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Prevention of cardiovascular disease in Tanzania is cost-effective (01.12.2016)
Today Frida Ngalesoni defended her highly impressive and important dissertation “Economics of non-communicable diseases prevention. Cost-effectiveness and equity impact of primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in Tanzania.” The research group warmly congratulate!
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'Small Fish and Food Security' workshop (01.12.2016)
For the first time the potential of small fish to reach the sustainable development goals was discussed across disciplines, with a case focus on Ghana.
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BSRS 2017: Global Challenges (25.11.2016)
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Norwegian Research School of Global Health (17.11.2016)
- The aim of the Research School is to increase network activity between Ph.D.-candidates, thereby lowering the threshold to visit each other and cooperate, says Chairman Thorkild Tylleskär. –We believe that through this we will be able to facilitate for better research.
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Is Virtual reality training more intensive than conventional training? (11.11.2016)
Results from this study indicate that patients with severely impaired upper limb motor function spent more time actively in VR training (VR) than in conventional training (CT).
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Working together in global health across Norway (11.11.2016)
The Norwegian Forum for Global Health Research began almost exactly 10 years ago, 16 November 2006. A group from Forum and other global health-interested met in Tromsø 3-4 November, 2016.
New paper series on global challenges (07.11.2016)
UiB Global and CROP launch working paper series on global challenges.
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Seminar in the Global Mental Health Research Group (02.11.2016)
The research group held a seminar on Mental health and child and adolescent health programs in Cambodia and South-East-Asia in October.
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CIH PhD candidate July 2016: Jörn Blume (31.10.2016)
There are two main reasons for why Jørn Blume is the candidate of the month of July.
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Please, register before travelling (18.10.2016)
The status of safety conditions in many countries is changeable.
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Reproductive history and risk of colorectal cancer (18.10.2016)
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Successful capacity building in Zambia – a new School of Public Health (10.10.2016)
Since the mid-nineties, professor Knut Fylkesnes at Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, has performed research and capacity building in Zambia.
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How to incorporate equity indicators in randomized controlled trials? (05.10.2016)
On September 22nd and 23rd, researchers from Global Health Priorities and Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health (CISMAC) co-organized a symposium at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston (USA) on how to incorporate concerns to health equity into randomized control trials (RCTs).
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Patients experience burdensome deaths in Norwegian Nursing Homes (04.10.2016)
Almost 50 % of nursing home patients in Norway die with moderate to severe pain. Reidun Sandviks PhD-study takes a closer look at end of life care in nursing homes.
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Snoring and sleepiness linked to traffic pollution (26.09.2016)
As @UiB tweeted last week, epidemiologist Ane Johannessen found that people who live close to busy roads found are most likely to snore.
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Father’s Preconception Activity also Important (26.09.2016)
The smoking and welding in adolescent males can increase the risk for asthma in the children they may have later in life. This research suggests that perhaps adolescent boys should also be targeted in public health prevention programmes.
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Making a unique national resource more accessible (22.09.2016)
Health registries contain a vast treasure trove of unique and valuable data; they are a national resource that give Norway a competitive advantage in a knowledge-based economy.
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Survivors of cancer in young age are more financially dependent (25.08.2016)
A new study recently published in Cancer studied all individuals born in Norway over a 20-year period (1965-1985), and compared those who received a cancer diagnosis before age 25 with those without cancer, with regards to receipt of governmental financial assistance, employment, income- and occupation discrepancies.

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