News about Public health

Unravelling Water Scarcity and Pathogen Transmission: PhD Research Stay in Bangladesh

Sara Almeida is a PhD fellow at COPE and her research is part of the DANIDA funded WatScarce project, a multidisciplinary project studying the influence of water scarcity on pathogen transmission in low-income urban…

New research centre on complex health issues

Professor Naja Hulvej Rod will be heading a new research centre focussing on complex health issues. The Copenhagen Health Complexity Center has been made possible by a six-year grant of DKK 30 million from TrygFonden.

Bolette Frydendahl Larsen: The everyday life of people living with HIV/AIDS in Denmark

Meet Bolette Frydendahl Larsen, a postdoc at the Centre for Gender, Sexuality and Difference, University of Copenhagen.

Borgernes forståelser af skybrud og andre beredskabshændelser samt forventninger til kommunikation i Frederiksberg Kommune

Nina Blom Andersen and Louise Hill have published a report (in Danish) presenting the findings from the Danish LINKS case study on cloud bursts in the city of Frederiksberg. Based on a comprehensive study involving both…

Student experience in the Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Methods course, Chennai 2024

As part of the Master of Disaster Management programme, this year’s Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Methods (VRAM) elective was hosted in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India in partnership with the Indian Institute of…

Helle Samuelsen: How civil servants promote climate change adaptation in Burkina Faso

The School of Global Health's Global Health Research Spotlight series focuses on global health researchers from the University of Copenhagen.

Researchers warn: Denmark will drain the Philippines and India of the health care workers they themselves need

Denmark has far better coverage of healthcare professionals than India and the Philippines, which report a shortage of nurses. "Ethically worrying" that Denmark wants to recruit from there, say three researchers.

Healthy Future exhibition features Peter Kjær Mackie Jensen

COPE member and associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, Peter Kjær Mackie Jensen is featured in a new exhibition inaugurated by the Dean of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Bente Merete…

Social media and crowdsourcing in disaster risk management: Trends, gaps, and insights from the current state of research

Social media and crowdsourcing (SMCS) are increasingly used as tools to govern disasters. Nevertheless, we have a limited understanding of how these technologies support disaster risk management (DRM). Based on a…

Climate Change Resilience in Small Communities in the Nordic Countries (CliCNord)

Climate change is also affecting the Nordic countries, and there are vulnerable geographical areas that will be particularly affected by an increasing number of devastating natural events.

Interview with Marianne Bach Mosebo

Meet Marianne Bach Mosebo, Assistant Professor at the University College Copenhagen. She is currently working on the project ‘Scope of drones and AI usage in disaster management and humanitarian aid’, in cooperation wit…

Living and Working through Heatwaves in Urban Chennai- Field Reflections

Globally heat is becoming an urgent disaster that needs to be acted upon. Heatwaves are progressively becoming more severe with increasing frequency.

Rethinking Vulnerability in the Nordic countries: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Researchers Emmanuel Raju, Claudia Morsut, Olivier Rubin, Gyöngyi Kovács, Johan von Schreeb, Carina King and Anne Bach Nielsen have published their new study in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction titled…

High air pollution in Denmark may impact children's academic performance

Pollution from traffic, farming and wood stoves may have a negative effect on children’s cognitive development. So a new study of Danish students’ performance in the lower secondary school leaving examination suggests.

Magdalena Bogucewicz: Migrant healthcare in humanitarian contexts

The School of Global Health's Global Health Research Spotlight series focuses on global health researchers from the University of Copenhagen.

Women in Global Health Denmark is looking for coordinators and volunteers

The Danish chapter of Women in Global Health (WGH DK) is seeking new core group members and working group volunteers. WGH DK’s aim is to challenge power and privilege for gender equity in health – in Denmark and beyond.

Inaugural Lecture by Professor Olivier Rubin

We would like to invite you all to the inaugural lecture by the newly appointed Professor Olivier Rubin on April 5th 2024, at 14:00 (CET) in Building 25, room 25.1-035, at Roskilde University.

Preliminary findings shared with the press team at Makerere University

Postdoctoral researchers Ritah Nakanjako and Esther Nanfuka Kalule recently shared some preliminary findings from the CONTINUITY project with the press team at Makerere University. One of the core messages is that…

Preparations for survey data collection and analysis of Photovoice data in Bidibidi refugee settlement

February was a busy month for the team of researchers working in the Bididbidi refugee settlement in Uganda. A refreshers training was done, preparing Village Health Team members (VHTs) for their crucial role in…

Identifying and tracing fake drugs

Else Holmfred from IF is postdoc at Stanford University where she develops methods, not only to identify fake drugs, but also ultimately to trace where in the world the drug has been produced.

With regular exercise, medical weight loss treatment does not have to be permanent

For nearly a year, we have been debating weight loss drugs like Wegovy, Zepbound, Saxenda and similar products and what happens when people stop taking them. Are they able to maintain weight loss? A new Danish study…

David Nogués Bravo: The global health burden of biodiversity loss

The School of Global Health's Global Health Research Spotlight series focuses on global health researchers from the University of Copenhagen.

Exploring the impacts of social media and crowdsourcing on disaster resilience

This paper provides insights into the ongoing research and findings of the LINKS project, which focuses on the application of SMCS technologies in disasters. Indeed, the overall objective of LINKS is strengthening the…

Week Sex: 6 myths about sexual health

Is herpes always contagious or only during outbreaks? Does the pill cause long-term infertility issues? And was female ‘hysteria’ really treated with orgasms by doctors in the past? Every year, there is an entire week…