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• 2012.05.29

  Copenhagen NCD meeting links South and North experiences

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

• 2012.05.29

  Five myths about the global epidemic of chronic diseases

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

• 2012.05.21

  Course on multi-variable statistics in Nairobi

  University of Copenhagen's Section for Parasitology, Health and Development (PSU) and University of … »

• 2012.05.15

  Sleep duration and sleep quality are associated differently with alterations of glucose homeostasis

  Byberg S, Hansen AL, Christensen DL, Vistisen D, Aadahl M, Linneberg A, Witte DR. … »

• 2012.05.11

  The role of diabetes on the clinical manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis

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

• 2012.05.10

  Have a Mother's Day cup of coffee

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

• 2012.05.09

  Student mission to Mission Pharma

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

• 2012.05.07

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

  Call for papers for the first workshop of the European Association of Development Institutes (EADI) … »

• 2012.05.02

  Charter - NCD Stakeholder Action Meeting

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

• 2012.05.01

  India designs its own image as global power

  New research by Ravinder Kaur from the Dept. of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies shows the … »

• 2012.04.25

  World Malaria Day - fighting maternal malaria

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

• 2012.04.20

  Global Report for Research on Infectious Diseases of Poverty

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

• 2012.04.20

  Partners of people on ART - a New Evaluation of the Risks (The PARTNER

  Alison Rodger, Andrew Phillips,Tina Bruun, Matthew Weait, Pietro Vernazza,Simon Collins, Vicente … »

• 2012.04.06

  HIV Therapies and the Kidney: Some Good, Some Not So Good?

  Lene Ryom, Amanda Mocroft and Jens Lundgren … »

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  2012.03.09

  Cross-sectoral collaboration is needed to make sanitation projects work

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

• 2012.03.05

  Chickens cause serious infections in humans

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

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  2012.03.01

  New indicator diseases reveal hidden HIV

  An international study under the leadership of the HIV in Europe initiative has revealed that a … »

• 2012.02.21

  Sanitation behavior among school children in a multi- ethnic area of Northern rural Vietnam

  Le thi Thanh Xuan, Luu Ngoc Hoat, Thilde Rheinlander, Anders Dalsgaard and Flemming Konradsen … »

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  2012.02.20

  Rainforest plant combats multi-resistant bacterial strains

  Researchers have discovered a natural substance in a Chilean avocado plant that is active in … »

• 2012.02.17

  Impressions from Health Systems Financing Seminar

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

• 2012.02.15

  Tapeworm parasites in the brain give epilepsy

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

• 2012.02.10

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

  The Research Programme in Global Health is offering a PhD course in Ethics of health research … »

• 2012.02.08

  Dampening the effect of drug resistance in HIV: a leap forward

  Jens D Lundgren, Jeffery V Lazarus … »

• 2012.02.07

  Vietnamese farmers fear the smell

  Vietnamese farmers fertilise the soil by spreading human excrement on the fields with their bare … »

• 2012.02.06

  Schooling protects fleeing children from disease

  Fresh research results from the University of Copenhagen show that just a few hours of schooling a … »

• 2012.02.05

  Physical activity, cardio-respiratory fitness, and metabolic traits in rural Mexican tarahumara.

  Christensen DL, Alcalá-Sánchez I, Leal-Berumen I, Conchas-Ramirez M, Brage S. … »

• 2012.01.25

  Cerebral malaria risk is gene-linked

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

• 2012.01.24

  Three PhD courses on malaria are coming up

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

• 2012.01.20

  Hygiene and sanitation promotion strategies among ethnic minority communities in Northern Vietnam: a stakeholder analysis

  Thilde Rheinländer1,*, Le Thi Thanh Xuan2, Luu Ngoc Hoat3, Anders Dalsgaard4 and Flemming Konradsen1 … »

• 2012.01.18

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

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