Syllabus

Global Health: an introductory textbook 

Ann Lindstrand et al. 2006 

(available at the UiO Library) 

Intro week: 

Towards a common definition of global health 

Jeffrey Koplan et al. 

Globalisation and health inequalities. Can human rights paradigm create space for civil society action? 

Leslie London & Helen Schneider 

Global action on social determinants of health 

Ronald Labonte 

Editorials: Global action on social determinants of health 

Michael Marmot 

An Anthropology of Structural Violence 

Paul Farmer 

Democratising Development. The Politics of Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa 

Edited by Peris Jones & Kristian Stokke 

Advancing the Right to Health Trough Global Organizations: The Potential Role of a Framework Convention on Global Health 

Eric Friedman et al 

Global malaria mortality between 1980 and 2010. A systematic analysis. 

Diana Haring et al 

Changes in the burden of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa 

Wendy O’Meara et al 

Global epidemiology of Tuberculosis 

Philippe Glaziou et al 

Stopping tuberculosis in the 21st century. Goals and strategies 

Ikushu Onozaki & Mario Raviglione 

Multidrug resistant to extensively drug resistant tuberculosis. What is next? 

Pratima Dixit & Amita Jain 

Healthcare, Welfare and Law. Health legislation as a mirror of the Norwegian welfare state 

Olav Moelven og Julia Ferkis 

Week 2

Induced abortion. Incidence and trends worldwide 1995 to 2008 

Gilda Sedgh et al 

Management of infertility in low resource countries 

S Sharma et al 

Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980-2008. A systematic analysis of the progress forward MDG5 

MC Hogan et al 

Young people’s sexual and reproductive health rights 

Johanne Sundby 

Maternal, neonatal and child health interventions and services: moving from knowledge of what works to systems that deliver 

D McCoy et al 

Neonatal, postneonatal, childhood and under-5 mortality for 187 countries, 1970-2010. A systematic analysis of progress towards MDG4 

Julie Knoll Rajaratnma et al 

Inequality in early childhood. Risk and protective factors for early child development 

Susan Walker et al 

Strategies for reducing inequalities and improving developmental outcomes for young children in low-income and middle-income countries 

PL Engle et al 

Strengthening public health surveillance and response using the health systems strengthening agenda in the developing countries 

Peter Nsubuga et al 

Innovation for Health in Developing Countries 

Kristin Braa et al 

Sexual and reproductive health and rights in public health education 

Pascale Allotey 

Week 3 

Antibacterial Resistance 

JY Ang et al 

Clinical Relevance of the ESKAPE Pathogens 

JN Pendleton et al 

Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance 

Tackling Drug Resistance Globally. The review on antimicrobial resistance 

Jim O’Neill 

The CTX-M Conundrum: Dissemination of Plasmids and Escherichia coli Clones 

Umaer Naseer and Arnfinn Sundsfjord 

Breastfeeding and Health Outcomes for the Mother-Infant Dyad 

CM Dieterich et al 

Knowledge, beliefs, and practices regarding breastfeeding of infants younger than 6 months in Mozambique. A qualitative study 

Maaike Arts et al 

Vitamin D supplementation reduces insulin resistance in South Asian women living in New Zealand who are insulin resistant and vitamin D deficient – a randomized, placebo-controlled trial 

PR von Hurst et al 

Issue attention on global health. The case of newborn survival 

Jeremy Shiffman 

Stillbirths: what difference can we make and at what cost? 

ZA Bhutta et al 

Stillbirths. How can health systems deliver for mothers and babies? 

Robert Pattinson et al 

Improving neonatal health in South East Asia 

H Nair et al 

Reducing neonatal mortality in resource poor settings. What works is now clearer but implementation is a challenge 

KE Dickson and Mickey Chopra 

Week 4 

Out of the shadows? The inclusion of men and boys in conceptualisations of wartime sexual violence 

Helen Touquet and Ellen Gorris 

Systemic violence against Syrian refugee women and the myth of effective intrapersonal interventions 

Rola Yasmine and Catherine Moughalian 

Priority actions for the non-communicable disease crisis 

Robert Beaglehole et al 

Evaluation of community based interventions for non-communicable diseases. Experiences from India and Indonesia 

A Krishnan et al 

Cohort studies around world. Methodologies, research questions and integration to address the merging global epidemic of chronic diseases 

H Nair et al 

A socio-biological explanation for social disparities in non-communicable chronic diseases. The product of history? 

