119 projects

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UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Decentralization of hepatitis B care in sub-Saharan Africa

An estimated 296 million people live with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) globally. In the absence of treatment, 15-40% of these will die from its complications. Antiviral therapy effectively prevents disease progression and death in CHB. In low-income countries, however, antiviral treatment is rarely ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Vestfold

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Emollient therapy for very low birthweight infants (<1500g) in Uganda: effects on survival, infection, growth and development

Imagine this: Every year, 15 million babies are born "too soon," or preterm, and more than 70% of them are born in places like sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. These tiny tots face a big problem – being born too early is a major cause of death for children under 5 years old all around the world...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2028

Location: Vestland

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Children’s Lung Study in Dhulikhel A longitudinal multidisciplinary approach in children’s lower respiratory tract infections

Why We Study Childhood Lung Infections in Nepal Many young children in Nepal get serious lung infections, like pneumonia and bronchiolitis. In fact, these illnesses are one of the main reasons children under five visit the doctor or end up in the hospital. Sadly, these infections can also increas...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Rapid diagnosis of key aetiologies of sepsis and associated infections in LMICs using CRISPR-based assays

Invasive bacterial infections are a major cause of mortality and morbidity globally, with the highest disease burden in low-and-middle-income-countries (LMICs). Rise of infections from antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria is disproportionately affecting public health in these countries, given t...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Implementing a life course approach in antenatal and postnatal care settings for prevention and reduction of non-communicable disease risks

The global increase in non-communicable diseases (NCDs), primarily diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory disease and mental health disorders, places a high burden on both individuals and societies, including health systems. It affects quality of life, education, and workforce prod...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Reducing alcohol use among adolescents through a community-based, multicomponent intervention: an implementation research approach

New findings from the project: Parental substance use is a consistent predictor of adolescent initiation and escalation of substance use. Mechanisms include: modeling of behaviors, increased access/availability at home, normalization of substance use as acceptable behavior, and strong evidence ex...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Østfold

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

PRESHA Project - PREventing Severe Hypertensive Adverse events in pregnancy and childbirth

Globally 76 000 women and 500 000 infants die each year due to Preeclampsia (PE). Early identification of women at risk and timely prevention and treatment of PE will greatly reduce maternal and perinatal death and disability, a core priority in the Sustainable Development Goals. Global guideline...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Toxic exposures in early life, growth, and development: An exposome study in Nepal.

The aim of this project is to identify environmental contaminants in pregnant women and infants in Nepal. Within an exposome framework, we will investigate the associations between these contaminants and child health and development. We analyzed trace elements and heavy metals in 799 samples coll...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Vestland

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Randomised controlled trial in Nepal: Implementing point-of-care tests and identifying barriers to reduce antibiotics for vaginal discharge

Abnormal vaginal discharge is a common symptom of vaginal or sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In low-income countries, diagnostic laboratory tests are not readily accessible and women may receive several types of antibiotics for abnormal vaginal discharge to cover a range of potential STIs...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Bits, bytes and bodies: Local innovation and digital healthcare in Tanzania

Computerisation has transformed much of the world, but its history has been marked by frequent and profound failures. In health, the stakes of such failures are especially high. No less is this the case for the many low- and lower-middle-income countries that are turning to digital technologies t...

Awarded: NOK 7.6 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Interventions for improved knowledge and awareness of antimicrobial resistance using a One Health approach in Tanzania

This four-year project aims at reducing the AMR in Tanzania from a OneHealth perspective. The proposed plans are to perform interventions such as awareness-raising campaigns, develop and distribute training materials as well as perform surveillance activities in particular focusing on specific cr...

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Akershus

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Developing national and global agendas for the ethics of post-trial arrangements in LMICs during pandemics/epidemics

The COVID-19 crisis brought to light deep-rooted imbalances in global healthcare, particularly in how medical breakthroughs are distributed. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), despite being central to clinical research efforts, frequently lacked prompt access to the treatments developed. T...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Effectiveness of peer counseling in addressing psychological distress and exposure to violence among LGBTI population in Nepal

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) persons in most countries in the world have more mental health problems than the general population due to discrimination, exclusion, abuse and marginalization. Unfortunately, in many low and middle income countries LGBTI persons do not hav...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2028

Location: Vestland

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Pesticides and exposures from traditional textile industry associated with own and offspring health in indigenous Guatemalan communities

Harmful work environments are a global challenge, most prominent in low-income settings. New science suggests toxic exposures may affect germ cells, and thereby health and disease in future offspring. If true, radical rethinking of preventive strategies is needed - can also offspring benefit from...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2028

Location: Vestland

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

mHEALTH-INNOVATE: exploring healthcare workers’ informal and innovative uses of mobile phone messaging in LMICs

Background and project aim: Digital technologies are seen as an important mechanism for enhancing workforce performance, supporting implementation, advancing universal health coverage and achieving other SDG3 targets. But while much research has focused on ‘top-down’ digital strategies initiated ...

