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Researchers reveal malaria's deadly grip

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:00:00 +0200

Discovery of how parasite sticks to blood vessels could lead to new means to combat malaria.

PhD Course: Severe acute malnutrition in children

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:30:00 +0200

Leading international experts are lecturing on this upcoming PhD course on severe acute malnutrition...

Help us give young mothers a better future

Tue, 07 May 2013 08:45:00 +0200

In the occasion of Mother’s Day this upcoming Sunday 12 May, the University of Copenhagen, School...

Upcoming PhD course: Foundations of economic evaluation in health care: The case of low-income countries

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:30:00 +0200

This PhD course will provide the participants with the basic knowledge to understand the methodology...

2nd call for abstracts - extended deadline

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:45:00 +0200

We look forward to seeing you at the 8th European Congress in Tropical Medicine and International Health...

The European Course in Tropical Epidemiology

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:30:00 +0200

Do you need to refresh or update your knowledge on tropical epidemiology? Perhaps the forthcoming "32nd...

Lancet Editorial -Two birds with one stone

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +0200

At the International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases meeting on coinfections held in London,...

Second announcement - 8th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:45:00 +0100

With 51 sessions now confirmed and strong commitment from the National Societies for Tropical Medicine...

Apply for the Master of International Health

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:15:00 +0100

There is less than a month until the application deadline for Master of International Health at University...

Who studies the Master of Disaster Management?

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:00:00 +0100

Where do our students come from and where do they find work? To find out more we made an alumni...

Apply now for the summerschools in August

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:45:00 +0100

The Copenhagen School of Global Health offers two summerschools in August and the deadline for applications...

Two upcoming intensive courses in collaboration with the University of Porto

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0100

In May and June Copenhagen HIV Programme will be conducting two intensive courses in collaboration with...

BSU workshops at International Health

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:45:00 +0100

Monday to Wednesday this week, representatives from the BSU Platform on Human Health partner institutions...

Two new short films about African studies

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:00:00 +0100

In both of the films students share their background, their expectations and their experiences from studying...

Engaging Students and Young Professionals: Global Health Beyond 2015

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:15:00 +0100

4-5 April, the Swedish Society of Medicine and partners invites students and young Global Health professionals...

Enrol in new global health online course

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:00:00 +0100

Last week the University of Copenhagen joined the rapidly growing platform for free and open online courses...

University of Copenhagen partner in online learning platform

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:30:00 +0100

The University of Copenhagen is now an official partner in the world's most important platform for online...

Two global health PhD-courses coming up

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:15:00 +0100

Improve your skills within 'Data visualization in global health' and 'Qualitative Research in Global...

A Matter of Mastering the Game

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:45:00 +0100

Frederikke Storm finished her master’s studies at Public Health Science with her Master’s...

PHH teaches research management and leadership skills in Moshi, Tanzania

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:45:00 +0100

Just before Christmas, the Platform on Human Health (PHH), conducted a one-week crash course...

TV report from 63 km run in Mexico's mountains

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:30:00 +0100

The Tarahumara Indians in Mexico are famous for their ability to run far and fast even in difficult terrain....

What can global social movements learn from microbes?

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:00:00 +0100

In the PLOS blog, microbiologist Sandeep Kishore argues that global social movents could learn a...

Workshop on Nutrition and HIV in Africa

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:30:00 +0100

This workshop is suitable for clinicians, public health workers, and postgraduate students interested...

Comment: Climate Change and Obesity?

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:45:00 +0100

In this article from the University Post, PhD fellow Alessandro Demaio argues that good policies...

NATO Youth Summit 2013

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:00:00 +0100

Model NATO Youth Summit 2013 will be taking place in Brussel 8-13 July 2013 and the summit is now open...

A new centre to analyse future disasters

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:15:00 +0100

A new centre at the University of Copenhagen and CBS will equip relief aid organisations, authorities,...

Global Trade: for healthy populations or healthy profits?

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:15:00 +0100

Blog post by Jo Jewell, Policy and Public Affairs Manager at World Cancer Research Fund International,...

Breaking the ice with qualitative research methods in health

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:00:00 +0100

8 – 19 October 2012 2 researchers and 6 PhD students from the University of Copenhagen participated...

When push comes to nudge - playing on behaviours to generate healthy action

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:30:00 +0100

Jason Calvert, a pragmatist and a health economist with a passion for health promotion, non-communicable...

Three thoughts from Translational Global Health

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:15:00 +0100

In 2012, the Global Health community is at a crossroads: politically, socially, economically and technologically....

Why is HIV still a major public health problem in Mozambique?

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:15:00 +0100

In 2009 -2012 the University of Copenhagen, Denmark offered the short course “HIV Prevention, Care,...

Health for Continents and Billions

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:15:00 +0100

Welcome to the new PLOS Blog on Global Health. Aiming to challenge and inspire, this blog explores some...

