1. Global health research: A priority area at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health?

2. No! Only 2 + 10 researchers in global health research Because
NIPH has a national mandate
Research at NIPH is governed to suit national health problems
Government funding to NIPH has been reduced since 2002
NIPH permanent staff has been reduced by >20% since 2002

3. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health
675 employees
€ 80 mill annual budget
Four areas:
Infectious disease control, Environmental medicine, Chronic disease epidemiology and Forensic toxicology
Surveillance
Research
Advice
Services
Vaccine supply
Forensic toxicology

4. However, some strong areas
Meningococcal disease
Epidemiology, WHO Collaborating Centre
Vaccine against group A and W135
Tuberculosis
Epidemiology, spread of new ”Beijing” strains
Practical public health collaboration
With Northwest Russia and Baltic countries (
With WHO and EU: e.g. SARS in China, hepatitis E in Darfur, Sudan
Other, smaller areas

5. The way forward NIPH global health research strategy group
Collaboration with University of Oslo
GLOBINF
Master programme in international community health
Adjacent areas (NW Russia, Baltic countries)
Barents Health Programme
EU Public Health Programme
EEA financial mechanisms
Collaboration with European public health institutes?