Frode Forland

Frode Forland, MD, DPH, Associate professor (University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway) Frode Forland is Director of Infectious Diseases and Global Health at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. He is a medical doctor and a specialist in Public Health and General Practice. He initiated and led the ‘Global Health Preparedness Program’ at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, supporting Malawi, Palestine, Moldova and Ghana in building capacity for health security and implementing the International Health Regulations. He led a program at the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam to establish the ‘Collaboration for Evidence Based Healthcare in Africa’ and he has worked at the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in Stockholm with development of methods for Evidence Based Public Health in Europe. He has published widely on topics related to Evidence Based Medicine and Global Health. He is representing Norway in the Advisory Forum of ECDC. He has worked several years in Africa and was a Board Member of Guidelines International Network for four years. He is coordinating Norway’s contribution to the Global Health Security Agenda and has been in the lead of three Joint External Evaluations for WHO.