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What are the essential topics in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic? The Global Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) team at NIPH is organizing a digital webinar series on Global NCDs. On the 17th of February, Professor Vikram Patel from Harvard Medical School will kick off the series with a lecture on global mental health. The webinar series is open for all.

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  • 17.02.2022
  • 11:30 - 12:30
  • Webinar
  • Digital webinar
  • Speaker: Professor Vikram Patel

Norway was the first country to launch an international development strategy on NCDs, Better Health, Better Lives (pdf), which positions Norway at the forefront in expanding work on NCDs in low-income countries. In line with the strategy, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health aims to help to prevent NCDs through health related development cooperation.

We are honored that professor Vikram Patel will kick off the webinar series. He has played a leading role in putting global mental health higher on the global agenda, and made it to the TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.

Dr. Vikram Patel is the Pershing Square Professor of Global Health in the Blavatnik Institute's Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, an adjunct professor at the Public Health Foundation of India, honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and is a co-founder of Sangath, an Indian NGO which won the MacArthur Foundation’s International Prize for Creative and Effective Institutions in 2008 and the WHO Public Health Champion of India award in 2016. He is a co-chair of the Lancet Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System.

Spring webinar series

The seminar series will take place on a monthly basis from February until June in the form of one-hour events with a guest lecturer.

Thursday 17th February 12:30-13:30 - Global Mental Health

12:30     Ragnhild Dybdahl  Welcome and introductions
12:35     Ragnhild Dybdahl  Global mental health
12:45     Professor Vikram Patel  Scaling up psychosocial treatments globally
13:15     Ragnhild Dybdahl       Q & A, discussion

 

Wednesday 16 March 14:00-15:00 – Global Nutrition

14:00     Ragnhild Dybdahl   Welcome and introductions
14:05     Knut Inge KleppGlobal nutrition
14:15     Professor Maureen BlackEarly Childhood Development, Nutrition, and Eating Behavior: Strategies to Prevent NCDs Throughout Life
14:45    Ragnhild DybdahlQ & A, discussion

              

Thursday 28th April 13:00-14:00 - Global alcohol consumption 

13:00    Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar   Welcome and introduction

13:05    Professor Ingeborg M. Rossow

Global perspective on alcohol consumption, harms, and effective policies

13:50    Medical doctor Joyce Sserunjogi      Nalugya 

School-age children’s experiences with alcohol in Uganda: Implications for prevention
13:45    Ane-Marthe Solheim SkarQ & A

 

Friday 13th May: Global diabetes (in English)

12:30     Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke       Welcome and introductions
12:15     Hanne L. Gulseth               Global diabetes epidemiologi
12:30     Kari Furu / Lars KjerpesethGestational diabetes - Norge 2010-2020
12:45     Professor David H. Mcintyre      Hyperglycemia in Pregnancy and Women's Health in the 21st Century – Implications for Personal and Population Health
13:15     Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke       Q & A, diskusjon

 

Wednesday 1st June: Human rights (in Norwegian)

13:30 Njål Høstmælingen

Velkommen.

13:45Nora SveaassMenneskerettighetsbrudd i krig og konflikt - seksuelle overgrep, konsekvenser og behov for hjelp.
14:15Njål HøstmælingenQ & A, diskusjon
   

 

13th June: The organisation of health care delivery (in English)

13:30Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke       Welcome and introductions
13:45TBATBA
13:45Gene BukhmanIntegration science for NCDI poverty
14:15Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke       Q & A, diskusjon

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