Research and education

Here you get an overview of new publications, education and cooperations at the Pandemic Centre.

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Publications

Newspaper chronicles

Aavitsland P. Et samlet smittevern for bedre beredskap. Dagens perspektiv 1. mars 2023. https://epidemi.no/?p=2881

Aavitsland P. Den verste sykdommen. Fædrelandsvennen 3. mars 2023. https://epidemi.no/?p=2889

Aavitsland P. En syk svale gjør ingen pandemi. Fædrelandsvennen 13. april 2023. https://epidemi.no/?p=2928

Aavitsland P. Skal WHO styre verden? Fædrelandsvennen 27. oktober 2023. https://epidemi.no/?p=2969

Aavitsland P. Den nye helseberedskapen. Fædrelandsvennen 1. desember 2023. https://epidemi.no/?p=2979

Scientific articles

Amato E, Hyllestad S, Heradstveit P, Langlete P, Moen LV, Rohringer A, Pires J, Lomba JAB, Bragstad K, Feruglio SL, Aavitsland P, Madslien EH. Evaluation of the pilot wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Norway, 1 June 2022 – March 2023. BMC Publ Health 2023: 23: 1714. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37667223/)

Elgersma IH, Fretheim A, Elstrøm P, Aavitsland P. Association between face mask use and the risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 in the community – a cross-sectional study. Epidemiol Infect 2023;. (https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268823001826)

Ahmed D, Benavente P, Diaz E. Food insecurity among international migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37047889/)

Kumar BN, Jamtvedt G, Diaz E. Declaration. The road from knowledge to change – pandemics, diversity \and social inequality declaration, Bergen 2022. Scand J Public Health. 2023. (https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/EYIGFKFHNTSAPKHXSAYF/full)

Kumar BN, Eikemo TA, Diaz E. Migration and Health: Time for a new research agenda. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2023;51:309-11. (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14034948231172320)

Czapka E, Ortiz-Barreda G, Herrero-Arias R, Haj-Youne J, Møen KA, Hasha W, et al. “Who is telling the truth?” Migrants’ experiences with COVID-19 related information in Norway– a qualitative study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2022. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9666409/)

Diaz E. Beredskap og bærekraft i helse- og omsorgstjenestene i kommunene i et pandemi-perspektiv. Tidskrift for omsorgsforskning. 2023;2:127-31. (https://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/tfo.9.2.12)

Benavente P, Ronda E, Diaz E. Occupation-related factors affecting the health of migrants working during the COVID-19 pandemic - a qualitative study in Norway. Int J Equity Health. 2023;22(1):220. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37848919/)

Editorials

Aavitsland P. Tid for læring. Noen refleksjoner om pandemihåndteringen. Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning 2023; 9: 132-6. (https://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/tfo.9.2.13

Vollset M, Aavitsland P. Leparabasillen i 150 år. Tidsskr Nor Legeforen 2023; 143: (https://tidsskriftet.no/2023/02/leder/leprabasillen-i-150-ar)

Reports

Aavitsland P, Forsyth A, Damon IK, Abdelaziz MAA, Al-Nsour M, Celigueta CA, Bisasor-McKenzie J, Carmo EH, Eltoum AA, Liu Y, Moussif M, Rahman M, Rees H, Sahukhan A, Saito T, Samarasekera SD, Smolensky V, Sreedharan S, Tomori O, Zambon M. Report of the Review Committee regarding standing recommendations for mpox. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2023. (https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/report-of-the-review-committee-regarding-standing-recommendations-for-mpox)

Aavitsland P, Forsyth A, Celigueta CA, Abdelaziz MAA, Al-Nsour M, Bisasor-McKenzie J, Carmo EH, Damon IK, Eltoum AA, Liu Y, Moussif M, Rahman M, Rees H, Sahukhan A, Saito T, Samarasekera SD, Smolensky V, Sreedharan S, Tomori O, Zambon M. Report of the Review Committee regarding standing recommendations for COVID-19. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2023. (https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/report-of-the-review-committee-regarding-standing-recommendations-for-covid-19)

Education and research

Transfer of knowledge from health ambassador project with the University of Gdansk

The Pandemic Centre will collaborate with the University of Gdansk to exchange experiences from the health ambassdor project that was organized in Bergen during the covid 19-pandemic. The goal is to adapt the same model in a polish context and among Ukrainian immigrants in Poland.

Strengthens pandemic understanding through PhD-course

PhD-students with different backgrounds are participating in the Pandemic Centre's interdisciplinary PhD-course this semester. The students hope the course will give them a broader understanding of the complex issues during a pandemic.

First article from a PhD at the Pandemic Center published

PhD candidate Pierina Benavente at the Pandemic Center has recently published her first article in an international journal. In the article, she presents findings about the health situation among migrant working in Norway during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leah will explore connections between the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukrainian refugee-crisis

Fulbright-student Leah Eliza Balter from the United States has recently started a new research-project at The Pandemic Centre. She will explore how Norway’s Covid-19 experiences may have influenced the response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis that happened simultaneously.

Professor at the Pandemic Center leads two international committees

Professor Preben Aavitsland at the Pandemic Center is head of two international committees appointed by WHO's Director-General to advise WHO on how the covid-19 pandemic and mpox-outbreak should be handled in the coming years.

The Pandemic Centre signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Dhulikhel University Hospital, Nepal

During the visit of a Norwegian delegation to Nepal, the Pandemic Centre traced its intention to partner with the newly established Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Centre at Dhulikhel University Hospital.

The Pandemic Center visits UiB's Bruxelles Office

The Pandemic Center travelled to Bruxelles to gain insight on EU funded grants in pandemics and disaster preparedness.

The Pandemic Center to collaborate with the Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Center of TU Delft

Two representatives of PDPC visited the Pandemic Centre in the second week of January to explore possible collaborations

Maïlys (23) went to Ghana to see how the pandemic affected small fishing-communities

Several African countries are experiencing food-shortages and stop in trade as a result of the pandemic and closed borders. UiB-student Maïlys Rouillé went to West-Africa to do fieldwork among fish-traders who had their livelihoods reduced.

The Pandemic Centre starts interdiciplinary course to learn from the Covid-19 pandemic

In january the Pandemic Centre will offer a two-weeks course for students to learn from the Covid-19 pandemic. The course is open to both PhD-students and Master students from all diciplines at the university.

UiB joins international cooperation to innovate vaccine development

Through the international vaccine project "Inno4Vac", the University of Bergen will contribute to research and innovation to enable faster development and production of new vaccines.

First joint article from the Pandemic Centre published

The first joint article from the Pandemic Centre as a unit has now been published in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.

The covid-19 pandemic: A watershed in the development of digital politics

Associate professor at UiB, Kjetil Rommetveit, has received funding from the Research Council of Norway (RCN) to study contact tracing under covid-19 as digital politics.

Creating trust through pandemic-rhetoric

How does the health-authorities choose to communicate when the world is experiencing a global crisis? This will be the main topic in a new rhetoric-study with researchers from Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

05.02.2024