News about 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.

Maasai men develop lifestyle diseases during calorie-saturated health refuge

Every year, many Maasai men go on a four-week long health refuge in the bush. Here, they consume huge amounts of meat and eat herbs.

Global Health Case Challenge 2019: And the winners are...

The winners of the Global Health Case Challenge 2019 are...

From Thule Air Base to Gala Dinner at D’Angleterre

Internationalisation in education creates unique opportunities for students. Global health student, Alina Aiesha Khan, recognised for her work on arctic health issues in the US military.

Global Health Case Challenge 2017 - The Winning Solution

On 23-24 November 2017 students from all over the world participated in the Global Health Case Challenge.

'2030 Hive Mind' - a Sustainable Development Goals game

Soumya Chattopadhyay, Senior Research Fellow, describes why he contributed to gamify the Sustainable Development Goals.

GREEiNSECT Technical brief #1

Technical brief #1: Insects as food and feed in Kenya – past, current and future perspectives now available

Afton Halloran in EU parliament about insects as Novel Food

Workshop on new foods and dishes by Roberto Flore, Head Chef of Nordic Food Lab, and Afton Halloran, GREEiNSECT, University of Copenhagen

Herbal abortion helps African women

Researchers have examined a number of plants which are used for illegal abortions in Tanzania. Several of the plants can be used to stop lethal bleedings after birth.