New invention helps reduce pesticide suicides

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:30:00 +0100

Pesticides are one of the world’s most common suicide methods. In Sri Lanka a new container makes...

Apply now for PhD courses from Research Programme in Global Health

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:30:00 +0100

In the spring of 2013 the RPGH offers four interesting PhD courses on global health policy, economic...

Could families be a key to prevent type 2 diabetes in Uganda?

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Jannie Nielsen is a PhD fellow at the University of Copenhagen and she is currently situated in Kasese...

Diabetes and obesity is a growing problem i Africa

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:00:00 +0100

Associate Professor Dirk Lund Christensen explains about ongoing research on how starvation during pregnancy...

Learning national strategies for disaster risk reduction

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:00:00 +0100

12-23 November, the University of Copenhagen School of Global Health together with NIRAS will run the...

Our cities are not designed to make healthy living easy

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:45:00 +0100

A significant reason why people are increasingly overweight is because the default position for the modern,...

Ali Salanti receives Phase II Grand Challenges Explorations Funding

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:00:00 +0100

Ali Salanti and the VAR2CSA team at Centre for Medical Parasitology will receive Phase II funding through...

New guidelines for early detection of HIV

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:30:00 +0100

HIV in Europe has published a comprehensive set of guidelines for Early detection of HIV - HIV Indicator...

Open access: everyone has the right to information

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:15:00 +0200

This week, we celebrate open access week – an event aimed at bringing attention to this rapidly...

The first global society for health system research takes off

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:30:00 +0200

On 31 October, the world’s first global society for research on health systems takes off. CHIP,...

Sucessful PhD course on Rapid Assessment Research

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:30:00 +0200

From October 8-19, Dr David Beran from the University of Geneva and Dr Alessandro Demaio of University...

Dying women brought new life to PhD project

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:45:00 +0200

Observing several episodes of faulty treatment at a Tanzania hospital inspired a Danish doctor to change...

Global Health Minders - new independent think net

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:30:00 +0200

New Danish network of experts and researchers within global health launced today, on the International...

Chloroquine makes comeback to combat malaria

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 07:00:00 +0200

Resistance monitoring shows that the previously efficacious drug chloroquine is once again beginning...

Third-world obesity linked to foetal underweight

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:00:00 +0200

A Danish professor argues in the journal Science that fighting infections in developing countries also...

Legal research can solve developing countries' problems

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:00:00 +0200

The European Commission has awarded law professor Morten Broberg the prestigious Jean Monnet...

One year on, what has the UN meeting on non-communicable diseases achieved?

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:30:00 +0200

It's been a year since UN's first summit on non communicable diseases, one year on, let’s look...

Eurostars grant for malaria vaccine development

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:30:00 +0200

The Biotech companies ExpreS2ion Biotechnologies and Mucosis BV have together with University of Copenhagen...

New strategies needed to combat disease in developing countries

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:00:00 +0200

Research suggests that dividing campaigns into combating either non-communicable or communicable diseases...

What Danes can learn about health from the African Maasai tribe

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:15:00 +0200

Associate Professor Dirk Lund Christensen outlines how the African Maasai people avoid metabolic diseaeses,...

Preventing obesity - and much more, that is global health in the 21st century

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:00:00 +0200

“We need strong policies which address the environmental determinants of choice - food, transport...

CHIP annual report 2011 is now online

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:45:00 +0200

The annual report from Copenhagen HIV Programme 2011 is now avaible.

Young researcher on the trail of herbal snakebite antidote

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 09:00:00 +0200

A PhD student has drawn on nature’s own pharmacy to help improve the treatment of snakebites in...

Poor oral health reduces life quality - and hits AIDS patients hard

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:45:00 +0200

Social inequality within oral health is a great problem all over the world. But the inequality is especially...

The World's best news - development aid makes a difference!

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:00:00 +0200

If you are in Denmark tomorrow Friday, 14 September - you might meet the messengers for 'The World’s...

The Maasai tribe stay healty despite fatty diet

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:45:00 +0200

The Maasai in East Africa consume a fatty diet, but they don’t seem to suffer from lifestyle diseases....

The International Diabetes Federation: losing its credibility by partnering with Nestlé?

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:00:00 +0200

Mixing sweets and health politics is anything but a nutritious cocktail, state Professor Max de...

BSU partners from Ghana, Tanzania and Zanzibar visited Denmark

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:15:00 +0200

27 August – 1 September, representatives from the Platform on Human Health’s partner universities...

Name competition for global health think tank

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:15:00 +0200

Soon Denmark will launch its first global health think tank, what should it be called? E-mail you creative...

"E" is for everything else, not least for expanding HIV testing in Europe

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:15:00 +0200

HIV testing rates are unacceptably low everywhere, even in Europe. In some eastern European countries,...

How does the Global Fund invest in harm reduction, AIDS, TB and malaria?

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:00:00 +0200

In July at the annual AIDS conference in Washington, Jeff Lazarus from Copenhagen HIV programme talked...

