The Norwegian Forum for Global Health Research (Forum) was initiated in 2005 as an interdisciplinary network of individuals and Norwegian institutions working with, or having an interest in, global health and health research. From 2018 the Forum is integrated as an advisory council for global health research under Global Health Norway.
The Forum’s statutes were approved by the first General Assembly November 16th, 2006. The purpose of the Forum is to promote research and education of high quality with the aim of improving health and health services for marginalized population groups in low and middle-income countries.
A common platform for collaboration was needed to consolidate global health as a field of academic studies. The Forum is now an arena for exchanging ideas and views on research and methodology, and for collaboration on issues related to academic training and curriculum development.
The Forum’s constituency consists of universities, university colleges, public and private research institutes without an educational mandate, in addition to individual members. Governmental bodies such as the Research Council of Norway (RCN), the Norwegian Directorate of Health, and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) have supported the Forum's development and activities from the start and are represented as observers to the Forum Board. The Forum has received continuous financial support from the GLOBVAC programme (RCN).
The individual members and institutions constitute the General Assembly which is the Forum’s highest authority.
The board of the Norwegian Forum for Global Health Research 2017-2019:
Board member | Institution | Deputy | Institution |
Erik Anda | UiT, The Artic University of Norway | Turid Wæhler | UiT, The Artic University of Norway |
Bente Elisabeth Moen | University of Bergen | Karen Marie Moland | University of Bergen |
Elisabeth Darj | NTNU | Elin Dvergsdal | NTNU |
Johanne Sundby | University of Oslo | Kristin Braa | University of Oslo |
Frode Forland | Norwegian Institute of Public Health | Anne Bergh | Norwegian Institute of Public Health |
Stine Hellum Braathen | SINTEF | Arne H. Eide | SINTEF |
Anne Hatløy | FAFO | Tone Sommerfelt | FAFO |
Sheri Lee Bastien | Norwegian University of Life Sciences |
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| Viva Combs Thorsen | University of Oslo |
Miriam Christ | Norwegian Medical Students' Association |
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| Gunilla Kulla | Nord University |