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What does ‘good governance’ look like in the One Health space? Why is thinking about policy and governance important? Join this webinar as expert speakers discuss how lessons from Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) control and other integrated health approaches could be scaled to address Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) and related issues at the human-animal-ecosystem interface.

MD Daniel Semakula at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Improving critical thinking about treatment claims, evidence and choices. Development and evaluation of an intervention to improve the ability of parents of primary school children in Uganda to critically appraise the trustworthiness of claims about treatment effects and make informed health choices” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Daniel Semakula at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: What sources of information are used by health authorities when planning for the next peak in cases of the Covid-19 pandemic?

“Thrown Under the Bus: reimagining youth mental health in the pandemic era” – Open Lecture by Vikram Patel on global mental health in the pandemic.

MSc. Myint Myint Wai at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Contraception and Fertility in Myanmar: Trends and Dynamics - A study of married women’s Contraceptive use and Unmet Need for Family Planning in Yangon south and north” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc. Myint Myint Wai at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Illegal abortion in Asia: consequences for women´s health and the health care system.

MD Bishwajit Bhowmik at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Diabetes and its Association with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors – Identification of High-risk Individuals in a Rural Bangladeshi Population” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Bishwajit Bhowmik at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Modern treatment of type 2 diabetes.

MSc Jorunn Evandt at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Nighttime road traffic noise and associations with insomnia symptoms and use of sleep medication” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Jorunn Evandt at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Sleep across the lifespan: Implications for health.

Welcome to SHEtalk by Associate Professor Wim Van Daele. Wim will talk about "From socio-cultural organization to microbial and molecular regulation of life, and back: Towards an interdisciplinary integration through biosocial pathways and entanglements."

Master Fareeha Shaikh at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Intergenerational association between birth weight and cardiovascular disease; a population-based study of offspring, their parents, aunts and uncles” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Fareeha Shaikh at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: The implications of the fetal programming and the birthweight-CVD associations for public health and for women’s physical and mental health.

Welcome to Opening Webinar in Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education (SHE)

Keynote speakers: Professor Ole Petter Ottersen and Professor Trisha Greenhalgh

MSc Susan Munabi-Babigumira at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis Quality of maternity services in low- and middle-income countries: analysis of health system bottlenecks and strategies for improvement for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Susan Munabi-Babigumira at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Globalization and maternal mortality in Uganda: Discuss dynamics between global, national and local actors

Women in Global Health (WGH) Norway is pleased to announce the first Annual Conference happening this Fall. Join this two-day virtual event focusing on WGH in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Women in Global Health (WGH) Norway is pleased to announce the first Annual Conference happening this Fall. Join this two-day virtual event focusing on WGH in the COVID-19 pandemic.

MPH, Mphil Vivian Nchanchou Mbanya at Institutt for helse og samfunn will be defending the thesis “Access and Utilization of Norwegian Healthcare Services among sub-Saharan African Migrants - Patterns, Perceptions, and Experiences” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MPH, Mphil Vivian Nchanchou Mbanya at Institutt for helse og samfunn will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Socio-cultural determinants of health and health seeking behaviours in an African migrant context.

The Lancet One Health Commission welcomes you to the next webinar in the One Health - Reconnecting for Our Future series. Join the discussion as panelists representing educational institutions and university networks reflect and share their ideas for the future of One Health.

Welcome to a talk by Dr. Gemma Hughes. Gemma will explain her perspective on Virtual Presence, which is shaped by her previous experience of working in the public sector in the UK, as well as her academic work. 

MSc Lene Christensen at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “The influence of pregnancy and pelvic girdle pain on weight-bearing activities - A biomechanical and clinical study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Lene Christensen at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Measurement Properties of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS).