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The UN Millennium Goals managed to successfully engage national leaders. What should be the focus of the new goals?
Premature death can be reduced by 40% in 20 years (19.09.2014)
The period for UNs Millennium Development Goals is about to expire. What should be the focus of new goals? What has proved to be a success? In a new study published in Lancet an international group of researchers suggest specific targets in addition to the broader UN health goal.
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Stroke and balance (15.09.2014)
Bente Gjelsvik defended her PhD thesis Friday 19. september 2014 at the University of Bergen. Title of the thesis:Trunk control in stroke. Aspects of measurement, relation to brain lesion and change after rehabilitation.
Editorial in Science Magazine: "Halving premature death" by Ole Frithjof Norheim and co-authors (12.09.2014)
In an editorial in this week's Science Magazine, Richard Peto, Alan D. Lopez and Ole Frithjof Norheim write that "for many countries, halving their 2010 under-50 mortality rate by 2030 would be a feasible target; worldwide, it would avoid 10 million of the 20 million deaths projected for 2030".
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Health achievements in child health are improving in Ethiopia (04.09.2014)
In the end of August the Global Health Priorities researchers Eirin Krüger Skaftun and Ole Frithjof Norheim, together with Merima Ali from Chr. Michelsen Institute, published a new article in Plos One: “Understanding inequality in Child Health in Ethiopia: Health Achievements are Improving in the Period 2000-2011”. The study aims to give a better understanding of existing inequalities in child... Read more
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New publication on identifying the worse off across diseases (03.09.2014)
A new article published in Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation (CERA) by Global Health Priorities researchers Frode Lindemark, Ole Frithjof Norheim and Kjell Arne Johansson illustrates how information from published health economic evaluations can be used to measure lifetime QALYs, absolute and proportional shortfall of QALYs for eight different example diseases. Resource allocation... Read more
Meera Chhagan
A beloved professor has passed away (01.09.2014)
Professor Meera Chhagan died Friday 29th August 2014 after an accident.
Organ Donation
Ethical challenges to care in donor situations (06.08.2014)
The need for organ donations can create ethical challenges for healthcare professionals.
Family Planning
Differences in hormonal contraception use between “native” and “immigrant” women in Norway (05.08.2014)
Understanding these differences will enable Norwegian public health professions to better provide adequate family planning guidance.
Legemidler og utstyr til behandling og oppfølging av diabetes.
Are we overtreating nursing home patients with diabetes? (03.07.2014)
PhD candidate Lillan Mo Andreassen have investigated drug therapy and glycemic control in nursing home patients with diabetes, and found very low blood glucose levels in several of them.
Global Governance for Health
Turning national public health challenges into global ones (30.06.2014)
Three students from the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS) have been the driving force behind one of the courses at the Bergen Summer Research School (BSRS) 2014.
Respiratory Illness Conference
Tracing the origins of respiratory illness – back generations (23.06.2014)
An international group of respiratory health experts met at the Centre of International Health to share recent results and plan future research directions, 10-13 June.
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All 5 hospitals are recruiting (23.06.2014)
Recruitment of trial patients at all participating centers now
Universal Health Coverage
Working Towards Fairness and Equality (16.06.2014)
The goal of universal health coverage is high on many global and national agendas – how can it be attained?
1000 days
“A Legacy for Life” (05.06.2014)
We have 1000 days to get it right for every child: from conception to toddlerhood.
Spinal coloumn
Interdisciplinary neck and back congress in Bergen (28.05.2014)
The 3rd national interdisciplinary neck and back congress was held in Bergen, 2 -4. April 2014. Jan Sture Skouen, Tone Morken and Kjartan Vibe Fersum in the organizing committee report of a successful conference with ca. 300 participants.
Global Health
Climate and Health (27.05.2014)
The recent University of Oslo – Lancet Commission on politics and health inequity did not include discussions of the consequences of climate change.
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Reducing pain in patients with dementia (26.05.2014)
According to PhD student, Reidun Karin Sandvik, and her fellow authors on a recently published paper, pain is frequently experienced and distressing to people with dementia.
CIH projects-partners
CIH Annual Report 2013 (23.05.2014)
The Centre for International Health (CIH) has published an annual report presenting information about its activities in 2013.

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