Centre for Epidemic Interventions Research (CEIR), annual report 2024
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Research to inform decisions about public health and social measures in epidemics, and to reduce the harms of misinformation.
Key message
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Norwegian Ministry of Health asked the Norwegian
Institute of Public Health (NIPH) to establish a research centre to support decision making
in epidemics. The request was directly related to the weak evidence base for the effects of
infection control interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Centre for Epidemic Interventions Research (CEIR) was formally established in the
autumn of 2021, hosted by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH).
CEIR has been tasked with three main activities, as defined by the following aims:
- Prepare for the conduct of studies of effects of non-pharmaceutical infection control
measures. - Carry out effect studies of infection control measures.
- Develop and evaluate tools to support the use of research in decision-making in health
crises and improve critical health literacy in the population