From Past to Future
30 years with Centre for International Health University of Bergen. Scientific seminar: From Past to Future in Global Health. Reflections after 30 years with Centre for International Health University of Bergen

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Centre for International Health celebrates its 30 year anniversary this year. We welcome everyone interested in global health to join our celebration.
10th December 2018, 0830-2030 in the University Aula
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Programme
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Time | Topic | Persons |
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0830 | Registration, coffee | Ìý |
Ìý | Ìý | Chair: Bente E. Moen, professor/dir CIH |
0900-0915 | Welcome | Prorector Magareth Hagen, UiB Professor Per Bakke, Dean Faculty of Medicine Professor Guri Rørtveit. Department leader, IGS |
0915-0925 | CIH 30 years cavalcade | Ìý |
Ìý Ìý 0925-0930 Ìý 0930-0950 Ìý Ìý 0950-1005 Ìý Ìý 1005-1020 Ìý 1020-1030 | Priority setting for Universal Health Coverage Introduction Ìý UHC and equity Ìý Ìý Financial risk protection Ìý Ìý Choosing the right services Ìý Discussion:Ìý Making fair choices on the path to UHC | Ìý Ìý Chair: Ingrid Miljeteig, Ass.professor IGS Ìý Professor Richard Cookson, University of York Ìý Ass. Professor Stephane Verguet, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health Ìý Professor Bjarne Robberstad, CIH Ìý Professor Ole F Norheim, CIH-IGS Ìý |
1030-1045 | Break | Ìý |
Ìý 1045-1100 Ìý 1100-1115 Ìý Ìý 1115-1130 Ìý 1130-1200 | Global collaboration bears fruit Capacity-building in South –A School of Public Health -Joint PhD programmes - A better way to strengthen capacity-building in the South?Ìý -Educational programmes in South Ìý Discussion: Capacity-building in low-income countries in the future? How? Who? Where? Ìý | Chair: Coordinator Tore Sætersdal, MED Professor Knut Fylkesnes, CIH Ìý Professor BerntÌý Lindtjørn, CIH Ìý Ìý Professor Nina Langeland, K2 Ìý Panel discussion by Professor Andrea Winkler, UiO Professor Jon Ø. Odland, NTNU Avd.dir Bjørn G. Iversen, FHI PhD candidate Andrea Melberg PhD candidate Thandile Nkosi-Gondwe Moderator: Marion Solheim |
1200-1245 | Lunch Ìý | Ìý |
Ìý | Global Health Research at CIH | Ìý |
Ìý | Ìý | Chair: Professor Cecilie Svanes |
1245-1300 1300-1315 Ìý 1315-1330 | CISMAC – the consortium and vision A CISMAC project: Can empowerment of girls reduce adolescent childbearing? Questions | Professor Halvor Sommerfelt, CISMAC/CIH Professor Ingvild Sandøy CISMAC/CIH/IGS Ìý |
1330-1345 | Break | Ìý |
1345-1355 Ìý 1355-1405 1405-1415 | -Oral health in young people - experiences from East Africa -The global burden of oral cancer Questions | Professor Anne Nordrehaug Ã…strøm, IKO Ìý Professor Anne-Christine Johannessen, K1 |
1415-1425 Ìý Ìý 1425-1435 Ìý 1435-1445 Ìý 1445-1450 | -The law and access to safe abortion services in Ethiopia, Zambia and Tanzania -When abortion becomes public: A case from rural Zambia Questions -Global indicators and maternity care documentation in rural Burkina Faso Questions | Professors Astrid Blystad and Karen Marie Moland, CIH-IGS Ìý PhD candidate Marte Haaland, CIH Ìý PhD candidate Andrea Melberg, CIH |
1450-1505 | Break | Ìý |
Ìý | Ìý | Chair: Professor Marit Bakke |
1505-1515 Ìý 1515-1525 Ìý 1525-1535 Ìý Ìý 1535-1545 | Biomarkers of TB disease and treatment response in Indian children Developing a new test for extrapulmonary TB Delivery strategies of post-discharge malaria chemoprevention (PMC) in children with severe anaemia in Malawi Status for developing a new vaccine – ETEC | Professor Harleen Grewal, K2 Ìý Professor Tehmina Mustafa, CIH Ìý PhD candidate Thandile Nkosi-Gondwe, CIH Ìý Ìý Researcher Kurt Hanevik, K2 Ìý |
1545-1600 | Break | Ìý |
Ìý | Ìý | Chair: Professor Sven G Hinderaker |
1600-1610 1610-1620 1620-1630 | Discovering Konzo Konzo today The children of Konzo | Professor William Howlett, KCMC, Tanzania Professor T. Tylleskär, CIH Researcher Esperance Abotnes, CIH |
1630-1645 | Break | Ìý |
1645-1655 Ìý Ìý 1655-1705 Ìý Ìý 1705-1715 Ìý Ìý Ìý 1715-1725 Ìý | Understanding immigrants youth adaptation Ìý B-vitamins, peanut butter, shit, snot, and zinc: 20 years of nutritional trials in Nepal and India “Intervention research in the era of undernutrition and HIV, experiences and reflections from the PROMISE consortium†Nutrition; a new transdisciplinary project | Professor David L. Sam, ISP and CIH Ìý Ìý Professor Tor Strand, CIH Ìý Ìý Professor Ingunn Engebretsen, CIH Ìý Ìý Ìý Professor Jutta Dierkes, K1 |
Ìý | 5 min break | Ìý |
1730-1800 | Panel discussion: Centre activities in the future. Partners? Topics? Methods? Location? | Panel discussion by Professor Andrea Winkler, UiO Professor Jon Ø. Odland, NTNU Avd.dir Bjørn G. Iversen, FHI PhD candidate Andrea Melberg PhD candidate Thandile Nkosi-Gondwe Moderator: Marion Solheim |
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1800-1815 1815-1830 | Comments from former directors at CIH Birthday greetings to CIH | Bjarne Bjorvatn, Rune Nilsen, Gunnar Kvåle |
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1830-2030 | Tapas and birthday cake | Ìý |