Per Fugelli lecture: Rwanda’s journey to an equitable health system
Eilert Sundts hus, UiO
Globvac 2020
Oslo
The annual Global Health Day has been organised every fall since 2010, with both national and international speakers and participants. This 10th Global Health Day was hosted by NTNU and focused on malnutrition as a global challenge and humanitarian interventions in conflict areas.
Når nyfødte med lav fødselsvekt blir holdt tett inntil mors kropp i store deler av døgnet i første levemåned øker deres sjanser til å overleve betydelig. UiB-forskere fulgte 8400 spedbarn i India og fant at sjansen for å overleve økte med hele 30 prosent.
The effort to fight polio can be described as a “success story”, with millions of children and adults having been protected from death or lifelong disability. However, an expert panel says it is not quite over and efforts are still needed to reach eradication.
Every summer, engineering students from NTNU take part in a non-profit humanitarian aid project in Nepal. They spend their holiday repairing hospital equipment.
Expert group outlines steps to prepare for – and mitigate – the effects of a widespread global health emergency that could kill millions, damage global economy.
UiB and UiO were well represented at the 11th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health in Liverpool. In 2021, the University of Bergen will host the conference in Bergen.
