Centre for Arctic and Global Health
Centre for Arctic and Global Health is a network platform that provides support for networking activities and cross-border collaboration in global health, to health researchers, practitioners and educators based in Northern Norway.
We aim to stimulate international and interdisciplinary activities and to keep our partners informed and updated on important findings, events and research opportunities.
Centre for Arctic and Global Health was established in 2016 to support the common vision of UiT’s Health Faculty and UNN for international solidarity collaborations in health research and education. We focus on the people-to-people cooperation in the Barents region, as well as solidarity collaborations with people in a selection of developing countries.
Our definition of global health
Global health is an area for politics, research and practice that promotes sustainable improvements in global public health and inequity. Global health focus on transnational health related problems, determinants and solutions; involves many disciplines within the health sciences and outside, and is based on interdisciplinary and cross-sectorial collaboration in a public health perspective that includes health promotion, prevention and curative approaches.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact advisor Turid Austin Wæhler.
News
En æresdoktor for framtiden
Man kan ikke lenger snakke om folks helse uten å snakke om global og bærekraftig helse, nærmere bestemt "planetary health", var budskapet fra Richard Horton. Han ble utnevnt til æresdoktor ved UiT i anledning universitetets 50-årsjubileum.
Universitetssamarbeid med Russland viktigere enn noen gang
In Norwegian only, use Google Translate!I samme år som UiT Norges arktiske universitet feirer sin 50-årsdag markeres også 25 års samarbeid mellom UiT og en rekke universiteter i Russland. Jubileet understreket viktigheten av at Norge og Russland fortsetter sitt gode samarbeid også i fremtiden.
Global health icon appointed Honorary Doctor at UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet and global health icon, was appointed Honorary Doctor at UiT The Arctic University of Norway earlier this week. Horton received the distinction for his achievements in the global health field.
Til tjeneste for gravide i utlandet
Om internasjonalt helsesamarbeid mellom Norge og Georgia.
Sustainable universities?
How can universities work towards a more sustainable and fair world? This was the topic of a recent workshop for PhD researchers at the University of Tromsø.
Hjertelig utdanningssamarbeid over landegrensene
Hvordan kan økt utdanningssamarbeid over landegrensene bidra til å finne årsaken til den høye dødeligheten knyttet til hjerte- og karsykdom i Russland?
Fra Obamas kontor til UiT – med blikk for verdens helseutfordringer
Read about our guest researchers Nils Daulaire and Mary Taylor and about UiT's ongoing project in Georgia (the text is in Norwegian only, so remember Google Translate).
Globalt samarbeid gir lokale gevinster
Op-ed in the news paper Nordlys about international cooperation in higher education. Written in collaboration with Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Toralf Hasvold, Erik Anda, Ingvild Hersoug Nedberg and Tor Gisle Lorentzen from Department of ommunity Medicine, UiT (the text is in Norwegian only, so remember Google Translate).
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Advisor Turid Austin Wæhler
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Visiting address
Faculty of Health Sciences
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Postal address
Centre for Arctic and Global Health
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Hansine Hansens vei 18
9037 Tromsø
Norway
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Centre for Arctic and Global Health work on behalf of the follwing institutions:
The Faculty of Health Sciences at UiT The Arctic University of Norway