CM Schooling and GM Leung 

Developmental origins of non-communicable disease: Implications for research and public health 

Robert Barouki et al 

Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Affecting Factors among Individuals Aged 30 and over in Balcova District of Izmir 

Ahmet Soysal et al 

Programming of chronic disease by impaired fetal nutrition 

Helene Delisle et al 

Evidence of fetal programming of obesity with a focus on putative mechanisms 

Sarah Wild and Christopher Byrne 

Familial (shared environmental and genetic) factors and the foetal origins of cardiovasculadiseases and type 2 diabetes: a review of the literature 

N. Bergvall and S Cnattingius 

The Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome (HAPO) study: paving the way for new diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes mellitus 

Donald Coustan et al 

Gestational diabetes mellitus among women born in South East Asia: A review of the evidence 

Mary Carolan 

Gestational diabetes and pregnancy outcomes – a systematic review of the WHO and the International Association of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) diagnostic criteria 

Eliana Wendland et al 

Neonatal anthropometry: the thin-fat Indian Baby. The Pune Maternal Nutrition Study 

CS Yajnik et all 

Cohort Profile: The HUNT study, Norway 

S. Krokstad et al 

Offspring Birth Weight and Cardiovascular Risk in Parents – A population-based HUNT 2 Study 

Kirsti Myklestad et al 

Research on health transition in Africa. Time for action 

Dermot Maher and James Sekajugo 

Maternal and child undernutrition: an urgent opportunity 

Richard Horton 

A nutrition paradox underweight and obesity in developing countries 

Benjamin Caballero 

Prevalence and trends of stunting among pre-school children, 1990-2020 

Mercedes de Onis et al 

Global prevalence and trends of overweight and obesity among preschool children 

Mercedes de Onis et al 

Global cancer prevention. An important pathway to global health and development 

Robert Beaglehole et al 

Week 5 

Mapping, monitoring and surveillance of neglected tropical diseases. towards a policy framework 

M. C. Baker et al 

The global burden of neglected tropical diseases 

A Fenwick 

Global Health: Neglected diseases and access to medicines 

Nisha Garg 

Child and adolescent mental health worldwide. Evidence for action 

Christian Kieling et al 

Alcohol use disorders 

J.P Conner et al 

Comorbidity: Addiction and Other Mental Illnesses 

National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA 

Prevalence and correlates of major depression among Nepalese patients in treatment for alcohol-use disorders 

SP Neupane & JG Bramnes 

The Social Epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome 

K Poundstone et al 

Stigma in the HIV/AIDS epidemic: A review of the literature and recommendations for the way forward 

Anish Mahajan et al 

Structural approaches to HIV prevention 

Geeta Gupta et al 

Universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment. Promise and problems 

Harold Jaffe 

Ethics, human rights and HIV vaccine trials in low-income settings 

Leslie London et al 

Not at all so hard-to-reach: same-sex attracted men in Dar es Salaam 

Kåre Moen et al 

Situating Condoms in Sexual Lives: Experiences of Same-sex-Attracted men in Tanzania 

Kåre Moen et al 

A review of co-morbidity between infectious and chronic disease in Sub Saharan Africa: TB and Diabetes Mellitus, HIV and Metabolic Syndrome, and the impact of globalization 

Fiona Young et al 

Week 6 

Sexual and reproductive rights and the human rights agenda: controversial and contested 

Wanda Nowicka 

Sexual rights but not the right to health? Lesbian and bisexual women ins South Africa’s National Plans on HIV and STIs 

Felicity Daly et al 

Human rights violations of people with mental and psychosocial disabilities. An unsolved global crisis 

Natalie Drew et al 

Human rights in health systems frameworks. What is there, what is missing and why does it matter? 

Sofia Gruskin et al 

Building the global movement for health equity. From Santiago to Rio and beyond 

Michael Marmot et al

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