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Harald Siem (born 1941), MD, Dr. med, MPH, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Centre for Migration and Minority Health; former Director Medical Services, International Organization for Migration.
Articles by Harald Siem
Migrant health is global health
- Bernadette Kumar,
- Harald Siem,
- Ingeborg Haavardsson,
- Andrea Sylvia Winkler
20.12.2017:
The number of migrants worldwide is at a record high level. An investment in migrant health is an investment in the future: migrants should be seen as a resource rather than a burden. The ‘Migration Period’ of the Middle Ages (300–700 AD) resulted in dramatic changes in the architecture of...
Can we trust doping tests?
- Hans Th. Waaler,
- Harald Siem,
- Odd O. Aalen
20.09.2011:
In the hunt for doped athletes, little account is taken of the risk of condemning an innocent athlete. The doping hunters appear to be more concerned with catching all the guilty than with considering the risk that some test results may be false positives. In 2010, a Norwegian athlete (Erik Tysse)...
The World Health Organization and global health
- Bengt Skotheim,
- Bjørn-Inge Larsen,
- Harald Siem
20.09.2011:
The World Health Organization (WHO) is the largest single UN organisation, and since its establishment in 1948 it has played a significant role in global health. WHO has enjoyed a great amount of trust through the strength of its political independence and professional expertise. Viewed as a whole...
Global health – a challenge for us all
- Harald Siem,
- Just Haffeld,
- Sverre O. Lie,
- John-Arne Røttingen
06.09.2011:
Global health concerns us all. It is a matter of the human worth of poor and rich alike. There is growing interest in global health both at home and abroad. Books and articles on global health are being launched as never before. Politicians, businessmen and celebrities compete to show the deepest...