Jobs
We are continuosly looking for research year students (MSc/MA level) to join us in Guinea-Bissau for one year. If you are interested please contact Maj Sundenæs. Email: msundenaes@health.sdu.dk. Information about being a research year student in Guinea-Bissau
Research collaborations
Research Collaborations Bandim Health Project participated in numerous collaborations, of which some are presented in the submenu.
Research
Bandim Health Project (BHP) has made several groundbreaking observations. The most important is undoubtedly that the most widely used health interventions to children in low income countries, vaccinations and vitamin A supplements, may have much more dramatic effects than previously thought. Live attenuated vaccines like the tuberculosis vaccine (BCG) and measles vaccine stimulate the immune […]
Staff and affiliated researchers
Staff Professor Peter Aaby, DMSc CV Founder. Involved in most things. Senior Researcher Cesário Lourenço Martins, MD, PhD CV Cesário is a senior researcher at the Bandim Health Project, INASA, Member of the National Committee of Ethics in Health, member of the Coordination Committee Entra Agencia for Vaccines and member of the Technical Committee for […]
Contact
The Danish part of Bandim Health Project is hosted by University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and led by Christine Stabell Benn. The Guinean part of Bandim Health Project is headed by a steering group, consisting of Christine Stabell Benn as the SDU representative, the founder of the Bandim Health Project Peter Aaby, the national director […]
Support Bandim Health Project
Bandim Health Project has no core funding or donations. Should you be interested in supporting the Bandim Health Project we would be very grateful. A contribution can be received and administered by University of Southern Denmark. More information can be obtained by email to cbenn@health.sdu.dk. You can support our research projects and research capacity building in […]
Bandim Health Project history
The Bandim Health Project was established by Danish anthropologist Peter Aaby. He came to the capital Bissau in 1978 to understand the reasons for the high mortality among children in Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau is a former Portuguese colony in West Africa, which was liberated in 1974, after a violent war. After independence in 1974 an extremely […]
About Bandim Health Project
Bandim Health Project is a health and demographic surveillance system site situated in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa Bandim Health Project (BHP) follows a population of more than 200,000 individuals in urban and rural Guinea-Bissau. This provides a unique platform for conducting health research. One of the major research areas is to study the real life effects […]
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Bandim Health Project: A health and demographic surveillance system site situated in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa Bandim Health Project Bandim Health Project follows a population of more than 200,000 individuals in urban and rural Guinea-Bissau. This provides a unique platform for conducting health research. One of the major research areas is to study the “real life” effects […]