The positive bilateral cooperation between Denmark and Vietnam in the health sector was emphasized when Denmark’s health minister Ellen Thrane Nørby visited Vietnam 10-11 April last week. During her visit, the Danish Minister of Health met with Vietnam’s Prime Minister Mr. Nguye
On Tuesday 10 April an introduction meeting was held at Danida Fellowship Centre for project coordinators and their admin/accounts staff of the new research collaboration projects linked to the Strategic Sector Cooperation Facility.
By Vibeke Quaade, Dar es Salaam Danish Ambassador Einar Hebogård Jensen opened the meeting. In his welcoming remarks, he emphasized how important evidence based research finding are in decision-making processes for both the government, health technicians and also development partners
Anthropologist, Dr Peter Aaby is credited for the discovery of non-specific effects of vaccines.Since the 1980s, he and the Bandim Health Project in Guinea-Bissau have received a total of 50 million Kroner from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark to development research with th
By Vibeke Quaade The Danida Fellowship Centre is responsible for planning and offering training modules to strengthen the capacity of the partner institutions that Denmark collaborates with in the global South. The Centre also administers the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ grants
Anissa Bedoui The Danida Fellowship Centre’s new Project Coordinator, Anissa Bedoui, started on 1 December 2017. Anissa has previously worked with Save the Children Denmark’s MENA programme and the Geological Research Institute, GEUS, where she worked as EU-project advisor from 2014-2
By Vibeke Quaade Tourists flock to Zanzibar with its dreamy capital and dazzling coast. On the one hand, they are part of advancing the island’s economy while on the other hand; they are putting the island’s environment and natural resources under great pressure. This reality was a ma
From 2013 to 2017, 74 talented students from universities in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana and Nepal, completed their master studies in Denmark and the overall result was excellent.
Anders Dalsgaard, Professor of Veterinary Public Health at the University of Copenhagen was on 8. November awarded the Vietnam Ministry of Health’s Memorabilia Medal for his contribution towards improving public health.
Window 1 relates to research collaboration projects with partners in Danida priority countries. These are currently Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Myanmar, Niger, Palestine, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda.
