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• 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 … »

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  2012.09.25

  Eurostars grant for malaria vaccine development

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

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  2012.09.21

  Development of a Fetal Weight Chart Using Serial Trans-Abdominal Ultrasound in an East African Population: A Longitudinal Observational Study

  Christentze Schmiegelow1*, Thomas Scheike2, Mayke Oesterholt3, Daniel Minja1,4, Caroline Pehrson1,5, … »

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  2012.09.21

  Double Burden of Noncommunicable and Infectious Diseases in Developing Countries

  Ib Christian Bygbjerg … »

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  2012.09.20

  New strategies needed to combat disease in developing countries

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

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  2012.09.20

  The Density of Knobs on Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes Depends on Developmental Age and Varies among Isolates

  Katharina A. Quadt1, Lea Barfod1, Daniel Andersen1, Jonas Bruun1, Ben Gyan2, Tue Hassenkam3, Michael … »

• 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 … »

• 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 available. … »

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  2012.09.18

  Abdominal obesity has the highest impact on metabolic profile in an overweight African population.

  Handlos LN, Witte DR, Mwaniki DL, Boit MK, Kilonzo B, Friis H, Hansen AW, Borch-Johnsen K, Tetens I, … »

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  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 … »

• 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 … »

• 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 … »

• 2012.09.11

  The Maasai tribe stay healthy despite fatty diet

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

• 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 … »

• 2012.09.10

  BSU partners from Ghana, Tanzania and Zanzibar visited Denmark

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

• 2012.09.06

  Name competition for global health think tank

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

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  2012.09.04

  Kosovo-Serb's experiences of seeking healthcare in a post-conflict and ethnically segregated health system

  Xhyljeta Luta and Tania Dræbel … »

• 2012.09.03

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

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

• 2012.08.29

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

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

• 2012.08.27

  Welcome to MIH, MDMA and European Public Health students 2012

  The new classes of Master of Disaster Management, Master of International Health and Master of … »

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  2012.08.15

  Factors associated with and causes of perinatal mortality in northeastern Tanzania.

  Schmiegelow C, Minja D, Oesterholt M, Pehrson C, Suhrs HE, Boström S, Lemnge M, Magistrado P, Rasch … »

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  2012.08.09

  Non-communicable diseases: Harnessing the current opportunities

  Jane Brandt Sørensen, Alessandro Demaio, Lise Rosendal Østergaard, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, I.B. … »

• 2012.08.06

  Global maternal health conference in Tanzania

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

• 2012.08.03

  Course in Zanzibar: infectious diseases and international child health

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

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  2012.07.30

  Cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity in Luo, Kamba, and Maasai of rural Kenya

  Christensen DL, Faurholt-Jepsen D, Boit MK, Mwaniki DL, Kilonzo B, Tetens I, Kiplamai FK, Cheruiyot … »

• 2012.07.30

  The urgent need for universally applicable simple screening procedures and diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes mellitus - lessons from projects funded by the World Diabetes Foundation

  Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Maximilian de Courten, Anil Kapur … »

• 2012.07.27

  The role of diabetes co-morbidity for tuberculosis treatment outcomes: a prospective cohort study from Mwanza, Tanzania

  Daniel Faurholt-Jepsen, Nyagosya Range, George Praygod, Jeremiah Kidola, Maria Faurholt-Jepsen, … »

• 2012.07.26

  Global Fund investments in harm reduction from 2002 to 2009

  Bridge J, Hunter BM, Atun R, Lazarus JV. … »

• 2012.07.23

  Regional differences in AIDS and non-AIDS related mortality in HIV-positive individuals across Europe and Argentina: The EuroSIDA Study

  Joanne Reekie1*, Justyna D. Kowalska2, Igor Karpov3, Jurgen Rockstroh4, Anders Karlsson5, Aza … »