Transcript The Centre for International Health

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UiT and UNN as a resource in global health
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Composition and establishment of health services
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Teaching
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Research
Faculty of Medicine
Experience from establishing a faculty of medicine
comprising of departments of pharmacy, odontology,
clinical medicine, medical biology and community
medicine.
Centres playing a potentially important role in global
health research:
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The National Research Center on Complementary and
Alternative Medicine (NAFKAM)
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The Centre for International Health (SIH) is a common
initiative with the University Hospital North Norway (UNN)
with the main objectives to coordinate international activities
and to develop international competencies within these two
institutions.
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Tromsø Mine Victim Resource Center
Tromsø University College
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There exists a close collaboration between UNN,
UiTø and HiTø on training of ergotherapists,
radiographers, nurses, health visitors, midwifes,
bioengineers, physiotherapists and dental
hygienists.
Multi disciplinary research
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Experience from multi disciplinary research, e.g.
collaboration between UiTø, UNN and the
Norwegian College of Fishery Science; MARIBO.
Organ based teaching
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Organ based teaching in medicine and our new
and exciting concept in odontology are sought
after competencies in several third world
countries.
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We are engaged at the Eastern University,
Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, after a request from the
university.
The Tromsø Study
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Now in it’s fifth version this represents a
substantial resource as a model in future global
research.
Centre for Peace Studies
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An important resource to develop sustainable
projects in the third world.
SOS/STD/STI/HIV/AIDS and
infectious diseases
Department of Microbiology and Virology, UiTø, and
Department of Microbiology, UNN, share the following
interests and targets:
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Resistance surveillance (National centre of
competence: NORM (surveillance of resistance
bacteria and viruses))
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Resistance mechanisms ((National centre of
competence: detection and characterization of
resistance microbes)
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The departments have worked on mechanisms of
antibacterial and antiviral peptides.
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Competencies in bacterial and viral resistance could
be a contribution to global health research in
SOS/STD/STI/HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases.