Women’s access to positions of power and participation in decision-making processes in the health sector remain a huge challenge. Around 70 precent of health workers globally are women. Yet only one out of four health leaders are women. On the International Women’s Day, Women in Global Health Norway and the Centre for Global Health, SUSTAINIT (CGH) celebrated two Norwegian women who have made an exceptional impact in global health, Gro Harlem Brundtland and Sigrun Møgedal.
A new Norwegian network for Planetary Health will raise awareness of the interdependent relationship between human health and the health of the planet.
The Global Health Norway Conference 2023 left attendees with a renewed sense of optimism and determination to contribute to the fight for health equity. It provided a platform to discuss, learn, and reflect on the lessons from the pandemic and the steps needed to build resilient and equitable health systems.
The Centre for Global Health is opening up for applications for one additional Research ExceLlence and Innovation in Global HealTh (RELIGHT) project for the 2022-2024 period. The application deadline was 22 November 2023.
Women in Global Health Norway is happy to welcome Tore Godal as our new Goodwill Ambassador. Tore Godal's contributions to global health throughout his career cannot be overstated.
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.
Do you want to participate in an exciting and innovative center and shape the University of Oslo's (UiO's) global health agenda? We are looking for two students to be change agents in health in order to include the UN's sustainability goals in future health decisions - in the face of, for example, pandemics, antibiotic resistance, the wave of the elderly and overtreatment. Application deadline October 22th 2023.
The Women's Careers and Empowerment in Global Health seminar in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 26, 2023 addressed gender inequality in leadership positions in academia, non-governmental institutions, and private sector institutions related to global health and how to empower women in the field.
April 12 was a workshop day for the Sustainit unit, where employees from all three centers discussed values and exchanged interests in various projects.
Three Research Excellence and Innovation in Global Health (RELIGHT) projects were awarded funding for the 2022-2024 period. After one year, the three groups have provided a report outlining activities and progress.
The Faculty’s new knowledge cluster, The Sustainable Health Unit (SUSTAINIT), has hit the ground running, having already laid out careful plans and initiated several activities. The Unit was established in January and has already received NOK 11 million in external support. They are now seeking input from stakeholders on the strategic document currently being drafted.
The Centre for Medical Ethics and the Centre for Global Health at the University of Oslo is pleased to announce an open call for applicants for the “How to Teach (Bio)Ethics? - Training Course for Teachers in Ethics.”
As the new Head of Unit of SUSTAINIT, I feel incredibly proud and privileged to launch this new initiative with such a great team. At the seminar we started the important process of defining our identity, articulating our ambition, and identifying some core dilemmas and attention points, says Prof Eivind Engebretsen.
Alongside the 2022 Lancet Countdown Report on Health and Climate Change, a Policy Brief for Norway has been published for the second year in a row! Read the full report including the full briefing and recommendations from the policy brief.
The Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services and the Centre for Global Health at the University of Oslo hosted a symposium entitled, A World in Transitions: Implications for Priorities and Efficiencies in Global Health on October 14, 2022.
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Jeanette H. Magnus, Director of the Centre for Global Health at UiO contributed to discussions for a long-term plan for higher education and research at Universitets- og høgskolerådet (UHR) by presenting different paradigms and perspectives.
Global Health Norway established a working group including members from the Centre for Global Health to suggest global health competencies in Norwegian health sciences and medical education and training.
Over the last two days, the Centre for Global Health (CGH) has welcomed Marcelline Budza who is visiting Oslo to receive her 2020 Human Rights Award from the University of Oslo (UiO).
