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2012.12.03

Health for Continents and Billions

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

2012.11.28

New invention helps reduce pesticide suicides

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

2012.11.22

Apply now for PhD courses from Research Programme in Global Health

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

2012.11.14

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

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

2012.11.14

Diabetes and obesity is a growing problem i Africa

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

2012.11.12

Learning national strategies for disaster risk reduction

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

2012.11.09

Our cities are not designed to make healthy living easy

A significant reason why people are increasingly overweight is because the default position for the … »

2012.11.02

Ali Salanti receives Phase II Grand Challenges Explorations Funding

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

2012.11.01

New guidelines for early detection of HIV

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

2012.10.26

Open access: everyone has the right to information

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

2012.10.25

The first global society for health system research takes off

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

2012.10.22

Sucessful PhD course on Rapid Assessment Research

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

2012.10.22

Dying women brought new life to PhD project

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

2012.10.17

Global Health Minders - new independent think net

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

2012.10.03

Chloroquine makes comeback to combat malaria

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

2012.10.01

Third-world obesity linked to foetal underweight

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

2012.10.01

Legal research can solve developing countries' problems

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

2012.09.26

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

It's been a year since UN's first summit on non communicable diseases, one year on, let’s look at how … »

2012.09.25

Eurostars grant for malaria vaccine development

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

2012.09.20

New strategies needed to combat disease in developing countries

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

2012.09.19

What Danes can learn about health from the African Maasai tribe

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

2012.09.19

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

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

2012.09.18

CHIP annual report 2011 is now online

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

2012.09.15

Young researcher on the trail of herbal snakebite antidote

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

2012.09.14

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

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

2012.09.13

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

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

2012.09.11

The Maasai tribe stay healty despite fatty diet

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

2012.09.10

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

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