Welcome to MIH, MDMA and European Public Health students 2012

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:00:00 +0200

The new classes of Master of Disaster Management, Master of International Health and Master of European...

Apply now for PhD-course on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in a resource poor setting

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:45:00 +0200

Application deadline for this new 4.2 ECTS PhD course is 28 September.

Global maternal health conference in Tanzania

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:45:00 +0200

MDH and Maternal Health Taskforce invites all interested to the Global Maternal Health conference,...

Course in Zanzibar: infectious diseases and international child health

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:45:00 +0200

In January 2013, Rigshospitalet and the University of Copenhagen is organising a one week course...

Millions of diabetics could die of tuberculosis

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:00:00 +0200

Recent research demonstrates that the risk of tuberculosis breaking out is four times as likely if a...

Tropical tree extract can clean drinking water

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:00:00 +0200

An extract with seed from the Moringa tree can prevent parasites from entering a person’s intestines, shows...

Voice your ideas to Africa's future leaders

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:45:00 +0200

Do you have five words you would say to Africa’s future leaders if you could? Now you’ve...

NCD 3T meetings start in Copenhagen

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0200

The NCD 3T (Third Thursday of the month) meeting is a new global initiative of the Young Professionals...

A day dedicated to "bounce back-ability"

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:15:00 +0200

On 8 May the Copenhagen School of Global Helath together with NOHA dedicated a whole day to investigate...

South African daffodils may be a future cure for depression

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:00:00 +0200

Scientists have discovered that plant compounds from a South African flower may in time be used to treat...

Father's Day - an informal meeting on sexuality, male circumcision and sex selection

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:30:00 +0200

What comes after Mothers’ day? The day celebrating the influence of fathers in society: Fathers’...

Pre-departure workshop and handbook for students going abroad

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:45:00 +0200

On Friday June 8th, the first "pre-departure training" workshop for students going abroad was held, with...

Handbook for students going abroad

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:45:00 +0200

Copenhagen School of Global Health has developed a guide for students who are going on placements in...

Call for Papers: National Security, Risk Management and the Transformation of Bureaucratic Ethics

Thu, 31 May 2012 13:45:00 +0200

Centre for Advanced Security Theory (CAST) at University of Copenhagen has issued a call for papers for...

Video from PhD Defense - Sedimentation and resuspension of helminth eggs in water

Thu, 31 May 2012 11:15:00 +0200

Mita Eva Sengupta has for the first time provided an insight into how different types of helminth eggs...

Five myths about the global epidemic of chronic diseases

Tue, 29 May 2012 10:00:00 +0200

The eyes and ears of the global health world were firmly fixed on Geneva last week for the 2012 World...

Copenhagen NCD meeting links South and North experiences

Tue, 29 May 2012 13:00:00 +0200

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and respiratory diseases, can...

Course on multi-variable statistics in Nairobi

Mon, 21 May 2012 17:15:00 +0200

University of Copenhagen's Section for Parasitology, Health and Development (PSU) and University of Nairobi's...

New discoveries about severe malaria could lead to new interventions

Mon, 21 May 2012 21:00:00 +0200

Researchers from Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, the University of Copenhagen and the University...

DBL Annual Report 2011 out now

Mon, 14 May 2012 15:00:00 +0200

The Annual Report 2011 of DBL - Centre for Health Research and Development at University of Copenhagen...

Have a Mother's Day cup of coffee

Thu, 10 May 2012 17:00:00 +0200

If you are in Copenhagen, Denmark during this week, and if you are a coffee drinker, you might find...

Student mission to Mission Pharma

Wed, 09 May 2012 14:15:00 +0200

On 3 May 16 master students were on mission to Mission Pharma in Lynge as part of the special module...

Call for Papers and Presentations: EADI Disasters and Development Working Group

Mon, 07 May 2012 15:30:00 +0200

Call for papers for the first workshop of the European Association of Development Institutes (EADI) Working...

Charter - NCD Stakeholder Action Meeting

Wed, 02 May 2012 10:00:00 +0200

The Charter from the NCD stakeholder action meeting 19-20 March has been sent to the Minister for Development...

World Malaria Day - fighting maternal malaria

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:30:00 +0200

At the Centre for Medical Parasitology, the VAR2CSA-team is working on a vaccine against pregnancy related...

Global Report for Research on Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:45:00 +0200

Earlier this week WHO, UNICEF, UNDP and the World Bank released the latest Global Report for Research...

Video from debate meeting 26 March

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:45:00 +0200

If you missed the debate meeting on Danish development policy on 26 March in Copenhagen, you can watch...

Cross-sectoral collaboration is needed to make sanitation projects work

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:15:00 +0100

Access to water and sanitation has high political priority in Vietnam, but the efforts seldom reach the...

Chickens cause serious infections in humans

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:15:00 +0100

Intestinal bacteria from poultry can infect humans and cause urinary tract infections. A new study looks...

