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The Centre for Global Health proudly introduces its Student Advisory Group!

Did you miss the One Health in the 21st Century Conference? Here you will find the full conference, in addition to accepted poster presentations and more!

Alongside the 2021 Lancet Countdown Report on Health and Climate Change, a Policy Brief for Norway has been published! Read the full report including the full briefing and recommendations from the policy brief here.

Successful research requires systematic preparation, planning, critical thinking and dedicated work. This free and open online course might help you answer the above question.

We are pleased to share this mid-year report outlining the progress and activities of The Lancet One Health Commission and what is still to come.

The Centre for Global Health is proud to celebrate its new crosscutting theme, Gender in Global Health with an online launch event including UiO's 2020 Human Rights Award winner, Marcelline Budza - June 15th.  

The Centre for Global Health is excited to announce that the Research ExceLlence and Innovation in Global HealTh (RELIGHT) programme is open and accepting applications! RELIGHT has been created to assist research groups in advancing their global health agenda through project development support. Deadline extended: 1 October 2021

In this Uniforum article (directly translated), Espen Bjertness, Professor and Head of UiO's research collaboration MY-NORTH in Myanmar, provides a status update with ongoing projects and the current political conflict in Myanmar.

The three RELIGHT – Research ExceLlence and Innovation in Global HealTh research groups have been working hard over the past two years to advance their global health agendas. Take a look into their recent activities and their plans for the last year of the funding program.

The Centre for Global Health is pleased to announce its 2021-2023 strategic plan and new management structure including Deputy Directors from all three Institutes at the Faculty of Medicine.

During a PhD, students are not just learning about their research topic. PhD students are also learning and accumulating core skills that apply to the future, both in and out of academia. Listen to the skills Professor Johanne Sundby suggests a PhD student will need.

JAHEE is a European collaborative project where Member States work jointly to address health inequalities and achieve greater equity in health outcomes across all groups in society, in all participating countries and in Europe at large.

The Lancet One Health Commission co-hosted the session, “Climate Change and One Health,” at the 2020 World Health Summit in Berlin. View the Co-chairs of the Commission as they participate during this session’s panel discussion!

The Lancet One Health Commission co-hosted the session titled, “Pandemics and Operationalizing One Health: Working within the Framework of the Global Action Plan for SDG3,” at the 2020 World Health Summit in Berlin. View the session!

Two affiliated University of Oslo researchers will be presenting during the upcoming GLOBVAC 2020 webinar series.

The Norwegian Research School of Global Health hosted a photo contest during the two-day 4^th Annual PhD Conference. Congratulations to the winners!

Norway has been awarded the UN Prize for its strategy, “Better Health, Better Lives - Combating Non-Communicable Diseases in the Context of Norwegian Development Policy 2020-2024." 

We are thrilled to announce Jacinta Victoria S. Muinde, Postdoctoral Research Fellow from the Institute of Health and Society at UiO has been awarded the ASAUK (African Studies Association of the UK) Audrey Richards Prize 2020 for the best PhD dissertation in African Studies. 

BI Norwegian Business School (BI) is conducting interesting projects, which involves the Centre for Global Health (CGH) at the University of Oslo (UiO) and its partners, specifically aiming to design supply chains that function as intended, both under normal conditions and in crises, such as the ongoing pandemic.

Understand and harness the key elements of a succinct research plan while preparing your PhD proposal.  Join our Massive Open Online Course (MOOC).

The three RELIGHT – Research ExceLlence and Innovation in Global HealTh research groups have been working hard over the past year to advance their global health agendas. Take a look into their recent activities and their plans moving forward.

The Centre for Global Health (CGH) has a new leadership team for 2020-2022 effective as of May 1^st, 2020.

In honor of Earth Day 2020 and the urgent need to protect nature and our health, the Centre for Global Health, UiO is proud to announce our membership with the Planetary Health Alliance.

In 2020, World Health Day focuses on the vital role played by nurses and midwives in providing health care around the world and call for strengthening the nursing and midwifery workforce.