Trygve Ottersen

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Visiting address Kirkeveien 166 Fredrik Holsts hus 0450 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1130 Blindern 0318 Oslo

Academic interests

Research interests within global health policy:

  • Health systems strengthening, including priority setting and public health interventions
  • Global health security, including pandemic preparedness and antimicrobial resistance
  • Development assistance for health

Background

  • MD, PhD
  • Currently Executive Director at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Associate Professor at the University of Oslo; and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa.
  • Directs the Oslo Group on Global Health Policy
  • Previously worked with the Norwegian Committee on Priority Setting in the Health Sector; the WHO Consultative Group on Equity and Universal Health Coverage; the Centre on Global Health Security at Chatham House; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and the UN Special Envoy on Ebola.

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Partners

Tags: global health, global health policy, Global South

Publications

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  • Gopinathan, Unni; Peacocke, Elizabeth Fleur; Gouglas, Dimitrios; Ottersen, Trygve & Røttingen, John Arne (2020). R&D for Emerging Infectious Diseases of Epidemic Potential: Sharing Risks and Benefits Through a New Coalition. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-39819-4. 28 p.

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  • Persad, Govind; Leland, R.J.; Ottersen, Trygve; Richardson, Henry S; Saenz, Carla & Schaefer, G Owen [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2023). Fair domestic allocation of monkeypox virus countermeasures. The Lancet Public Health. ISSN 2468-2667. 8(5), p. e378–e382. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00061-0.
  • Solvang, Fredrik; Grødeland, Gunnveig; Nakstad, Anders Rostrup; Kjerkhol, Ingvild; Ottersen, Trygve & Haugen, Heidi Østbø (2023). Debatten - Virusene herjer. [TV]. NRK - Debatten.
  • Ottersen, Trygve; Høstmælingen, Njål; Forland, Frode & Røttingen, John-Arne (2021). Norge og den globale krisen. In Tvedten, Hilde Marie; Vikum, Eirik Frønæs; Holtermann, Merete Kile & Larsen, Vilde Bergstad (Ed.), Folkehelserapportens temautgave 2021. Folkehelsen etter covid-19. Pandemiens konsekvenser for ulike grupper i befolkningen. Folkehelseinstituttet. ISSN 978-82-8406-244-0.
  • Larsen, Vilde Bergstad; Telle, Kjetil Elias & Ottersen, Trygve (2021). Helse- og omsorgstjenestene under pandemien. In Tvedten, Hilde Marie; Vikum, Eirik Frønæs; Holtermann, Merete Kile & Larsen, Vilde Bergstad (Ed.), Folkehelserapportens temautgave 2021. Folkehelsen etter covid-19. Pandemiens konsekvenser for ulike grupper i befolkningen. Folkehelseinstituttet. ISSN 978-82-8406-244-0. p. 56–60.
  • Enria, Delia; Feng, Zijian; Fretheim, Atle; Ihekweazu, Chikwe; Ottersen, Trygve & Schuchat, Anne [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2021). Strengthening the evidence base for decisions on public health and social measures. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. ISSN 0042-9686. 99(9), p. 610–610A. doi: 10.2471/BLT.21.287054.
  • Gopinathan, Unni; Ottersen, Trygve; Cyr, Pascale Renée & Chalkidou, Kalipso (2021). Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes for HTA Around the Globe: Exploring the Next Frontiers of HTA and Best Practices; Comment on “Use of Evidence-informed Deliberative Processes by Health Technology Assessment Agencies Around the Globe”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. ISSN 2322-5939. 10(4), p. 232–236. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.145.
  • Norheim, Ole Frithjof & Ottersen, Trygve (2020). Setting Priorities in the Pursuit of Universal Health Coverage. In Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Emanuel, Ezekiel J. & Millum, Joseph (Ed.), Global Health Priority-Setting: Beyond Cost-Effectiveness. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780190912765. Full text in Research Archive
  • Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Asaria, Miqdad; Johansson, Kjell Arne; Ottersen, Trygve & Tsuchiya, Aki (2020). Level-dependent equity weights. In Cookson, Richard; Griffin, Susan; Norheim, Ole Frithjof & Culyer, Anthony J. (Ed.), Distributional Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780198838197. Full text in Research Archive
  • Røttingen, John-Arne & Ottersen, Trygve (2018). Supra‐SAC: Need and Role for an All‐of‐Government Scientific Advisory Committee. Global Challenges. ISSN 2056-6646. 2(1700075). doi: 10.1002/gch2.201700075.
  • Hoffman, Steven J.; Ottersen, Trygve; Baral, Prativa & Fafard, Patrick (2018). Designing Scientific Advisory Committees for a Complex World . Global Challenges. ISSN 2056-6646. 2(1800075), p. 1–2. doi: 10.1002/gch2.201800075.
  • Gopinathan, Unni & Ottersen, Trygve (2017). Evidence-informed deliberative processes for universal health coverage: broadening the scope. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. ISSN 2322-5939. 6(8), p. 473–475. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2016.148. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ottersen, Trygve & Schmidt, Harald (2017). Universal health coverage and public health: ensuring parity and complementarity. American Journal of Public Health. ISSN 0090-0036. 107(2), p. 248–250. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303590.
  • Ottersen, Trygve; Evans, David B.; Mossialos, Elias & Røttingen, John-Arne (2017). Global health financing towards 2030 and beyond. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 12(2), p. 105–111. doi: 10.1017/S1744133116000372. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ottersen, Trygve (2015). Sharing financial responsibilities. In Frenk, Julio & Hoffman, Steven J. (Ed.), To save humanity: what matters most for a healthy future. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780190221546.
  • Voorhoeve, Alex; Ottersen, Trygve & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2014). Response to our critics. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 11(1), p. 103–111. doi: 10.1017/S1744133114000590.
  • Ottersen, Trygve & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2014). Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. ISSN 0042-9686. 92(6). doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.139139.
  • Bærøe, Kristine; Ottersen, Trygve; Eide, Kristiane Tislevoll; Engjom, Hilde Marie; Johansson, Kjell Arne & Miljeteig, Ingrid [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2011). Priorities in global health. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. ISSN 0029-2001. 131(17). doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.11.0743.
  • Bjerke, Lise; Torjusen, Marius Lamberg & Ottersen, Trygve (2021). Prosjekt utveier. Veien ut av koronakrisen: Fire fremtidsbilder og fem avgjørende spørsmål . Folkehelseinstituttet. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bergsaker, Marianne A Riise; Bratsberg, Bernt; Daae, Anita Odveig; Flottorp, Signe Agnes; Forland, Frode & Furuseth, Ellen [Show all 31 contributors for this article] (2021). Folkehelserapportens temautgave 2021. Folkehelsen etter covid-19. Pandemiens konsekvenser for ulike grupper i befolkningen. Folkehelseinstituttet. ISSN 978-82-8406-244-0. Full text in Research Archive
  • Feiring, Eli; Førde, Reidun; Holm, Søren; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Solberg, Berge & Solberg, Carl Tollef [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2020). Råd om prioriterte grupper for koronavaksinasjon i Norge. Ekspertgruppe i etikk og prioritering 15. november 2020. Folkehelseinstituttet. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ottersen, Trygve; Grépin, Karen; Pinkstaff, Crossley B.; Clift, Charles; Norheim, Ole Frithjof & Røttingen, John-Arne (2016). Health and development: an explicit approach to the design and assessment of country classification frameworks. Final report for the Equitable Access Initiative by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
  • Ottersen, Trygve; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Chitah, Bona M; Richard, Cookson; Daniels, Norman & Defaye, Frehiwot Berhane [Show all 18 contributors for this article] (2014). Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage. Final report of the WHO Consultative Group on Equity and Universal Health Coverage. World Health Organization. ISSN 9789241507158.
  • Ottersen, Trygve; Kamath, Aparna; Moon, Suerie & Røttingen, John-Arne (2014). Development assistance for health: quantitative allocation criteria and contribution norms. Centre on Global Health Security Working Group Papers. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). Chatham House. ISSN 9781784130015.

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