About myself
Current position:
Professor at Centre for International Health, University of Bergen
Senior Consultant (Endocrine surgery) at Haukeland University Hospital.
E-mail: bernt.lindtjorn@cih.uib.no
My web sites: emaps.uib.no thesis.uib.no lindtjorn.no
Current research projects
- Coordinator of research programme (2007 – 2011) “Preparing for tuberculosis vaccine efficacy trials: Baseline epidemiology, improved diagnosis, markers of protection and phase I/II trials (Short name: TBTrials)”. Collaboration with universities and industry in India, Denmark, Norway, South Africa and USA. Funded by AERAS and Research Council of Norway.
- Norwegian coordinator of research programme (2007 – 2011): ETHIOPIAN MALARIA PREDICTION SYSTEM (EMAPS)
- Coordinator of research and intervention programme “Reducing Maternal Mortality” in south Ethiopia (2008 – 2012). A programme in cooperation with the Regional Health Bureau of South Ethiopia. Funded by NORAD.
- Coordinator: Ongoing research in south Ethiopia on tuberculosis control and HIV control (2000 – 2010).
Other works
- Coordinator of intervention programme “Reducing Maternal Mortality” in south Ethiopia (2008 – 2012). A programme in cooperation with the Regional Health Bureau of South Ethiopia. Funded by NORAD.
Work Experience
- Centre for International Health, University of Bergen: Professor, 1998 to date
- Centre for International Health, University of Bergen: Director, 1998 - 2000 and 2004 - 2007 (www.uib.no/cih)
- European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership: Interim Executive Director (December 20, 2004 to June 20, 2005)
- European Malaria Vaccine Initiative: Contact Holder (EMVI); 2003 to February 2007
- Health work in Ethiopia: Gidole Hospital (1980 - 1982), Arba Minch Hospital (1984, 2008 – date); Yirga Alem Hospital, (1978-1980; 1985-1987; 1992-1993; 2000 - 2002); Coordinator famine relief work in Ethiopia 1984-1985
- Haukeland University Hospital: Consultant Specialist in Endocrine Surgery; 1996- date
- Consultancy work in China, Mongolia, India, Angola, Ethiopia, Tanzania
Education
- PhD -Epidemiology. University of Bergen, 1992. Thesis: Child health and nutrition. A study from drought prone areas in southern Ethiopia.
- Medical specialist - General Surgery (Norway, 1996)
- Cand Med (Medical Degree) - Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo. 1976
Some recent publications
Asfaw D Bikilla, Degu Jerene, Bjarne Robberstad and Bernt Lindtjorn. Cost estimates of HIV care and treatment with and without anti-retroviral therapy at Arba Minch Hospital in southern Ethiopia. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2009; 7:6
Datiko DG, Lindtjørn B. Cost and Cost-effectiveness of Tuberculosis Treatment by Health Extension Workers in Southern Ethiopia: a Community Randomized Trial
Datiko DG, Lindtjørn B. Health Extension Workers Improve Tuberculosis Case Notification and Treatment Success in Southern Ethiopia: A Community-Randomized Trial PLoS ONE 2009
Mitike Molla, Maria Emmelin, Yemane Berhane, and Bernt Lindtjørn. Youth in rural Ethiopia hesitate to seek health services for sexually transmitted infections: A mixed method research in Butajira, Central Ethiopia. African Journal of AIDS Research. 2009, in press.
Asfaw D Bikilla, Degu Jerene, Bjarne Robberstad and Bernt Lindtjorn. Cost estimates of HIV care and treatment with and without anti-retroviral therapy at Arba Minch Hospital in southern Ethiopia. Accepted 2009 in: Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
Datiko DG, Lindtjørn B. Tuberculosis recurrence and death rates in successfully treated tuberculosis patients in southern Ethiopia: retrospective cohort study. Submitted to BMC Public Health 2009 (Accepted)
Molla M, Byass, P: Berhane Y, Lindtjørn B. Mortality decreases among young adults in south-central Ethiopia. Ethiop J Hlth Dev 2008; 22: 218-225.
Molla M, Berhane Y, Lindtjørn B. Traditional values of virginity and sexual behaviour in rural Ethiopian youth: results from a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2008;8:9.
Datiko DG, Yassin MA, Chekol LT, Kabeto LE, Lindtjørn B. The rate of TB-HIV co-infection depends on the prevalence of HIV infection in a community. BMC Public Health. 2008;8:266.
Jerene D, Endale A, Lindtjørn B. Acceptability of HIV counselling and testing among tuberculosis patients in south Ethiopia. BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2007;7:4.
Shargie EB, Lindtjørn B. Determinants of treatment adherence among smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Southern Ethiopia. PLoS Med. 2007;4:e37.
Kloos H and Lindtjørn B. The HIV/aids epidemic in a least developed country: Ethiopia. Human Ecology Review, 2007; 14 (1): 39 – 55.
Demissie M, Omer OA, Lindtjørn B, Hombergh J. 2006 “Tuberculosis” in Berhane Y, Hailemariam D and Kloos (Eds) The Epidemiology and Ecology of Health and Disease in Ethiopia. Page 409-434. Addis Ababa: Shama Books
Jerene D, Naess A, Lindtjørn B. Antiretroviral therapy at a district hospital in Ethiopia prevents death and tuberculosis in a cohort of HIV patients. AIDS Res Ther. 2006;3:10.
Jerene D, Endale A, Hailu Y, Lindtjørn B. Predictors of early death in a cohort of Ethiopian patients treated with HAART. BMC Infect Dis. 2006;6:136.
Shargie EB, Mørkve O, Lindtjørn B. Tuberculosis case-finding through a village outreach programme in a rural setting in southern Ethiopia: community randomized trial. Bull World Health Organ. 2006;84:112-9.
Shargie EB, Yassin MA, Lindtjørn B. Prevalence of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in a rural district of Ethiopia. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2006;10:87-92.
Shargie EB, Lindtjørn B. DOTS improves treatment outcomes and service coverage for tuberculosis in South Ethiopia: a retrospective trend analysis. BMC Public Health. 2005;5:62.
Jerene D, Lindtjørn B. Disease progression among untreated HIV-infected patients in South Ethiopia: implications for patient care. MedGenMed. 2005;7:66.
Shargie, Estifanos Biru; Yassin, Mohammed Ahmed; Lindtjørn, Bernt. Quality control of sputum microscopic examinations for acid fast bacilli in southern Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development 2005;19(2):104-108.
