Professor Eivind Engebretsen is head of SUSTAINIT. He says that the unit’s task is to contribute to research and education that promotes sustainable health.
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SUSTAINIT and SHE were honored to host a meeting with the World Bank's Vice President Mamta Murthi on February 2.
Going into the new year I want to look back on 2023, the first year of SUSTAINIT, and highlight what we have achieved so far.
Hepatitis B virus takes nearly one million lives every year, mainly in east Asia and sub-Saharan Africa where people usually acquire the infection in early childhood. People infected with hepatitis B virus rarely have symptoms before they have developed end-stage liver cirrhosis or liver cancer. Therefore, few know that they are infected and even fewer receive life-saving antiviral treatment.
The summer's end heralded a momentous achievement for the academic community: the University of Oslo has been granted the prestigious funding for our European University endeavour, Circle U.
The Sustainable Health Unit (SUSTAINIT) is a knowledge hub located at the Faculty of Medicine (UiO), established by the Faculty Board on December 13, 2022, with the aim of promoting interdisciplinary approaches to sustainable health research and education.
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