New indicator diseases reveal hidden HIV

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0100

An international study under the leadership of the HIV in Europe initiative has revealed that a number...

Rainforest plant combats multi-resistant bacterial strains

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Researchers have discovered a natural substance in a Chilean avocado plant that is active in combination...

Impressions from Health Systems Financing Seminar

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0100

On 17 February 2012 the Copenhagen School of Global Health hosted a health-financing seminar on social...

Tapeworm parasites in the brain give epilepsy

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:45:00 +0100

Traces of pork tapeworm that end in the human brain can cause epilepsy, but both the parasite and its...

PhD course: Ethics of health research involving humans in resource-poor settings

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:45:00 +0100

The Research Programme in Global Health is offering a PhD course in Ethics of health...

Vietnamese farmers fear the smell

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0100

Vietnamese farmers fertilise the soil by spreading human excrement on the fields with their bare hands....

Schooling protects fleeing children from disease

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:15:00 +0100

Fresh research results from the University of Copenhagen show that just a few hours of schooling a week...

Cerebral malaria risk is gene-linked

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:15:00 +0100

Europeans are three times more likely to develop cerebral malaria than Africans. The difference appears...

Three PhD courses on malaria are coming up

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:30:00 +0100

Three PhD courses on malaria are offered in spring, and they are open for registration now.

Short course in collaboration with UNOSAT: Geo Information in Disaster Situations

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:15:00 +0100

Still two vacant seats on Geneva based short course in March 2012.

Community health observatory kicks off in Malaysia - a new UCPH collaboration

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:30:00 +0100

SEACO in Malaysia will give a unique insight to how e.g. culture, family, jobs and the economy shape...

Montreal WHO Simulation 2012

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:15:00 +0100

If you are a student and are in the area of Montreal 23-25 March. Or if you have the opportunity to...

University of Copenhagen and Danish Red Cross team up

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:45:00 +0100

Copenhagen School of Global Health has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Danish Red Cross. The...

Intensified efforts against malaria are working

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:30:00 +0100

The last 10 years' focused efforts against malaria are working, concludes the new World Malaria Report...

Spring courses on HIV/AIDS prevention and Emergency Health

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0100

Apply now for the short courses Health in Emergencies and Refugee Health or HIV/AIDS - Prevention,...

Changing Diabetes - one SMS at a time

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:00:00 +0100

In this m-Health project diabetic patients get easier access to information, counselling and treatment...

Follow the SUSA project on its website

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:30:00 +0100

The SUSA project - Sustainable Sanitation in Ghana now has its own website.

New PhD Level Course in Global Health Policy

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:15:00 +0100

The University of Copenhagen is offering a new PhD level course in Global Health Policy, aimed at students...

New online course: HIV-related Diseases, Treatment and Care

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:45:00 +0100

The University of Copenhagen is now offering an online, advanced course in HIV-related diseases, treatment...

Social stigma hits HIV-positive women hard in Tanzania

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:15:00 +0100

Since 2005, HIV treatment has been free of cost in Tanzania, but less than half of the pregnant women...

Read aloud to your children and prevent obesity

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:30:00 +0100

According to Sir Michael Marmot , the key to a healthy population begins with early childhood development....

Diabetes increases in a world of 7 billion people

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:00:00 +0100

14 November is official World Diabetes Day. In a world of 7 billion people with changing disease patterns,...

How can society change the social inequality of health?

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:45:00 +0200

In this pre-conference session 10 November you will be updated on NCDs and the social context, the...

First day of online course in Shelter and Settlements

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:30:00 +0200

Monday 10 October was the launch of the brand new online course Shelter and Settlements in Disasters. The...

Call for papers: The nexus between infectious diseases and NCDs

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:45:00 +0200

The non-communicable disease (NCD) team at the University of Copenhagen calls for papers for a special...

Follow the UN high level meeting on NCDs

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:30:00 +0200

UN Summit on NCDs - today and tomorrow in New York. We hope this event will be a turning point in the...

New chemical analysis technique combats antibiotic resistance in Africa

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +0200

Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem in several African countries. For this reason a Ghanaian PhD...

How are the health systems geared to NCDs?

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:15:00 +0200

1 day to UN summit. Britt Pinkowski Tersbøl is Assistant Professor at the Copenhagen School of Global...

NCD Professor blogs from UN Summit

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:15:00 +0200

3 days to UN summit: Max de Courten is Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Copenhagen...

Grants for development research and capacity strengthening

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:45:00 +0200

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls for Phase 1 applications for grants for development research...

Launch of the world's first Global Diabetes Plan

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:45:00 +0200

2 days to UN Summit: Today in New York, The International Diabetes Foundations launches the first...

NCDs in Uganda - and social differences in health behaviour

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:15:00 +0200

4 days to UN summit: Susan Whyte is Professor at the Department of Anthropology at the University of...

