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Finding an SDG solution to a nutrition question (27.07.2020)
Theogene Habumugisha is one of the first UiB Global Challenges PhD Candidates. While Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Goal 2, Zero Hunger, focuses entirely on hunger and global food and agriculture systems, many SDGs include a nutritional aspect. Habumugisha's project will use cross-Faculty approaches and a responsible research and innovation framework to address a theme within nutrition.
Jasmin Shrestha: Understanding Rotavirus disease among community children in Nepal. (15.07.2020)
PhD Candidate Jasmin Shrestha is undertaking a PhD studying the rotavirus disease burden, and the distribution of rotavirus genotypes in children participating in a community-based cohort study in Bhaktapur, Nepal. She also aims to describe any changing patterns of rotavirus genotypes over time, to provide information for increasing vaccine efficacy.
Anneli Eriksson working for MSF in Monrovia
Anneli Eriksson: Estimating needs in disasters (13.07.2020)
PhD Candidate Anneli Eriksson successfully defended her work on 9 June 2020. Her PhD was a collaboration between Centre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, UiB and Centre for Research on Health Care in Disasters (KcKM) at KI.
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CISMAC India's COVID-19 Response (03.07.2020)
In India, the first COVID-19 case was reported on January 30, 2020. As of June 21, 2020, ~425 000 COVID-19 cases had been reported with 13 700 deaths across the country.
Dr Asela Perera hiking above Bergen
Reflections on Best Practice (30.06.2020)
An aspect of achieving SDG3 is exchanging knowledge and experience from different health systems. To this end, in Sri Lanka, medical doctors specialized in medical administration and seeking Medical Administration Board certification must complete at least 1 year of study under the supervision of a specialist in another country. Dr Asela Perera spent his year studying with Bente E. Moen at CIH in... Read more
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BSRS 2020: Making virtual connections for a global community (22.06.2020)
Research Schools are meant to be dynamic meeting places. For the first time, students attending Bergen Summer Research School (BSRS) 2020 had to manage this digitally. The feedback thus far indicates the experience has gone well.
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Master student publication (12.06.2020)
Magalie El Hajj, a Master student in Global Health, recently published a paper with her supervisor, Lone Holst. CIH congratulates them both!
Laurie Blair working with Canvas
Transforming the BSRS experience (11.06.2020)
The COVID-19 outbreak of 2020 forced Bergen Research Summer School (BSRS) to transform from a physical to a virtual gathering of international students.
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Long-term lung health effects of air pollution (02.06.2020)
Ane Johannessen is the project leader for Life-GAP, a research project that begins in July 2020. This week Johannessen led an administrative kick-off meeting at CIH.
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Andrea Melberg won IGS’s Publication Prize for 2019 (26.05.2020)
Five publications were nominated for the Department’s annual award.
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IGS Department Day 20.5.2020 (25.05.2020)
UiB’s COVID-19 Lockdown meant that the Department’s Annual gathering was held virtually via ZOOM rather than face-to-face. Despite this – or maybe because of this – there were up to 100 people attending!
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Wakisa Mulwafu: Treating an invisible disability - improving hearing in Malawi (05.05.2020)
Wakisa Mulwafu became interesting in ear and hearing issues when he was training as a medical doctor. He travelled to South Africa to become an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) specialist, and returned to Malawi to build up ENT services in the country.
CISMAC Annual Report 2019
CISMAC Annual Report 2019 – worth a read! (30.04.2020)
CISMAC has prepared its Annual Report for 2019. Highlighting the year’s activity at the Centre for Research Excellence, the report also begins to consider future directions for the Centre, after the end of the 10-year funding period.
Two MED Prizes to IGS / CIH researchers (30.04.2020)
Halvor Sommerfelt and Cecilie Svanes have been awarded the Faculty of Medicine’s Publication and Communications Prizes, respectively, for 2019.
Annual Report 2019
CIH’s Annual Report 2019 is published! (28.04.2020)
CIH’s Annual Report gives the Centre a chance to reflect on its activities over the past year. The Centre vision provides a “red thread” through the research, networking, education and publication activity.
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Hanne Keyser Hegdahl: Young women’s sexual and reproductive health behaviour, beliefs and risks in a sub-Saharan African setting (20.04.2020)
PhD Candidate Hanne Keyser Hegdahl’s work studies factors contributing to young women’s sexual and reproductive health behaviour, attitudes, beliefs and risks in a sub-Saharan African setting.
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A million thanks!! (31.03.2020)
Overnight March 12-13, UiB became a digital university. This meant everything, even the pinnacle of university study – PhD Defences – went online. The transformation is working - thanks to the concerted efforts of many.
The Spanish flu
The Spanish flu causes Corona-fear today (26.03.2020)
The world has experienced several devastating epidemics. One of the worst was the Spanish flu, that ravaged between 1918 and 1920. The epidemic probably killed more people than the First and Second World Wars together.

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