News archive for Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting in Health (BCEPS)

ZEIT ONLINE interview with BCEPS Director Ole Frithjof Norheim (27.10.2020)

This interview is part of a ZEIT ONLINE series of interviews where leading researchers are asked about their concerns in the current crisis. According to Norheim, "The question should be: Where can the most lives be saved?"

The Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission Report (22.10.2020)

15 September 2020 marked the publication and launch of this report on "Bridging a Gap in Universal Health Coverage for the Poorest Billion". BCEPS' Ole Frithjof Norheim co-led one of the Commission's four working groups.

UiB representation on Norwegian expert advisory committee (21.10.2020)

BCEPS Director Ole Frithjof Norheim is one of a group of six experts appointed to an expert committee that will provide advice on who should receive prioritised access to a corona vaccine in Norway.

Distributional Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

All-in-one guide to analysing health equity impacts and trade-offs (13.10.2020)

Researchers and affiliated researchers from BCEPS have contributed as editors and chapter authors to the recently published Oxford University Press handbook of "Distributional Cost-Effectiveness Analysis".

120 essential health interventions to protect during the pandemic (08.10.2020)

BCEPS researchers contribute to BMJ Global Health paper on protecting essential health services in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.