News archive for Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care

Collecting sperm from Covid-19 patients (29.10.2020)

How does Covid-19 affect sperm and thus the next generation´s immune system? Researchers from the University of Bergen are collecting sperm to find the answer.

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?"

Identifying an issue that should be addressed early (27.10.2020)

Early initiation of alcohol and other harmful substance use is an important predictor for developing substance use disorders in later life. CIH and CIH-associated researchers have undertaken a study reporting on the existence of childhood alcohol abuse and dependency in Eastern Uganda.

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.

Being healthy and working in a new country (05.10.2020)

Migration is a global phenomenon bringing both global benefits and global challenges.