Addressing gestational diabetes in India can prevent other NCDs

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0200

5 days to UN summit: The prevalence of gestational diabetes is in general said to reflect the prevalence...

WHO 10 facts on physical activity

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +0200

6 days to UN summit: Physical inactivity is the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality. And...

Type 2 diabetes in Mexico's Tarahumara - a people in transition

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:15:00 +0200

7 days to UN summit: People from low- and middle-income societies have the highest incidence of...

Men's life expectancy has stalled in Sri Lanka

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:00:00 +0200

8 days to UN summit: While life expectancy for women in Sri Lanka has made steady gains since 1920, it...

Will safe storage of pesticides prevent suicides?

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:45:00 +0200

9 days to UN summit: As many as 370,000 people die each year from pesticide self-poisoning globally,...

10 September is World Suicide Prevention Day

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:45:00 +0200

10 days to UN summit: World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September promotes worldwide commitment and...

UN high level meeting on NCDs is excluding mental health

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:15:00 +0200

11 days to UN summit: The UN high-level meeting on non-communicable disease prevention and control focuses...

Preventing NCDs in Ghana

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:45:00 +0200

12 days to UN summit: Gifty Sunkwa-Mills and Nana Brobbey from Ghana are doctors and work as general...

NCDs on the agenda in Kenya

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:30:00 +0200

13 days to UN SUmmit: With the UN summit we hope NCDs' will "be put on the agenda", but what...

Urbanisation alters the global atlas of disease

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:30:00 +0200

14 days to UN summit: For the first time in history the majority of the world's population reside in...

Toward a Healthy and Harmonious Life in China

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:00:00 +0200

15 days to UN summit: Based on current trends, the Chinese can expect to live only 66 "healthy years",...

The population challenge and NCD's in China

Sat, 03 Sep 2011 13:15:00 +0200

16 days to UN summit: Siri Tellier is expert on demography and population issues and we asked Siri to...

NCDs in Mongolia - a nation is collecting knowledge

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:15:00 +0200

17 days to UN summit: Alessandro Demaio is a Medical Doctor who is currently completing field work for...

Will industry influence derail UN summit?

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:30:00 +0200

18 Days to UN summit: In the run up to the UN summit on non-communicable diseases, there are fears that...

Pre-conference in November- A Critical European Perspective on NCDs

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:15:00 +0200

19 Days to UN Summit: On 10 November we invite all interested to a pre-conference session on Social Determinants...

Every sector is a health sector

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:30:00 +0200

20 days to UN summit: Non Communicable Diseases arise from multiple factors and must be prevented...

Vested interests and NCDs

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:00:00 +0200

21 days to UN summit: Like the HIV meeting, the UN high level meeting on non-communicable diseases...

Childhood overweight and obesity on the rise

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:00:00 +0200

22 days to UN summit: Childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st...

Football for Health in Africa

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:15:00 +0200

23 days to UN high level meeting: With more than 400 million active players, from children to the elderly,...

Most smokers are men

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:45:00 +0200

24 days to UN high level meeting: Tobacco use is one of the main risk factors for a number of chronic...

How can exercise prevent diabetes?

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:30:00 +0200

25 days to UN summit: 346 million people worldwide are estimated to have diabetes, but 80 % of...

Herbal abortion helps African women

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:00:00 +0200

Researchers at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, have examined a number...

The malaria mosquito is disappearing - but it is not just good news

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:15:00 +0200

The incidence of malaria in many African countries south of the Sahara is falling rapidly. A Danish-Tanzanian...

Intensive course on Non-Communicable Diseases will be available both online and offline

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:45:00 +0200

26 Days to UN Summit: Since the spring of 2010 the University of Copenhagen has been offering an intensive...

WHO works against cardiovascular diseases

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:15:00 +0200

27 Days to UN summit: Cardiovascular diseases are one of the NCDs and the number one killer. Learn more...

14 Facts on NCDs

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:45:00 +0200

28 Days to UN summit: NCDs are complex but not complicated, here are 14 facts on the non communicable...

Family matters - living with diabetes in rural South India

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:30:00 +0200

29 days to UN summit: India, with its 1.21 billion inhabitants has the largest diabetic population...

Diabetes type 2: a warning sign of a society in transition

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:30:00 +0200

30 days to UN summit: Type 2 Diabetes is by many thought to be a disease of wealthy, elderly obese men...

Countdown to UN high level meeting on NCDs

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:15:00 +0200

To help raise awareness of the UN high level meeting on NCDs the Copenhagen School of Global Health...

Congratulations to the MIHs and the MDMAs of 2011

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:30:00 +0200

On Friday 5 August the Copenhagen School of Global Health celebrated the MIH and MDMA classes of 2011....

Dirt and diseases - an anthropology student in rural Mali

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 09:45:00 +0200

In Mali more than 20% of children who survive childbirth die before they reach the age of five, primarily...

Malaria parasites use camouflage to trick immune defences of pregnant women

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:30:00 +0200

Researchers have discovered why malaria parasites are able to hide from the immune defences of expectant...

