The Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Our goal is to improve public health through promotion of good health
and prevention of disease. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health is a
national center of excellence in the areas of epidemiology, mental health,
control of infectious diseases, environmental medicine, forensic toxicology and
drug abuse. Our vision: A healthier society. Our motto: Knowledge for better
public health.
What
are the effects of early nutrition on illness in adults? The Norwegian Institute
of Public Health will investigate these effects as part of the EU project
EARNEST. The Norwegian contribution to EARNEST is a subproject in the Norwegian
Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa).
More... [12.02.2007]
Last week fraud was revealed in a scientific paper published in the Lancet in
October 2005. A scientist from the Radium Hospital has admitted that he has
fabricated the data on which the article is based. This issue is currently
under investigation. In the article it is indicated that data from Norwegian
health surveys, which is part of the Cohort of Norway (CONOR), and data from the
Norwegian Prescription Registry have been used. This is not correct. No data
files have been handed out from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health to the
scientist in question nor to any of his collaborators in this connection. Read
more about CONOR on our website.
[17.01.2006]
CONOR is a
collection of health data and blood samples from several Norwegian health
surveys. When the data collection is over, CONOR will be a unique database with
health data and biological samples of about 200 000 individuals. The purpose of
CONOR is investigating the causes of disease.
More... [16.01.2006]
Scientists
from the ALSPAC study at the University of Bristol, the UK Biobank and Biobanks
for Health at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health intend to collaborate in
order to use their cohorts and biobanks in the most fruitful and efficient
ways.
More... [23.01.2006]
Saturday May
21th, the Østfold Hospital in Fredrikstad sent out a warning regarding an
outbreak of legionnaires’ disease in Sarpsborg and Fredrikstad municipality in
Southeast Norway. The municipality started immediately the work to find the
source of the infection and The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) has
supported the work with a field epidemiologic group, expertise in water systems
and microbiology testing. A total of 55 persons have been infected with
legionella and among these ten have died.
More... [10.06.2005]
The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) is an ongoing pregnancy
cohort study, with the aim of comprising 100 000 pregnancies by 2008. The
study is based on questionnaires to the mother and father, and biological
specimens are collected from mother, father and child. The main purpose of the
study is to find causes of diseases. In the following pages you will find
information especially intended for researchers who want to use the data for
research but also for the participants in the MoBa study. The pages also contain
list of references and research results of general
interest.
More... [21.03.2005]
The
Nordic Vaccine Meeting took place at Soria Moria Hotel and Conference Centre in
Oslo in October 2004. Many of the presentations from the meeting are now
available in pdf-format.
More... [23.11.2004]
The causes of type 1 diabetes are unknown. We know that persons with a
specific genotype in the HLA-system have a significantly higher risk of the
disease. About 2% of the population carry this genotype. About half of all
persons with type 1 diabetes comes from this group. The risk of disease for
people with the high-risk genotype, is about 6% up to 15 years of
age.
More... [27.10.2003]