Arrangementer

MSc Hilde Pettersen Notø at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Dust Exposure among European Cement Production Workers. Determinants of Thoracic Aerosol Exposure and Relationships between Different Aerosol Fractions.” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Hilde Pettersen Notø at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Health related arguments and suggestions on occupational hygiene sampling of substances simultaneously occurring in both vapor and particle phase, with discrimination between the phases.

The theme of this years Global Mental Health Day is 'Global Psychiatry and Neurology - the new number one burden of disease'. The seminar will feature eminent experts from Asia, Latin America and Europe.

MSc Hanneke Pot at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Global norms and local brokers: an ethnography of an international NGO project to ‘reduce teenage pregnancies’ in rural Malawi” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Hanneke Pot at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: "Discuss how brokers operate in the fields of power in global health".

M.Phil. Cynthia Khamala Wangamati at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Sexual violence against minors in Western Kenya: Community perceptions and institutional responses” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD. Andrea Solnes Miltenburg at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Quality of Maternity Care in Rural Tanzania: Understanding Local Realities and Identification of Opportunities for Improvement” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Phil. Cynthia Khamala Wangamati at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: “Comprehensive sexuality education: Adaptation and implementation challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa”.

MD. Andrea Solnes Miltenburg at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: "Reducing the maternal and neonatal burden of infective morbidity in low resource settings".

Cand.med. Niels Einar Kirkhus at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Exposure and pulmonary effects in offshore drill floor workers” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Niels Einar Kirkhus at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: "Occupational exposure and health risks in the offshore petroleum industry."

Foredrag ved Edvin Schei, professor ved Det medisinske fakultets Enhet for læring og ved Institutt for global helse og samfunnsmedisin, UiB.

The theme and title of this years conference is "Competence building for impact – time for revolution".

Foredrag ved Bente Kristin Johansen, fagsjef i i Legeforeningen og prosjektleder for Gjør kloke valg-kampanjen.

MA. Rannveig Svendby at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis "Becoming the ‘Other’ A qualitative study of power, masculinities and disabilities in the lives of young drivers after road traffic accidents" for the degree of PhD.

MA. Rannveig Svendby at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: "Understanding masculinity and the corporeal through feminist theories of embodiment and materiality".

As Ghana seeks to expand primary health services, how do past experiences shape current perceptions and expectations? David Bannister will survey the history of Ghana's health system in our next Global Health Unpacked seminar.

M.Sc. Kjersti Stormark Rabanal at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis "Cardiovascular disease and ethnicity - Focus on the high risk of CVD among South Asians living in Norway and New Zealand" for the degree of PhD.

M.Sc. Kjersti Stormark Rabanal at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: "CVD risk prediction - past, present and future".

Store gap mellom forskningsresultater, praksis og pasientbehov kan medføre mangel på likeverdige helsetjenester og dårlige helse for noen innvandrergrupper.

Foredrag ved Andreas Ringen, psykiater og forsker (PhD).

In the current global effort to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and universal health coverage (UHC), maternity care is squarely in the center. Since the year 2000 coverage of facility delivery and skilled birth attendance increased, while the maternal mortality ratio decreased, at rates slower than hoped for, partially because of inadequate quality of care.

MPH Mahteme Haile Workneh ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden Philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): The Dual Burden of Tuberculosis and Diabetes Mellitus in the South-Eastern Amhara Region, Ethiopia