Placental malaria & cervical cancer - a joint solution

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:15:00 +0200

Danish malaria researchers will use a specific characteristic of a vaccine to protect women against cervical...

The Mirror Doctors - the Somaliland Telemedical System for Psychiatry

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:45:00 +0200

With the research project PeaceWare ICT4D diaspora Somali doctors are treating mental health...

AIDS treatment can lead to new inequalities

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:15:00 +0200

Since 2004, access to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment has expanded rapidly in many African countries....

Integrated treatment programmes help Tanzania's school children grow and learn

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:30:00 +0200

In the Magu district of Tanzania, on the shores of Lake Victoria, snail fever and intestinal worm infections...

Root plant combats lethal ticks in Afghanistan

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:45:00 +0200

In the region of Pamir in Afghanistan - one of the world's most remote country sides - a Danish biology...

2nd Advanced Vaccinology Course in India

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:30:00 +0200

CMC Vellore invites applicants toINDVAC 2011 - the 2nd Advanced Vaccinology Course in India - for review...

Beyond the Millennium Development Goals Report

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:45:00 +0200

The report from the Enreca Health conference "Global Health beyond the Millennium Development...

PhD Course in Migrant Health

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:30:00 +0200

The Danish Research Centre for Migration, Ethnicity and Health is offering a three day PhD course in...

Ph.d Course: Philosophies of Migration: European Policies

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:30:00 +0200

Centre for the Study of Equality and Multiculturalism (CESEM) invites PhD students to attend a 3 day...

Call for Papers: The Future of Development Research: Exploring the Nordic perspective(s)?

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:45:00 +0200

Call for papers for the 24 - 25 November conference on development research in Copenhagen.

African bulbous plant can help HIV patients

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:30:00 +0200

HIV/AIDS is a major problem in Sub Saharan Africa. The South African plant, Tulbaghia can soothe one...

Funding for vaccine against pregnancy related malaria

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:30:00 +0200

With a grant of 15 million DKK (approximately 3 million USD) from the Danish National Advanced Technology...

Visit from Ugandan NCD Alliance

Tue, 31 May 2011 15:00:00 +0200

On Friday 6 May a delegation from Uganda's NCD Alliance paid a visit to The Copenhagen School of Global...

Summer School in Global Health Challenges

Mon, 02 May 2011 10:15:00 +0200

8-19 August, the Copenhagen School of Global Health and Global Doctors offer a two-week full-time course...

EPO doping helps combat cerebral malaria

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have now discovered that EPO, the doping drug known from...

Epilepsy causes social stigma in Uganda

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:00:00 +0200

Epilepsy is twice as common in Africa south of Sahara as in the industrialized countries. But the sufferers...

Summer University 2011

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Copenhagen Summer University provides a research based angle to your professional practice through a...

Introductory Course in applied GIS

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Introductory course in applied GIS for public health surveillance and spatial epidemiology, Zambia June...

Parasitology, health and development

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The annual report 2010 from the Section for Parasitology, Health and Development is now available.

Big pharma and big philanthropy set global health agenda

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

A special issue of BioSocieties examines the growing role of pharmaceutical corporations and philanthropic...

PhD course: Diabetes in the developing world

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

This PhD course focuses on the biomedical and environmental causes behind the epidemic development of...

Call for Applications for PhD Fellowship in Environmental Health

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

In conjunction with a large sanitation research project focusing on rapidly developing townships in...

PhD Programme in Global Health

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

On 1 January 2011, the Copenhagen School of Global Health launched its new PhD programme under the name...

Farmers use of banned pesticide in Cambodia

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

A new study investigates, the consequences of farmers' use of banned pesticides in Cambodia...

Travels to trainers and trainees

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Professor Ib Bygbjerg of the Copenhagen School of Global Health writes a short travel report from India...

Book release: childbirth assistance strategies

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Globally, half a million of women die every year from pregnancy related causes. Since 1987, two major...

How small is the risk of HIV transmission when on effective treatment?

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100

1 December is World AIDS day and with today's effective antiretroviral therapy, the risk of transmitting...

New Course on HIV-Related Diseases: Now Open for Applications

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The Copenhagen HIV Programme and Copenhagen School of Global Health are for the first time offering...

Gates money for innovative malaria vaccine work

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The malaria researchers at the Centre for Medical Parasitology University of Copenhagen, has received...

Intensive short courses on disaster management and global health problems

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Intensive short courses in disaster preparedness, refugee health, HIV/AIDS programming, sustainable...

Successful Collaboration on HIV Course in Mozambique

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0200

After the first course was highlighted in a United Nations Progress Report the second run of the master...

Online applications now open for generous Erasmus Mundus Scholarships in Global Health

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Applications are sought from highly qualified applicants from all over the world (both EU- and non-EU-citizens)...

Khadija's story - experience from an MIH student

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0200

In 2001 Khadija Hassan Kannady graduated from the one year master program, Master of International Health,...

