News archive for Centre for International Health

Warning: think before you get wet!! (24.02.2021)

There were over 300 exchange students from Norway in Africa between 2003-2018. A group of Norwegian doctors have now studied how many became infected with Schistosomiasis after being exposed to fresh water.

PROMISE consortium published in Nature (10.02.2021)

The PROMISE consortium has published the results of their long-term study showing similar long-term clinical outcomes from early use of two different HIV prophylactic drugs in Nature.

Neonatal health and care in low-income countries – how do we move forward? (08.02.2021)

CIH Professor Thorkild Tylleskär’s Nordic Network Global Health talk addressed that while we have been improving survivability in children under 5, it is not enough. He spoke about what we need to focus on now to achieve SDG 3.1.

CIH and UiB’s SDG Conference 2021 (04.02.2021)

The activity at CIH, CISMAC and BCEPS is strongly grounded in the SDGs. This year’s conference, 10-12 February, will address: The SDGs after the Crisis