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BEHANDLING-God og treffsikker diagnostikk, behandling og rehabilitering

Virtual reality based training - a motivating and effective way of regaining arm motor function after stroke? A multi-center RCT

Prosjektet startet i 2014 med forberedelser, opplæring av terapeuter og standardisering av prosedyrer ved alle deltakende institusjoner. Rekrutteringen av pasienter ble avsluttet ved alle 5 kliniske sentre i mai 2016 når det tilsiktede antall av 120 pasienter var inkludert. De siste oppfølgende u...

Tildelt: kr 4,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2014-2017

Sted: Vestland

GLOBVAC-Global helse- og vaksin.forskn

Norwegian Forum for Global Health Research

Norsk forum for global helseforskning (Forum) Forumet ble etablert i 2005 som et tverrfaglig nettverk av enkeltpersoner og norske institusjoner som arbeider med, eller har en interesse i, global helse og helsefaglig forskning. Forum vedtektene ble godkjent av den første generalforsamlingen i 200...

Tildelt: kr 1,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2016

Sted: Vestland

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Improving mental health and end-of-life care in residents of nursing homes: A cluster randomized clinical trial of efficacy

I forbindelse med denne suksessfulle studien har vi publisert (noen er også under publisering) 19 KOSMOS-relaterte bidrag i 2017. KOSMOS-dataene er ikke bare brukt direkte av ph.d.-kandidater som er med i studien, Irene Asmul og Christine Gulla, som begge disputerer i 2018, men også av to forsker...

Tildelt: kr 9,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2018

Sted: Vestland

GLOBVAC-Global helse- og vaksin.forskn

Combining indoor residual spraying and long-lasting insecticidal nets for preventing malaria: Cluster randomized trial in Ethiopia

Prosjektet MalTrials (Combining indoor residual spraying and long-lasting insecticidal nets for preventing malaria: Cluster randomized trial in Ethiopia) har som mål å informere nasjonale og globale beslutningstakere om kombinert bruk av IRS og LLINs for å kontrollere malaria. De viktigste malari...

Tildelt: kr 9,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2018

Sted: Vestland

HEALTHPRIO-Priority Setting in Global Hea

Priority Setting in Global Health - 2020

Priority Setting in Global Health 2020 hadde som mål å utvikle verktøy for prioriteringsbeslutninger som inkluderer kostnadseffektivitet, rettferdighetsvurderinger og ikke-helsemessige konsekvenser av tiltak. En systematisk og utvidet informasjonsbruk er viktig i kunnskapsbaserte prioriteringsbes...

Tildelt: kr 15,4 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2018

Sted: Vestland

BEDREHELSE-Bedre helse og livskvalitet

A woman's reproductive success: Long-term implications for chronic diseases and death

Tap av barn, dødfødte eller levendefødte som dør senere, har vært relatert til maternell langtidshelse. Det er uklart hvorvidt sorg eller pre-eksisterende helseforhold er de sterkeste kausale faktorene. I vår siste artikkel har vi studert disse relasjonene, foreløpig i forhold til perinatal død (...

Tildelt: kr 7,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2017

Sted: Vestland

GLOBVAC-Global helse- og vaksin.forskn

Norwegian Forum for Global Health Research

The Norwegian Forum for Global Health Research (from here: the Forum) was initiated in 2005 as an interdisciplinary network of individuals and Norwegian institutions that work with, or have an interest in global health and health research. The Forum has s ince then been a platform of great import...

Tildelt: kr 0,26 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2015

Sted: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Conference: Incorporating Equity and Non-Health Outcomes in Health Priorities

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Tildelt: kr 0,12 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2012

Sted: Vestland

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

Inflammatory markers, kynurenines, and B-vitamins in relation to chronic disease and mortality in a population based prospective study

Vi tilegner oss aminosyren tryptofan fra mat, og i kroppen omdannes mer enn 90 prosent til kynurenin, og deretter videre til andre forbindelser med fellesbetegnelsen kynureninemetabolitter. Resultater fra cellestudier, dyremodeller og små humane studier tyder på at ubalanser i denne omdanningen k...