Research Programme in Global Health launches website

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The inter-faculty Research Programme in Global Health launched it's website this week. The Research...

HIV trial looks at cancer and cardiovascular disesases

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

New science seems to indicate that HIV-drugs may protect HIV-patients against cancer-, cardiovascular-....

Masters in Disaster Management on Danida Sholarships

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The world's first master's programme in interdisciplinary Disaster Management at University of Copenhagen...

Food for Global Thought

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0200

In a novel approach to experience global thinkers in an intimate setting, The Summer School in Global...

Hygiene Promotion Should Build on Community Action

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The two PhD-fellows Xuan Le Thi Thanh and Thilde Rheinländer have spent 16 months in ethnic minority...

Opportunity for students: Write your master's project at CMP

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The Centre for Medical Parasitology has four projects within malaria research that offer good possibilities...

Congratulations - master graduates 2010

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0200

On Friday 6 August 2010 the Copenhagen School of Global Health was proud to congratulate the Graduates...

Graduation ceremonies 2010

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Join us for a festive celebration of the master graduates 2010 Master of International Health and Master...

Copenhagen focus on mental health

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0200

12-30 July the Copenhagen School of Global Health inaugurated the first Summer School in Mental Health...

Health promotion in Geneva

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

On Wednesday 14 July, the Copenhagen School of Global Health will host a symposium at the 20th World...

Innovative Aid: Design of a Rural Ambulance

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

InnoAid, in collaboration with the Danish organization IGF and the Indian JGVK, is looking for students...

Record number of applicants for this year’s global health related summer schools

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Again the number of applicants for Copenhagen School of Global Health's two annual summer schools exceeds...

Latrines are more than just a hole in the ground

Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

On Monday 17 May this year’s intensive course on Water Supply and Sanitation in Emergencies (WatSan)...

A successful seminar on maternal mortality

Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

On Tuesday 11 May, the Copenhagen School of Global Health hosted this year's Mother's Day seminar together...

Master of Disaster Management students on exercise in fictitious earthquake

Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

A strong earthquake has struck Cave Town in northern Thule. In the current chaotic situation it is hard...

World Malaria Day 2010

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200

On Monday 26 April the University of Copenhagen opened its doors to this year's World Malaria Day conference....

Travel funding - call for applications

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The Asian Dynamics Initiative invites researchers employed at the University of Copenhagen to submit...

Inauguration of the Danish Research Centre for Migration, Ethnicity and Health (MESU)

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The University of Copenhagen is one of the first universities in Europe to establish a Research Centre...

Mosquito Ecology and Control Course

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200

From 17 to 28 May 2010 the National Institute for Medical Research, Amani Medical Research Centre and...

TV Documentary: Det sidste stik

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200

On Tuesday 20 April at 19:30 DR1 airs a new documentary about an expedition to Africa's highest mountain,...

Copenhagen HIV Programme launches WHO tool

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The Danish research group Copenhagen HIV Programme has developed an easy to use data tool that makes...

Erasmus Mundus scholarships for European applicants

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Scholarships for European students to participate in the tropEd Master in International Health or the...

PhD Scholarships: Inflammation, Immunity and Infection

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

PhD Mobility scholarships for fellowships within the field of Inflammation, Immunity and Infection

Press release: Breakthrough by Danish Scientists in Preventing Maternal Malaria

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen are the first in the world to produce the whole of the protein...

CISU is closing down

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

University of Copenhagen's Centre for International Health and Development (CISU) is closing down.

Global Response Conference: Health systems are vital to peacekeeping

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Without healthcare in a society violent conflicts often break out again, this was one of the many topics...

Press Release: Postgraduates on Special Disaster Management Course Flown to Haiti

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

A special postgraduate degree course in disaster management has been run jointly by the University of...

Global Health magazine now online

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

University of Copenhagen's profile magazine on Global Health can now be read online as E-Pages

PhD Scholarship at Steno Diabetes Centre

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

PhD Project: The inflammatory footprint of early stages of diabetic complications - The ADDITION-PRO...

No mention of health in EU aid budget increase

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Kathrine Storm from Copenhagen School of Global Health reports from panel discussion on climate change...

Danish Guidance Note on Health and Development launched

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

On 24 November 2009 the technical advisory services of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched...

PhD course: Developmental programming of metabolism

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

From global diabetes epidemiology to molecular mechanisms in animals and humans

Two "Kulturnat" Events by CAST

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200

On Kulturnatten on Friday October 9th, Center for Advanced Security Theory (CAST) is participating with...

PhD Seminar on Presentation Techniques

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200

The Cross-disciplinary PhD-network in Global Health is happy to announce that Claus Adam Jarløv will...

PhD Scholarship in FIBOZOPA Project

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Human perceptions and practices in relation to risk of fish-borne zoonotic parasite infections (eating...

