Ib Christian Bygbjerg

Ib Christian Bygbjerg

Professor, MD, DSCiMed

  • Øster Farimagsgade 5 opg. B, Postboks 2099

    1014 København K

1976 …2020

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Research interests in global & international health, health systems & transition in health, double burden of communicable & non-communicable diseases, malaria, TB, HIV, diabetes, and their interactions and impact, including long-term on mother & child health in particular.

Specialist in tropical medicine and in infectious diseases.

Supervised > 50 ph.d.s and > 150 masters students, many from low- and middle-income countries. Capacity building & research collaboration with Tanzania since 1992 and with India since 2002. Running courses and teaching in global & international health and tropical medicine at pre- & postgraduate level in Copenhagen and abroad. Former board member, World Diabetes Foundation. Founder of Masters in International Health, MIH, and of Masters in Global Health, University of Copenhagen.

Published more than 250 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Please refer to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Bygbjerg

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  • Tropical Medicine
  • International Health
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Diabetes
  • HIV
  • AIDS
  • African Health Systems
  • Malaria
  • Tuberculosis
  • Infectious and Viral Diseases

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