopia.
Unfair health inequalities
Unexplained health inequality - is it unfair? (07.05.2015)
Identifying unfair health inequality is important in order to make correct priorities in health. But only a portion of observed health inequality can be explaind empircaly. A new paper explains why how we treat this unexplained inequality is not only a methodological question, but also an ethical one.
COST-Action (TD1005) International researchers
Pain in Dementia - Future Directions (30.04.2015)
The 7th International Congress of Pain in Dementia gathered leading researchers on dementia in Bergen, Norway. The goal was to share knowledge, raise awareness and find solutions to challenges related to pain in people with dementia.
man walking
Walking speed relates to life expectancy (30.04.2015)
Mona Kristin Aaslund is a post doc in the Physiotherapy Research Group at the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen. She has together with several Norwegian colleagues written a chronicle about research that is demonstrating that a person’s walking speed may indicate something of that person’s health status and life expectancy.

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