The Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting in Health (BCEPS) is a Research Council of Norway Centre of Excellence at the University of Bergen, Norway.

Joined June 2012
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🎉The Section for Ethics and Health Economics (ETØK), made up of BCEPS and the research group HELTER at @UiB won the Research Environment of the Year Award for 2025! 🏆 📷 Current ETØK leader Oddvar Kaarboe (left) and former ETØK leader Ingrid Miljeteig (right).
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👏 BCEPS Co-Founder Ole F. Norheim Appointed to Lead New National Council for Priority Setting and Sustainability in Health and Social Care Services in Norway. Read more: 👇 uib.no/en/research/research-… @HarvardChanSPH @UiB
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"The Impoverishment Effect of Out-of-Pocket Expenditure for #Hypertension in #Ghana" by BCEPS PhD Fellow Kofi Aduo-Adjei & co-authors Øystein A. Haaland, @LumbweChola1, and James Akazili, was recently published in Health Policy Analysis: sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S2… 📷 by Nappy Studio
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BCEPS Co-founder Ole F. Norheim was named a Goalkeepers Nordics Champion by @gatesfoundation. @billgates with the 6 GKN Champions (l-r): Nagin Ravand, Jesper Thomsen, Gunhild Stordalen, Bill Gates, Ole F. Norheim, Martin Blomberg, Asabea Britton 📸Dalberg Media/Gates Foundation
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BCEPS Co-Founder Ole F. Norheim has been named a #GoalkeepersNordicChampion by the @gatesfoundation! He will receive the award tomorrow at the inaugural Gates Foundation #GoalkeepersNordics Event in #Stockholm, #Sweden #Goalkeepers2030 @BillGates @UiB @HarvardChanSPH @Harvard
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💡🇹🇿 BCEPS PhD Research Fellow @castobarym (pictured speaker) taught a workshop in #Zanzibar on Friday, providing an introduction to #healtheconomics & #prioritysetting in #health, and the FairChoices DCP Analytics Tool, to the #FairChoices project team in Zanzibar. @noradno
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🇹🇿 Handover '22-25 NCD project to "Fair Choices on the Path to UHC" '26-30 Front: Amani Mori, prev. Tanzania team lead handing over to new TZ lead Alphoncina Kagaigai Back: Hamad Nyembea, Ministry of Health Right: Apolinary Kamuhabwa, Vice Chancellor MUHAS 📸M Sollohub @noradno
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💡🌱 We begin the new year with a recently published @TheLancetPlanet article by BCEPS researchers Anand Bhopal,Ole F. Norheim & coauthors on how priority setting tools can facilitate the transition to environmentally #sustainable #healthcare thelancet.com/journals/lanpl… 📸Danist Soh
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🇳🇵This week, BCEPS was well-represented with several speakers at the Int't #Conference on #HealthEconomics in #Kathmandu #Nepal. BCEPS Dep. Director Prof. Kjell Arne Johansson (pictured) gave a plenary talk on evidence- & value-informed #prioritysetting. 📰thehimalayantimes.com/health…
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📢❗BCEPS is #hiring! Applications are now open for a permanent, #fulltime Associate Professor/ #Professor of #HealthEconomics position, based at @UiB in #Bergen #Norway ⏰ Deadline: 19 December 2025 ℹ️ 👉 Details: jobbnorge.no/en/available-jo… #applynow #jobposting #job #academicjob

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BCEPS is proud to offer its award-winning #onlinecourse “Introduction to #PrioritySetting in #Health” once again! The course is free, open to all and in English. Dates: 2 Jan. - 20 March 2026 👉Sign up here: forms.office.com/pages/respo…... 👉Course info: uib.no/en/studies/courses/bc… @UiB
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🇳🇵BCEPS PhD Research Fellow Pratik Khanal presented a cross-sectional #study among #patients receiving #cancertreatment in #Nepal at the #GlobalHealth #Norway #Conference 2025 in #Bergen. 📄Read his study in @PLOS: journals.plos.org/plosone/ar… @UiB @noradno 📸 BCEPS
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🌍 BCEPS Senior Researcher Krishna Aryal presented a #costeffectiveness analysis of essential #interventions to address the non-communicable #diseaseburden in #SouthAsia at the #GlobalHealth #Norway #Conference 2025 in #Bergen. @UiB @noradno 📸 BCEPS
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At the #GlobalHealth #Norway #Conference 2025, Professor Kjell Arne Johansson, BCEPS Deputy Director, gave a #keynote on "#Priorities: How do we prepare and improve #healthsystems for the current and future challenges?" @UiB @noradno 📷 by Eivind Senneset
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💡Great turnout & questions yesterday at Prof. @ZekeEmanuel's talk on "Disinformation and Trust in Science in the U.S. and Beyond"! 👉 Prof. Emanuel (@UofPenn & BCEPS, @UiB) spoke about the historic crisis trust in health institutions is facing & how scientists can rebuild trust
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🎉 CONGRATULATIONS to the newest BCEPS PhD graduate, Sindre August Horn (pictured)! 👏 🎓 On Monday, Sindre successfully defended his PhD thesis, entitled "Univariate #inequalities in #health and #priority to the worse off" at @UiB.
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🎉 We are extremely happy & proud to announce that the project “Fair Choices on the Path to Universal Health Coverage”, led by Professor Kjell Arne Johansson, has been awarded NOK 129 million in funding over five years (2026-2030) by @noradno ! 👇👇 uib.no/en/research/research-…
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🇹🇿 🇳🇴 🇬🇭🇳🇵BCEPS staff&affil. researchers Amani Mori (#Tanzania), @OKaarboe (#Norway), @LumbweChola1 (#Ghana) & @Kriessh (#Nepal) presented on "Enhancing #Healthcare Prioritization through Implementing #Health #Technology #Assessment (#HTA)" in these countries at Alrek Helsedager
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