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Department of Epidemiology and Global Health

The Department of Epidemiology and Global Health is an international, multidisciplinary research and teaching environment located within Umeå University’s Faculty of Medicine. Founded in 1986, we now have around 80 people from all over the world working in the department, with a shared mission to contribute to equitable and sustainable improvements in health and welfare across the globe.

Global Health Action and Somali Health Action Journal

The Department hosts the peer-reviewed journals Global Health Action and SHAJ - Somali Health Action Journal

Featured Stories

Flammor från intensiv skogsbrand med mänskliga silhuetter i förgrunden
Urgent need to stop climate change

If it’s not done, extreme weather and diseases could hit Europe, states a report from the Lancet Countdown.

Porträtt på allvarlig mörkhyad man med glasögon, med vit kakelvägg bakom.
Death by heart desease caused by sore throats can be prevented

So far, the measures have been limited, according to a thesis, which is based on studies in Namibia.

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New method for measuring quality of life

A dissertation at Umeå University is based on a new tool to measure effects by investments in welfare

News

Emergency: climate change threatens health in Europe
Published: 2024-05-13

If it’s not done, extreme weather and diseases could hit Europe, states a report from the Lancet Countdown.

Sore throat break hearts: how can it be prevented?
Published: 2024-04-23

So far, the measures have been limited, according to a thesis, which is based on studies in Namibia.

New quality of life tool for municipalities
Published: 2024-02-20

A dissertation at Umeå University is based on a new tool to measure effects by investments in welfare

Despite harassment and stress, police officers are satisfied with their job in general
Published: 2024-02-02

Both male and female police officers experience sexual harassment, but females more often as gender-based.