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Pregnancy outcomes and long-term maternal mortality risk have never before been addressed based on the woman's complete reproductive history. The project will fundamentally change how physicians interpret the effects of adverse pregnancy outcomes on mother's future health and may also lead to new opportunities for diagnosis and prevention of latent maternal diseases that are expressed first as pregnancy failure.

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Cardiovascular malformation is the commonest cause of childhood death in developed countries. In the EU there are 51,000 new cases each year and two million affected individuals. Yet, despite intensive research, the cause of 80% of cardiovascular malformations remains elusive.

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In this project we study health problems in children and adolescents in Bergen, and how these health problems can be prevented, based on data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway, health clinics and school health services.

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Advances in neonatal medicine have improved the survival of infants with low birth weight. Repeatedly an increased prevalence of psychological and medical problems has been documented in this group of children such as intellectual disturbances, language delays and behaviour problems like ADHD and learning difficulties. Medical problems comprise subnormal growth, various illnesses and neurodevelopmental problems. This excess morbidity makes this group of children target for follow‑up assessments and early intervention.