Christine Stabell Benn

Christine Stabell Benn Center Leader, Statens Serum Institut and Professor in Global Health, University of Southern Denmark

I work at the Bandim Health Project, a large health and demographic surveillance system site in the West African country Guinea-Bissau. We follow a population of almost 200,000 people in the capital, and in randomly selected villages in the rural areas. The set-up allows us to monitor the real life impact of health intervention programs. My main interest is in the effect of the child health interventions. I am the head of the Bandim Health Project’s Danish group placed at Statens Serum Institut, and the leader of the Center of Excellence ”Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines” (CVIVA), established in 2012 with the aim to study the specific and not least non-specific effects of the currently used child health interventions. I am also a professor in Global Health at OPEN, Institute for Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark/Odense University Hospital.

  • A book that is a must-read for everybody interested in Global Health?

    Some brilliant novels about Africa’s history: “The poisonwood bible” by Barbara Kingsolver and everything and anything by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

  • A Global Health related book that I am reading at the moment?

    “Vær nær” by Tor Nørretranders

  • The most important question that has not yet been answered in the field of Global Health?

    Why the world is happy to use health interventions which have not been tested for their overall effects on morbidity and mortality in real life.

  • WEBSITES THAT EVERYBODY INTERESTED IN GLOBAL HEALTH MUST VISIT?

    www.bandim.org

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