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Competency-building at CIH (29.04.2014)
Obstetrician Robert Byamugisha epitomises some of the challenges and rewards of being a part of CIH鈥檚 competency-building activities in international health.
Early intervention research fits WUN research profile (07.04.2014)
Nine delegates from UiB participated in the 2014 annual WUN Conference, including two from CIH.
Sally el Tayeb
CIH researcher profiled on Udannet! (07.04.2014)
PhD candidate Sally el Tayeb gives a live interview for Knut Melv忙r鈥檚 podcast, Udannet.
Project economist, 脴yvind M酶rkedal
NORHED workshop at Makerere (21.03.2014)
NORHED, NORAD鈥檚 new programme, started in 2013. It aims to strengthen capacity in higher education in low-and middle-income countries.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION: The researchers from the study who were present at...
More children saved despite HIV positive mothers (07.03.2014)
Infants who are breastfed by HIV positive mothers are not infected by HIV if they are treated with certain medicines, according to new research at the University of Bergen with partners.
UiB Global Newsletter Feb. 2014 (10.02.2014)
Global and development-related research is one of two priority areas for research at the University of Bergen.
BSRS 2014: Governance to Meet Global Challenges (10.02.2014)
Students and teachers come from all over the world. Scientific input from both north and south is of great importance for the University of Bergen.
Be careful smelling the roses (04.02.2014)
Thinking of buying someone a bunch of roses? Maybe you should think again.
Applied economic evaluation in health care (24.01.2014)
This spring CIH offers a new course on economic evaluation. The course will be open for both masters and PhD students.
Makerere-UiB: a new frame agreement (10.12.2013)
In late November 2013, the coordinators from Makerere University and UiB met in Bergen to kick-start the process towards a new frame agreement.
Thorkild Tyllesk盲r, Khalid Azim Mughal, Martin Chieng Were, and Peter Khisa...
Health care: an information business (28.10.2013)
Africa is technologically advanced in several areas, but woefully unprepared for technologies that could revolutionise its health care.
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Paper from CIH in "HIV this month" (15.08.2013)
The paper "Strong effects of home-based voluntary HIV counselling and testing on acceptance and equity: a cluster randomised trial in Zambia" from CIH* was selected to be in the "HIV this month"
HIV related research projects
WHO: new HIV recommendations calling for earlier treatment (05.07.2013)
Earlier, safer and simpler antiretroviral therapy can push the HIV epidemic into irreversible decline declares WHO. Article questions whether the recommendations are evidence based.
NORHED results: CIH partner in 5 projects (05.07.2013)
The Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development (NORHED)has announced the results from the first application round, and CIH is a partner in 5 large research projects.
Mercy Njeru
CIH publication one of 10 best resources on mixed methods research (12.04.2013)
Mercy Njeru鈥檚 paper on HIV testing has been selected as one of the top ten resources on mixed methods research in health systems.
India
NOK 2 billion to new Centres of Excellence (12.11.2012)
The Research Council of Norway has granted 13 research groups status as Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF centres), among them the CIH based Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child health.
William Howlett
Free online textbook on neurology (01.10.2012)
In Africa neurological disorders are a common cause of disability and death. The textbook 鈥淣eurology in Africa鈥� is specifically written for Sub-Saharan Africa by Dr. William Howlett, physician and neurologist in Tanzania.
Female health workers in Tanzania.
Health workers prefer public sector (20.09.2012)
In Tanzania, health workers in rural areas prefer to work in the public sector, even though the church-run hospitals mostly provide better patient care and are better equipped. A favourably pension scheme seems to be part of the reason.

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