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BCEPS' Annual Report 2024 Published

Our annual report 2024 is now available! See what happened at BCEPS: Publications, conferences, events, courses, and more!

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Disease Control Priorities 4 (DCP-4) Volume 1 Released on 6 March 2025

The fourth edition of Disease Control Priorities (DCP-4) builds on a series of publications that was started 3 decades ago by the World Bank. The University of Bergen is hosting the Secretariat for this multi-year project that is led by BCEPS initiator and former director Ole Frithjof Norheim ...

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New Lancet Commission report: 50 by 50—How can we reduce the probability of dying before age 70 by 50% globally by 2050?

50 by 50—How can we reduce the probability of dying before age 70 by 50% globally by 2050? A team of 50 leading international experts, the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health (CIH), which has six members affiliates with BCEPS, found that this goal can be reached by focusing on just 15 priority...

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BCEPS Lead Researcher Prof. Ingrid Miljeteig selected as UNESCO International Bioethics Committee Member

BCEPS Lead Researcher Ingrid Miljeteig has been selected as a member of this prestigious committee consisting of 36 leading experts from around the world.

BCEPS Publications on Cristin:

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Selected Recent Publications:

Bhopal, A., Bærøe, K., Norheim, O. F. (2025). Ambition With Uncertainty: Exploring Policy-Makers’ Perspectives on Pathways to Net Zero Healthcare. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 14(1), pp. 1-12. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.8440

Hassan S, Yaesoubi R, Magnus OBH, Kanthali M, Purohit MR, et al. (2025) Factors associated with the delay in diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis at the patient and health system level: A study from a rural setting in India. PLOS ONE 20(1): e0316273. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316273

Elaheh Javadi Arjmand, Erik K Arnesen, Øystein Ariansen Haaland, Jan-Magnus Økland, Katherine M Livingstone, John C Mathers, Carlos Celis-Morales, Kjell Arne Johansson, Lars T Fadnes, Life Expectancy Gain of Implementing the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023: Modeling From 8 Nordic and Baltic Countries, Current Developments in Nutrition, Volume 9, Issue 2, 2025, 104540,ISSN 2475-2991, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.104540.

Tom Forzy, Latera Tesfaye, Fentabil Getnet, Awoke Misganew, Samson Warkaye Lamma, Asnake Worku, Solomon Tessema Memirie, Meseret Zelalem, Yohannes Lakew Tefera, Mesay Hailu Dangisso, Stéphane Verguet. Assessing the geographic and socioeconomic determinants of vaccine coverage in Ethiopia: A spatial and multistage analysis at the district level. Vaccine, Volume 53, 2025, 126834, ISSN 0264-410X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.126834

Said SS, Johansson KA, Nystad WT, Sadiq HS, Fevang BTS. Establishing rheumatoid arthritis care in Zanzibar: A year of clinical outcomes and challenges. JOKAP. 2025; 7(1): 3 – 11. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jkap.v7i1.2  

Kidanemariam MB, Miljeteig I, Moland KM, Melberg A, Legal issues in the implementation of Maternal Death Surveillance and Response: a scoping review. Health Policy and Planning, 2024, czae071.

Hangoma P, Hachhethu K, Passeri S, Norheim OF, Rivers J, Mæstad O. Short-and long-term food insecurity and policy responses in pandemics: Panel data evidence from COVID-19 in low-and middle-income countries. World Development. 2024 Mar 1;175:106479.

Twea P, Watkins D, Norheim OF, Munthali B, Young S, Chiwaula L, Manthalu G, Nkhoma D, Hangoma P. The economic costs of orthopaedic services: a health system cost analysis of tertiary hospitals in a low-income country. Health Econ Rev. 2024 Feb 17;14(1):13. 

Watkins DA, Msemburi WT, Pickersgill SJ, Kawakatsu Y, Gheorghe A, Dain K, Johansson KA, Said S, Nina Renshaw, Tolla MT, Twea PD, Varghese C, Chalkidou K, Ezzati M, Norheim OF. NCD Countdown 2030 collaborators. NCD Countdown 2030: efficient pathways and strategic investments to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4 in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet. 2022 Mar 26.

Fadnes LT, Økland JM, Haaland ØA, Johansson KA. Estimating impact of food choices on life expectancy: A modeling study. PLoS Med. 2022 Feb 8;19(2):e1003889. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003889. Erratum in: PLoS Med. 2022Mar 25.

Hendrix N, Kwete XJ, Bolongaita S, Megiddo I, Memirie ST, Mirkuzie AH, Nonvignon J, Verguet S. “Economic evaluations of health system strengthening activities in low- and middle-income country settings: a methodological systematic review”. BMJ Global Health 2022.

Choudhary TS, Mazumder S, Haaland OA, Taneja S, Bahl R, Martines J, Bhan MK, Norheim OF, Sommerfelt H, Bhandari N, Johansson KA. Effect of kangaroo mother care initiated in community settings on financial risk protection of low-income households: a randomised controlled trial in Haryana, India. BMJ Glob Health. 2022 Nov;7(11):e010000. 

Moser F, Bump JB. Assessing the World Health Organization: What does the academic debate reveal and is it democratic? Soc Sci Med. 2022 Dec;314:115456. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115456. Epub 2022 Oct 13.

Bhopal A, Bærøe K, Norheim OF. How do we decarbonise fairly? Emissions, inequities and the implications for net zero healthcare. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2022 August 9. 

Clarsen B, Nylenna M, Klitkou ST, Vollset SE, Baravelli CM, Bølling AK, Aasvang GM, Sulo G, Naghavi M, Pasovic M, Asaduzzaman M, Bjørge T, Eggen AE, Eikemo TA, Ellingsen CL, Haaland ØA, Hailu AHassan S, Hay SI, Juliusson PB, Kisa A, Kisa S, Månsson J, Mekonnen T, Murray CJL, Norheim OF, Ottersen T, Sagoe D, Sripada K, Winkler AS, Knudsen AKS. Changes in life expectancy and disease burden in Norway, 1990-2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Public Health. 2022 Jul;7(7).

McLean E, Onarheim KH, Schanche E, Schaufel MA, Miljeteig I. Ethical dilemmas for nursing home doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2022 Jun 27;142(10). English, Norwegian.