Contact person: Arne H Eide, SINTEF Digital, Health Research

Type of event: Digital event ONLY

In order to reach the SDGs, it is critical to accommodate the needs of vulnerable populations. Research of relevance for the welfare of vulnerable groups comprise a range of research areas, from baseline mapping to raise awareness and influence policy, to studying mechanisms maintaining poverty. It also include interventions within service provision, medical treatment and technological innovation that can better utilize scarce resources, streamline services and communication, make services more resilient, develop appropriate technologies, and reduce and remove environmental threats to health and welfare.

SINTEF is a Norwegian-based technological and cross-disciplinary research institute with comprehensive international activity and network. Our health research in LMICs has long tradition within the areas of global health, assistive technology and technology for global health. SINTEF aims in particular to combine technological, social science and health disciplines to produce knowledge and innovations that can contribute to the poorest countries and sub-populations.

This workshop aims to put vulnerable groups higher on the agenda in the global health discourse.

This event is relevant for:
- SDG 1: No Poverty
- SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
- SDG 5: Gender Equality
- SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities