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Are you a researcher or student at UiO interested in antimicrobial resistance (AMR), interdisciplinarity and One Health? Join this seminar of the INFRA network!

Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam of Singapore reflects on the global governance reforms needed in light of a new confluence of global insecurities stemming from pandemics, the growing challenges of the global commons and a more polarised world.

God helse for mennesker, dyr og for planeten er avgjørende for å nå bærekraftsmålene. One Health, eller Én helse, er en raskt voksende internasjonalt tverrfaglig strategi som anerkjenner at mennesker og dyrs helse er koblet til hverandre, og til miljøet.

The Centre for Global Health (CGH) is proud to present its Crosscutting Theme on Ethics in Global Health. The launch of this new initiative is celebrated with an online event discussing issues and solutions to advance the Sustainable Development Goals in which capacity development in research integrity and research ethics teaching in global health are especially relevant.

Mphil Seydou Drabo at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “The social life of reproductive health commodities in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: an ethnographic study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Mphil Seydou Drabo at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: “The role of gender in medical care and health outcomes:  perspectives from the global North and South”

Msc Anteneh Desalegn at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Early-life exposure to potential endocrine disrupting chemicals and adverse developmental outcomes in Norwegian children” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Msc Anteneh Desalegn at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: “Biomarkers for Measuring Fetal Exposure to Environmental Chemicals: Advantages and limitations”

Medical science and society during the covid-19 pandemic. What have we learned?

Cand.med Sukhjeet Kaur Bains at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Maternity care for recently migrated women in Oslo, Norway” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med Sukhjeet Kaur Bains at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: “Maternal and child health and care in the era of climate change and environmental degradation”

As a member, are you wondering how to get more involved with WGH Norway? Well, here it is! 

The COVID-19 pandemic has infected at least 500 million people and killed more than six million. How can we learn from these events and develop a complete pandemic preparedness and response system? What role can universities and university alliances play?

Women in Global Health (WGH) Norway and the Gender Crosscutting Theme at the Centre for Global Health (CGH) invites you to join a conversation on what role shame and silence might play globally in the context of menstruation health and how these barriers might be tackled in the future. 

Cand.scient. Hanne Torjusen at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Organic food, pregnancy and health: Associations between consumption of organic food  in pregnancy, maternal characteristics and pregnancy health outcomes in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

In the first 18 months of the pandemic Aotearoa New Zealand, a country of 5 million, registered just 50 deaths from Covid and recorded an improvement in life expectancy.

Cand.scient. Hanne Torjusen at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: “Hemochromatosis in Nordic women: prevalence, causes, physiological consequences and treatment strategies before and during pregnancy”

Diet-related health, sustainability and disease prevention, by Tanja Kalchenko The Physicians Association for Nutrition (PAN).

Master Maria Løvsletten at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Management of patients with outpatient commitment in the mental health services” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor). 

Master Maria Løvsletten at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture in Norwegian on the given topic: “Utfordringer i interorganisatorisk og tverrfaglig samhandling innen psykisk helse”

MD Silje Christine Reistad Fure at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Combined cognitive and vocational rehabilitation after mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury: A randomized controlled trial” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Fraværet av bærekraft-tenkning har ført til at utnyttelsen av naturressurser er blitt vår tids største trussel mot folkehelsen.

MD Silje Christine Reistad Fure at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: “The use of emerging technologies to assist rehabilitation following traumatic head injury (TBI)”

Norwegian Centre for Health Services Research (NORCHER) presents ongoing research on short and long-term consequences of COVID-19 on screening for cancer.