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"Physics is not only about science, but also about the development of culture."
(From Global Knowledge No 2 2005)Interview with Professor Johan Moan
A Healthy Profit
(From Global Knowledge No 1 2008)A collaborative research project between Norway and Uganda examines how to improve the quality of the nourishing drink obushera.
Beijing-Arkhangelsk– no return
(From Global Knowledge No 1 2007)Russian-Norwegian research on tuberculosis
Being there for the elderly
(From Global Knowledge No 2 2009)
To listen carefully to the elderly, and to care for their pains and their fears. That is what the students say is the most important knowledge they have gained.
Changing lives
(From Global Knowledge No 2 2009)Cooperation is improving attitudes to the elderly in Serbia.
Could collaborative research be a solution?
(From Global Knowledge No 1 2007)Public-private collaboration in the pharmaceutical industry
Disaster Trip
(From Global Knowledge No 2 2008)It is not that anybody deliberately tries to exploit the poor, Pogge says. It is just that the poor have no representatives at the negotiating table, so they are not even thought about.
Fighting Prejudice
(From Global Knowledge No 1 2006)A centre for mentally disabled children in Tanzania
Improving the Health Service
(From Global Knowledge No 2 2008)Doctor Aziz Msuya, district medical officer in Meru district, has been in charge of the hospital at Tengeru for the last three years. In 2005 he saw the hospital’s women and children’s ward completed, thanks to funding from the KWDF.
Sniffing Heroes
(From Global Knowledge No 2 2008)In 2002, two million people died worldwide from tuberculosis and the WHO estimates lethal cases to increase to eight million annually by 2015.
Something Fishy
(From Global Knowledge No 1 2008)ONLINE ONLY: Did you ever wonder, bending over the fresh fish counter: Where was this fish actually caught? And how fresh is it?
The Absence of Ethics
(From Global Knowledge No 1 2007)Lack of ethical aspect in development work and research
The Need to Live a Little Longer
(From Global Knowledge No 1 2009)
Jennifer Mustafa has overcome one of the big hurdles facing many African women. The strong social stigma associated with HIV and AIDS still prevents parents from protecting their children from the virus.
The Researcher’s Responsibility
(From Global Knowledge No 2 2005)Putting theory into practice in Malawi