Awarded: NOK 10.7 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

GLOBVAC-Global helse- og vaksinasjonsforskn.

Fellesutlysning gjennom Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases - GACD

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Awarded: NOK 0.42 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Ukjent Fylke

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Building equity in digital global health: the case of antimicrobial resistance in low- and lower-middle-income countries

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Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Improving implementation and operation of a One Health platform to combat rabies in Malawi

Dog-mediated rabies in humans is a completely preventable, deadly disease that disproportionately affects rural communities, particularly children, of economically disadvantaged areas of the world. It is not lack of science that stands in the way of successful rabies control, it is the failure ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Akershus

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Implementing Post-discharge Malaria Chemoprevention (PMC) to reduce child mortality and morbidity among children with severe anaemia

We are studying the implementation of routine malaria prevention among children in Malawi who have suffered and treated at hospital for severe anaemia. Severe anaemia each year kills many children in Africa south of Sahara, and it does so even after a successful treatment that typically includes...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2027

Location: Vestland

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Implementing a user involved education- and health system interactive task-shifting approach for child mental health promotion in Uganda

How can more children get help with mental health problems in a country with 20 million children and only a handful child psychologists? Despite economic growth in Uganda, more than 40% still live below the poverty line. Children growing up in poverty are more vulnerable to health challenges and...

Awarded: NOK 12.1 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Evidence-based policies and health systems interventions for antenatal care

In the district of Mukono, Uganda, 30,000 women give birth every year. Among them, about 130 die during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of delivery, and about 1400 experience that their baby dies after 28 weeks of pregnancy or during the first week of life. Mukono has 57 public health fa...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Supporting inclusive and accountable health systems decisions in Ghana and Kenya for universal health coverage (SUPPORT-SYSTEMS)

Effective use of evidence in health policy processes is essential for building stronger, more accessible, and equitable health systems. The SUPPORT-SYSTEMS project conducts research on health policy processes regarding vaccines and the development of primary health care, focusing on three overarc...

Awarded: NOK 10.6 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Equity and financial household impact in randomised controlled trials, implementation research and cohort studies in India (EQUIFINANCE)

As countries work toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, it is essential to ensure equitable access to healthcare services and to prevent people from falling into poverty due to healthcare expenditures. The EquiFinance project, supported by the Research Council of Norway, investigate...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Vestland

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Reporting in context: An interdisciplinary initiative to strengthen maternal health services and surveillance in Ethiopia and Tanzania

In the last 10 years, a number of measures have been introduced to reduce persistently high maternal mortality globally. Nevertheless, an estimated 300,000 women lose their lives in pregnancy and childbirth each year. The WHO's Maternal Death Surveillance and Response System (MDSR) is a tool for ...

Awarded: NOK 12.3 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Vestland

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Covid-19 and the Kenyan health system: a collaborative ethnographic study

In May 2023, the WHO declared an end to the global public health emergency for Covid-19, more than three years after the WHO declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. Covid-19 remains a public health threat, and is still highly infectious, but death rates decreased, and the pressure on once-overwhelmed...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Bidrag til Covid-19 therapeutics Accelerator - gjennom Wellcome Trust

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Awarded: NOK 35.9 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Ukjent Fylke

GLOBVAC-Global helse- og vaksinasjonsforskn.

SARS-CoV-2 infection in HIV-positive patients with or without antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa

**Translation to English:** The project "SARS-CoV-2 infection in HIV-positive patients with or without antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa" has published an article describing the progress of the project. The article titled "COVID-19 and its effects on endothelium in HIV-positive patien...

Awarded: NOK 0.45 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Innlandet

GLOBVAC-Global helse- og vaksinasjonsforskn.

Information Systems for Emergency Diseases Emergency Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic – supporting global and national surveillance

This project had the central objective of supporting Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) with appropriate health information systems, empowering them to respond to rapidly changing information needs during the COVID-19 pandemic and later disease outbreaks. The project was centred on DHIS2, th...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Oslo - Oslove

GLOBVAC-Global helse- og vaksinasjonsforskn.

SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 in women and their infants in Kampala, Uganda

Uganda's first confirmed COVID-19 case was identified on the 22nd of March, 2020, and by the end of 2022, somewhat more than 170,000 cases had been confirmed with an estimated 3600 deaths (https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html), most of them among people with known risk factors for severe COVID-19...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Vestland

GLOBVAC-Global helse- og vaksinasjonsforskn.

The Smartphone Pandemic: Mobile technologies and data in the COVID-19 response (SMARTCOVID)

COVID-19 is the first pandemic in the age of the smartphone. New digital technologies such as contact tracing apps and mobile localization data have been used to model, monitor, and control the pandemic, often building on experimentation in humanitarian contexts and low-income countries. The rapi...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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