Tildelt: kr 5,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2015

Sted: Vestland

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Socioeconomic indicators of growth impairment among children in Haydom, Tanzania; Results from the MalED study.

Erling Svensen, PsyD, PhD holds the position as research coordinator at Haydom Lutheran Hospital, Tanzania and a position as post doc at Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Norway. These two institutions are part of the MalED network wh ich has been set up to investigate; The I...

Tildelt: kr 0,11 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Preparing for tuberculosis vaccine efficacy trials: Identifying at-risk individuals for TB vaccine trials.

Tuberkulose (TB) utgjør en betydelig trussel mot folkehelsen på verdensbasis. Forskningsnettverket «TB Trials», som består av forskere i Danmark, India, Norge, Sør-Afrika og USA, har gjennomført tre store prospektive observasjonelle kohortestudier i Palamaner i sørlige India for å bidra med vikti...

Tildelt: kr 4,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2009-2016

Sted: Vestland

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Long term follow up studies of newborns in Norway

During the last decades survival rates of babies with an unfavourable perinatal history like preterm birth, small for gestational age, abnormal deliveries, etc., have increased remarkably. Follow-up studies of preterm babies to school age have, however, s hown an increased risk of learning and be...

Tildelt: kr 0,25 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2009-2009

Sted: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Developing vaccines against diarrhea caused by Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Shigella (EntVac)

Diarrhea and dysentery are important killers of children in developing countries. These diseases also contribute to malnutrition. Vaccines give a very favorable return on public health investment, and a polyvalent anti-diarrheal vaccine would greatly impr ove this investment case. But efforts to ...

Tildelt: kr 15,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2014

Sted: Vestland

PETROMAKS2-Stort program petroleum

Shift work, sleep and health among offshore workers. A longitudinal study.

The present projects comprise two studies of shift work in the offshore sector. Study1 consists of an investigation into the effects of shift work among 260 employees on one offshore installation. Subjective data on sleep, working environment and health w ill be collected as well as objective mea...

Tildelt: kr 7,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Vestland

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

The role of infections, vitamin D exposure and lifestyle factors on the risk of multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disabling neurological disease with still unknown causes. In addition to a yet unspecified genetic component, there is compelling evidence for the existence of one or more exogenous factors. To study the importance of such exo genous factors a large-scale internationa...

Tildelt: kr 0,14 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Vestland

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Extended stroke unit service in Bergen. A RCT looking at the collaboration between hospital service and primary health care.

Stroke is the most commen cause of lasting disability in Norway and consumes substantial health resources. The best possible outcome of rehabilitation after stroke is therefore essential both for the individual patient and for society. Previous studies ha ve indicated that acute treatment in a st...

Tildelt: kr 4,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2015

Sted: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

OMEVAC (Open Mobile Electronic Vaccine Trials), an interdisciplinary project to improve quality of vaccine trials in low-resource settings

Emerging international standards and regulations will in few years require complete electronic systems for management of a vaccine trials. Clinical trials conducted in low-income countries need to have the same level of quality and reliability as comparab le studies conducted in high-income count...

Tildelt: kr 10,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Vestland

MILPAAHEL-Miljøpåvirkning og helse

Health effects related to environmental exposure in an industrial community

Environmental monitoring has shown relatively high levels of heavy metals like cadmium, mercury and lead in residential areas in the industrial town of Odda. The main objective of this project is to provide new knowledge about the association between envi ronmental exposure to chemical factors an...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Phase III double blind placebo-controlled trial of infant periexposure prophylaxis with 3TC to prevent HIV-1 transmission by breastfeeding

Postnatal transmission of HIV-1 through breast milk remains an unsolved problem in many resource-poor settings. In Sub-Saharan Africa, especially in the rural areas, replacement feeding has proven a problematic alternative because of social, cultural, eco nomic and hygienic constraints. Moreover,...

