Monthly Archives: July 2020

The relationship between bribes on quality of care during childbirth in India

By Amanda Landrian (University of California, Los Angeles) Reducing maternal mortality remains a public health priority in many low- and middle-income countries. Great efforts have been made globally to increase institutional deliveries (versus delivering at home) as a means of … Continue reading

Did you know you can view hundreds of past MSc projects via library Discover?

We know that it may have been challenging for many students to switch from their planned primary research summer projects to conducting systematic reviews. Fortunately, the library has over 600 systematic review MSc projects available to view online, providing a … Continue reading

WSJ Video, “Who Pays for Healthcare? Depends on Where You Live” featuring Martin Gorsky

The coronavirus pandemic has revived a debate over one of the most divisive concepts in American politics: Should patients have to pay for their health care? WSJ explores what works, and what doesn’t, in a universal health-care system: https://www.wsj.com/video/who-pays-for-health-care-depends-on-where-you-live/62D79DBB-1507-44D7-B031-7D065863B5F5.html

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Guest lecture in the age of COVID-19: From leprosy research in Bergen to medical development in Nigeria

Before the COVID-19 pandemic turned the academic calendar upside down, the Selskapet til Vitenskapenes Fremme (Society for the Advancement of Science) at the University of Bergen invited John Manton from the Centre for History in Public Health to give a … Continue reading

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