Professor, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen Paediatrician with focus on global child health, nutrition, HIV, eHealth and mHealth
Bergen, Norway
Joined August 2012
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It has come! This year's report on the State of the World's Children from @UNICEF:
unicef.org/reports/state-wor…...
This year's main message: vaccinate every child!
Massive cred in Nature (!) to the "Scandinavian model" of strengthening research capacity in Africa with split-site (or sandwich-) PhD programmes! @CihUib
Nature on Split-site doctorates that are helping to build Africa’s research base points at @UiB-projects nature.com/articles/d41586-0… @medofak_uib @PHeggernes @Sgloppen @GuriRor
Is the Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård the answer to everything?
nytimes.com/2023/03/28/opini…
The collaborative NORHED-funded project GrowNut II "Education and research to reduce malnutrition in the DR Congo and Tanzania" held their annual meeting in Kinshasa, next to the Congo River, 13-17 March with all the partners. uib.no/en/cih/146534/develop…
New York Times today 21 March 2023:
What's the best policy undertaken by any American President in the last 50 years?
Correct answer: PEPFAR, The United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief!
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It has been a long time coming! But today we launched the site initiation visit for the #DRCPAP trial. Our pilot trial will evaluate the feasibility & acceptability of the study design to evaluate the impact on prophylactic CPAP in the delivery room for VLBW infants 👶🏾 🫁👏🏼
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I congratulate Prof. Peter Waiswa of @MakSPH on his appointment on the World Health Organisation Advisory Board. This is a great achievement for Peter and Makerere University. Thank you for making Mak shine brighter.
Student fees for students coming from outside EU, a very bad idea:
bistandsaktuelt.no/norge-nor…
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Today Uganda is again Ebola free thanks to strong leadership by @JaneRuth_Aceng & @MinofHealthUG supported by @WHOUganda as well as development partners including @SwedeninUG. My sincere appreciation to all frontline health workers, local leaders & implementing partners. 👏👏👏
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Nonsense, hogwash, BS – whatever you call it, please join us in calling out #GHBS – the excessive use of misleading spin, hyperbole, buzzwords, and technocratic jargon in #globalhealth discourse. With @felixundstein & @AdeBengyP @bmj_latest bmj.com/content/379/bmj.o293…
The minister for higher education and research declared 'persona non grata' by the students at the University of Bergen:
bt.no/nyheter/direkte/i/BR64…
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Nå har studentene ved @UiB under ledelsen av @HaukomAksel også vedtatt at Ola Borten Moe er persona non grata. Skal ha ta alvoret inn over seg, tre til side, eller kaller han også disse studentene pubertale? Noen voksne må jo være hjemme i regjeringen til @jonasgahrstore?
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Now we’re 8 billion. But this video still Hilda: DON'T PANIC — @HansRosling showing the facts about population youtu.be/FACK2knC08E via @YouTube
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‘The United Nations was not created in order to bring us to heaven, but in order to save us from hell.’ Quote from Dag Hammarskjold on #UNday
On #UNDay, we join Secretary-General António Guterres’s @antonioguterres call to renew hope and conviction in what #humanity can achieve when we work as one, in global solidarity. @UnicefBulgaria @BulgariaUNHCR @IOMBulgaria @WHO unric.org/en/secretary-gener…
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Each year, over 2 million babies are stillborn - an enormous and painful loss for families around the world 💔
But data gaps obscure the true burden.
Learn more at a webinar organized by @UNICEFData & @MARCH_LSHTM next Weds 19 Oct:
unicef.zoom.us/webinar/regis…
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“We should not have closed schools” during COVID pandemic - no scientific basis & biggest adverse impact in LMIC especially for girls - increase in teenage pregnancies, NMR & MMR
Prof Z Bhutta @EAPSCongress #EAPS22
Powerful words
Congratulations, Makerere University, to the 100 years!
LIVE: Makerere University Celebrates 100 Years of Existence | #MakerereAt100 xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1ZkKzXwLB…
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💥💥💥 FANTASTIC NEWS 💥💥💥
BCEPS = Centre of Excellence!!! 👏🥳🎊🎉
The results from the @forskningsradet SFF scheme are out and we are proud to become the Centre of Excellence for Ethics and Priority Setting in Health @UiB @medofak_uib @IGS_UiB
uib.no/en/bceps/156792/bceps…