Tildelt: kr 12,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2014

Sted: Vestland

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

A historical cohort study on multiple sclerosis among offshore workers in the petroleum industry in Norway

Norway has one of the highest frequencies of multiple sclerosis (MS) in the world with a life-time risk of more than 1 per 1000. The cause of this disease is still unknown. It is commonly assumed that MS has a polygenetic and multifactorial etiology with possible interactions between the genetic ...

Tildelt: kr 83 999

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2009

Sted: Vestland

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Identifying adolescent risks and resources through transdisciplinary work in schools and community health services

Adolescent health is singled out as an important area of research, and also an area in need of improving health care. In collaboration with researchers in the host institution, the main goal of the present project is to examine data from schools and the c ommunity health services, as part of mapp...

Tildelt: kr 0,18 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2007

Sted: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Project establishment: Development of vaccine(s) against infections with diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and Shigella

Diarrheal diseases are the second most common cause of death in children, accounting for 1/5 of the 10.6 million annual child deaths. In addition, repeated episodes of diarrhea, especially if prolonged and associated with growth faltering, are an importan t cause of malnutrition in developing cou...

Tildelt: kr 0,30 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2007

Sted: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Preparing for tuberculosis vaccine efficacy trials: Baseline epidemiology, improved diagnosis, markers of protection and phase I/II trials

This collaboration between scientists in Denmark, India, Norway, South Africa and the U. S. will conduct 3 large cohort studies of tuberculosis (TB) in Palamaner, India, using state of the art immunology to identify correlates of protective immunity and i ncipient disease. These cohorts will be a...

Tildelt: kr 18,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2007-2014

Sted: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Norwegian Forum for Global Health Research

According to the statutes the Forum shall promote high quality research and training aiming at improving health and health care for marginalized population groups in low- and middle-income countries. The main strategies applied to fulfill the objectives of the Forum include activities to: " Imp...

Tildelt: kr 1,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2013

Sted: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Searching for effective HIV-prevention and care in sub-Saharan Africa: focusing on local contexts

After 20 years of experience with HIV prevention, the number of people infected with HIV continues to rise, and there are still few examples of declining epidemics. Why have we not done better? This proposal is a response to the urgent need to document wh at works in community HIV prevention and ...

Tildelt: kr 10,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2013

Sted: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Strengthening human resources for health. A study of health worker availability and performance in Tanzania

Shortage of health personnel and poor health worker performance are among the most pressing problems of health systems in low-income countries. This proposal represents a strategic initiative to provide evidence that will be valuable in addressing these f undamental problems. The initiative is a ...

Tildelt: kr 9,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2012

Sted: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Focus on Nutrition and Child Health: Intervention Studies in Low-income Countries

Malnutrition and common infections are the leading cause of ill health and death among marginalized children who also face other health risks, such as limited health care access, poor hygiene and overcrowding. HIV infection in children directly increases their risk of common infections but adds t...

Tildelt: kr 10,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2013

Sted: Vestland

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Norwegian Epidemiological Osteoporosis Studies. Why does the risk of osteoporotic fractures vary within Norway?

Norway has the world’s highest incidence of osteoporotic fractures. This large public health problem has severe consequences for the individual and for society. Bone mineral density (BMD) is the most widely used measure of bone strength. In spite of larg e regional differences in fracture risk, ...

Tildelt: kr 2,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2008

Sted: Vestland

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Pregnancy, one-carbon metabolism and related single nucleotide polymorphisms

The proposed project is possible/feasible because of two parallel ongoing scientific activities in Norway: First, the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (NMCCS) is currently collecting information on life-style, diet, anthropometric measures and bloo d samples and have recruited about 38,000...

Tildelt: kr 1,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2010

Sted: Vestland

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Caesarean delivery; indications and consequences

In Norway the occurrence of caesarean section (CS) has increased from 1.8% in 1967 to 15.7% in 2002, when almost 9000 CSs were performed. The increase may be attributed to changing indications for CS, a changing panorama of implications during delivery, a nd changing attitudes among women. A CS i...

Tildelt: kr 1,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2008

Sted: Vestland