News about Global health

INTERN FOR KVINFOS INTERNATIONAL TEAM

KVINFO’S INTERNATIONAL TEAM IS LOOKING FOR AN INTERN WITH INTEREST IN AND KNOWLEDGE OF GENDER-RELATED ISSUES IN AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT. DEADLINE: FRIDAY 28 APRIL 2023.

Postdoctoral position within medical entomology and virology

Medical entomologist for a postdoc position to study zoonotic spillover processes in Southeast Asia Apply for this job About the position The Faculty of Science and Technology at the Norwegian University of Life…

Otieku E et al. Pharmacoecon Open 7: 257-271, 2023

Team PATHOGENESIS paper published

Isaeva E et al. BMC Open (in press)

Team PATHOGENESIS manuscript accepted

Environmental Justice

This course offers students the opportunity to learn how to understand and analyze, but also engage, in environmental justice conflicts and debates.

Project and Communication Manager at the Section Global Health

Project and Communication Manager at the Section Global Health, University of Copenhagen

Turning data into drawings: distributing children’s books on wild forest foods in East Africa

Research on how to improve food and nutrition security has the potential to make real-life contributions for local communities suffering from nutrient deficiencies. Yet, most research remains inaccessible to people who…

Call for abstracts: Continuity of chronic health care among forcibly displaced persons

University of Copenhagen’s School of Global Health is launching the UCPH Global Health Day on 14 September. The topic for 2023 is ‘Continuity of chronic health care among forcibly displaced persons’.

Lena Skovgaard Andersen is the new Director of University of Copenhagen’s School of Global Health

Professor Flemming Konradsen has passed the baton to Assistant Professor Lena Skovgaard Andersen when the board of the School of Global Health unanimously elected her as the new director of the School of Global Health.

New malaria study is good news for pregnant women

Each year, 13 million pregnant women get malaria, and as drug resistance increases, the disease is hard to control. A new study provides the WHO with new knowledge on prevention and treatment.

Do rules at folk high schools make sense for young people - What we learned from COVID-19

In June 2020, a study investigated staff and student reactions to folk high schools reopening under new COVID-19 guidelines.

Otieku E et al. BMJ Open 13: e065233, 2023

Team PATHOGENESIS paper published

Beyond Tanzania: PartoMa team is expanding to Ethiopia

The PartoMa team, renowned for their ground-breaking work in Tanzania, and researchers from Haramaya University, Ethiopia have received 50.000 USD from Laerdal Foundation to adapt the PartoMa approach to Ethiopia.

Borderland: Critical Approaches to Field Research in the Global South

Focusing on the research process rather than the mastery of a specific topic or method, it is not a methods course or a summer internship. Rather, it aims to provide students with the tools to raise and address…

Two PhD candidates in 'Impact Evaluation of Adolescent Health Policies and Interventions'

The Professorship for Public Health and Prevention at the Technical University of Munich is looking for two Research associates in the area of ‘Global Health - Impact Evaluation of Adolescent Health Policies and…

The Power of International Collaboration: The Future Looks Bright

Researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders from the health research community in Tanzania and Denmark gathered at the BSU Scientific Symposium 2023 to celebrate and share their experiences and insights from the…

New global health research projects about climate change and health in 2023

Danida Fellowship Center has granted the Global Health Section at the University of Copenhagen 30 million DKK for three new climate change and health related research projects in Tanzania, Kenya, and Bangladesh.

1,5 million USD for improving care during pregnancy in overburdened urban health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa

The PartoMa research team has received 10 million DKK from from Danida Fellowship Centre to support their work on improving quality of care in overburdened urban health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Intern to Danish Red Cross Anticipatory Actions for climate-induced disasters and displacements

The Danish Red Cross (DRC) is part of a global Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, which includes National Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies in 192 countries, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent…

Internship with PlanBørnefonden 2023

The intern will get an opportunity to work in close collaboration with staff from PlanBørnefonden and Plan staff in implementing countries on activities related to different activities. Deadline is 20.01.2023.

A successful online PhD course on the method Photovoice

The past month Y-ENGAGE facilitated a tailored PhD course intended to support our PhD students in aligning their Photovoice study designs with their particular research objectives.

Risk and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic

The study identified five key themes in the experiences of people living with chronic illnesses during the pandemic: wellbeing, normality, healthcare access, coping resources, and meaningfulness.

Obituary: Siri Tellier (2 April 1946 – 19 October 2022)

Global health and the Section of Global Health at the Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen has lost an inspiring scholar and infatigable spokeswoman for health and human rights.

Improving the efforts to support families in humanitarian crises

New research project sets out to evaluate the Nurturing Families intervention - a scalable, multi-sectoral, component-based intervention for families experiencing multiple difficulties.