News about Global health

New PhD project: Mental health and psychosocial support interventions in low resource settings

A new PhD project aims to bridge the gaps and barriers in effective mental health and psychosocial support interventions in conflict-affected low resource settings.

Treating depression and improving adherence in people living with HIV in South Africa

A recent study published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society shows that it is possible to treat depression and improve adherence in HIV care, through culturally appropriate psychological interventions.

Mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies

This new podcast series will take you through the emergence and development of approaches to mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings.

Zebrafish reproduction affected by plastic particles in the aquatic environment

Plastic nanoparticles cause mild inflammation, disrupt metabolic pathways, change the gut microbiota and affect reproduction in zebrafish.

The risk of developing kidney disease among type 1 diabetes patients in Rwanda

A new study from the University of Copenhagen, Rwanda Diabetes Association and the World Diabetes Foundation gives a rare look into people living with type 1 diabetes and the subsequent risk of developing kidney disease…

Researchers: WHO guidelines are unattainable in poor countries

What do you do in a country like Tanzania, for example, when the WHO says that all countries must set up COVID centers?

Video: Demographic challenges and opportunities in Asia and Africa

Watch the video recording of Reiner Klingholz' keynote address 'Demographic challenges and opportunities in Asia and Africa' at the international conference 'Asia and Africa in Transition'.

Video: Foodborne Infections and Outbreaks - in Denmark and beyond

Watch the video recording of Steen Ethelberg's inaugural lecture 'Foodborne Infections and Outbreaks - in Denmark and beyond'.

See the winning solutions of the Global Health Case Challenge 2021

See the winning solutions of the University of Copenhagen's seventh international Global Health Case Challenge.

New online course: Chronically Ill in an Emergency - Why Mental Health Matters

The University of Copenhagen have launched a new online course about integrating mental health and psychosocial support for noncommunicable diseases in humanitarian settings.

New online course: Urbanisation and Health – Promoting Sustainable Solutions

Join our new online course, "Urbanisation and Health – Promoting Sustainable Solutions" for free now.

New educational resources about innovation in global health

University of Copenhagen has produced a series of freely available modules and online lectures about innovation in global health.

A student solution for Brazil's mass vaccination problem

A multidisciplinary team consisting of five students from Global Health, Global Development, and Medicine represented the University of Copenhagen at the 2021 Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition.

New Global Health Case Challenge: Improving quality of care at birth in the wake of COVID-19

There is a new student case challenge in town! University of Copenhagen is re-launching its popular international Global Health Case Challenge in collaboration with three Nordic universities.

The fight against diarrheal diseases in Bangladesh

Rebeca Sultana has spent the last six years investigating diarrheal diseases including cholera transmission in a low-income urban community in Dhaka. Read her story here.

Failing to see the wood for the trees may be preventing better outcomes in cardiovascular disease

Managing single risk factors like blood pressure rather than looking at overall risk may be wasting scarce resources in countries where cardiovascular disease (CVD) is on the rise, according to a new study.

The winners of the first 4EU+ Urban Health Case Challenge

On 23-27 November 2020, the 4EU+ University Alliance and the School of Global Health at University of Copenhagen hosted the first ever 4EU+ Urban Health Case Challenge.

University of Copenhagen is increasing its efforts within global mental health

With the employment of professor Wietse A. Tol and postdoc Lena Skovgaard Andersen a team is set to build on and strengthen existing efforts around global mental health at University of Copenhagen.

Five decades and five milestones of sexual and reproductive health and rights

Watch Siri Tellier's keynote speech about her five decades long career within sexual and reproductive health and rights.

After hard working days she rested by the beautiful Ebola River

This is the remarkable story of the surgeon Margrethe Rask, who went to work on a mission hospital near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Professor: Risiko for at svin kan udløse ny pandemi

DR.DK: Svin har tidligere været årsag til en pandemi, og det kan ske igen, vurderer professor.

Fighting COVID-19 in the Middle East, North Africa and the Philippines

We have asked two graduates from our master programme in Disaster Management how they are dealing with COVID-19 in their daily work and what the situation looks like in the Middle East, North Africa and The Philippines.

Paradise Under Pressure

Paradise Under Pressure – new podcast series reveals the consequences of increased tourism in Zanzibar.

Community-directed interventions against schistosomiasis in Malawi

A research project in Malawi sets out to test the effectiveness of community-directed interventions against schistosomiasis.