New report on research and education in the South

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200

UNIVERTIES DENMARK has released their new report with recommendations on how to strenghten research and...

Quality in PhD Education! - Come join the debate with the experts

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Friday 25 September 2009, the Copenhagen Graduate School of Health Sciences is hosting a theme day on...

Many internship opportunities

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Our Internships page is currently announcing interesting internships in France, Mali, Zanzibar, Swizerland,...

PhD grants from the Faculty of Health Sciences

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Information about grants for the fall 2009 (in Danish)

Seminar: Who wants me?

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Career strategies and job opportunities after the PhD degree. The seminar takes place on Thursday 18...

Job: Student Assistant in the World Diabetes Foundation

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Position available from 1 September 2009

PhD course: Introduction to NVivo 8

Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200

University of Copenhagen offers an introduction to the qualitative data analysis software NVivo 8 in...

Event report: Dead mothers don't cry

Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Lise Rosendal Østergaard from the ENRECA Health research network has written an article on the May...

Global Health related PhD course

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Development and prevention of diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Please...

Garden party for the Cross-disciplinary PhD-network

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200

A network for PhD-students working in the field of Global Health has been initiated. A kick off Garden...

World Malaria Day 2009

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Conference on Malaria on Friday 24 April 2009 arranged by the Copenhagen School of Global Health and...

Ansøg om klyngemidler til global health forskning

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Tema klynge 1.1 indkalder ansøgninger til udvikling af tværfakultære og multidisciplinære forskningsprojekter...

Global Health Travel Grants

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Travel grants for students working within Global Health. Application deadline is 15 June 2009.

Seminar Report: Combating HIV and AIDS in Emergencies

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Brendan Sweeney from the Danish Institute for Human Rights has written an article on the international...

Seminar Report: Climate is in the Air

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Lise Rosendal Østergaard from the ENRECA Halth research network has written an article on the March...

PhD defense: Social factors in oral health of children in a low-income country - experiences from the Lao (PDR)

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Nanna Jürgensen from the School of Dentristry defends her PhD on Friday 3 April 2009 at 1 pm, in...

Master thesis defense by M.Sc. Student Hanne Klith Jensen

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Defense of the MSc thesis entitled Health effects associated with pesticide use among farmers in Boeung...

PhD defense: Immuno-pathological responses to Taenia solium infections in pigs

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Thursday 26 March 2009 at 13.00 hours Chummy Sikalizyo Sikasunge defends his PhD with the title Immuno-pathological...

FUU Travel Grants

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

It is now possible to apply for FFU travel grants. Deadline is 1 May 2009.

Ph.D. scholarship in environmental hygiene and parasitology

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

A Ph.D. scholarship with the project title "Occurrence and fate of protozoan parasites in separated...

Opening og the Copenhagen School of Global Health - Copenhagen, 2 February 2009

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Read the opening speech by Ulla Tørnæs, Danish Minister for Development Cooperation

Indvielse: Copenhagen School of Global Health vil gøre en forskel

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Indvielsen af Copenhagen School of Global Health 2. februar på Panum Instituttet blev for over 200 mennesker...

Udviklingsministeren ønsker samarbejde mellem forskning og udviklingshjælp

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Udviklingsminister Ulla Tørnæs ønsker i forbindelse med åbningsdagen for Copenhagen School of Global...

Global sundhed bliver nyt speciale på KU

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Københavns Universitets nye Copenhagen School of Global Health (CSGH) samler og koordinerer sundhedsviden...

KU samler sundhedsviden i kamp mod global ulighed i sundhed

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Københavns Universitets nye Copenhagen School of Global Health (CSGH) samler og koordinerer sundhedsviden...

KU og CSGH opruster mod denguefeber

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

På danskernes rejsemål i Sydeuropa spredes denguefeber eksplosivt. Man kan derfor vente endnu flere...

KU samler sundhedsviden for at styrke bistanden

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

"Vi kan ikke nå målene i bistanden uden at forbedre sundheden," fastslår professor Flemming...

Novo Nordisk Fonden investerer 15 millioner i global sundhed på KU

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Novo Nordisk Fondens donation på 15 mio. kr. til Københavns Universitets nye Copenhagen School of Global...

Magister koordinerer globale sundhedsspecialer på KU

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

43-årige Flemming Konradsen, som er magister og biolog, koordinere al global sundhedsviden på Københavns...

KU opruster diabeteskampen og den globale sundhed

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Københavns Universitets nye Copenhagen School of Global Health ruster skolen til de ændrede sygdomsmønstre...

Teologer støtter KU's oprustning for global sundhed

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Når Københavns Universitet samler og koordinerer al global sundhedsviden på Københavns Universitet i...

New Professor of Global Public Health

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Dr. Maximilian de Courten has been appointed for the new Novo Nordisk Foundation Professorship of Global...

Opening of the Copenhagen School of Global Health

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Reception on Monday 2 February 2009 in the Henrik Dam Auditorium on the Panum Institute