Phone: +47 24 16 3000
Where to find us
The Norwegian Directorate of Health's headquarters are located at Universitetsgaten 2 in Oslo's central business district.
Norwegian Directorate of Health
PO Box 7000
St. Olavs plass
0130 Oslo
Norway
National Poison Centre in Norway
The National Poison Centre provide information about acute poisonings and give advice about treatment in cases of poisoning. They offer a 24 hours emergency service to the general public and to health care professionals.
If you have any questions concerning acute poisonings, please call + 47 22 59 13 00 (also English language service). The telephone is operated by specially trained staff.
Department of global health
Arne-Petter Sanne – Head of Department
+ 47 24 16 33 66 / + 47 951 26 292
Fields of responsibility
- Overall work with global health, including work and cooperation with WHO, EU, the Council of Europe and OECD
- Cooperation with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
- WHO and coordination of the authorities’ WHO-work
- The global health workforce crisis
- Member of the General Assembly for the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)
Janicke Fischer – Senior Adviser
+ 47 24 16 33 34
Fields of responsibility
- Barents co-operation and health cooperation in Northwest Russia
- Management of EEA and Norway Grants, including health projects in the new Member States
- EU/EEA-coordination
Harald Siem – Senior Adviser
+ 47 24 16 35 63
Fields of responsibility
- Migration and health
- Millennium Development Goals 4 & 5
- Head of Secretariat for The Lancet-UiO Commission: Global Governance for Health
- Programme for Global Health and Vaccination Research (GLOBVAC)
Odd Arild Haugen – Special Adviser
+ 47 24 16 34 57
Fields of responsibility
- Barents co-operation and health cooperation in Northwest Russia
- EEA and Norway Grants
Sverre Lie – Special Adviser
+ 47 24 16 31 04
Fields of responsibility
- Millennium Development Goals 4 & 5
- Field work in India and Pakistan
- Children’s rights
- Work with the global health convention
- Advocacy for the MDGs
Carmen Pereira – Senior Adviser
+ 47 24 16 32 80
Fields of responsibility
- Cooperation with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
- Migration and health
Lal Manavado – Adviser
+ 47 24 16 31 51
Fields of responsibility
- Management of the framework agreement on translation
- Language advisory
Bengt Skotheim – Adviser
+ 47 24 16 33 03
Fields of responsibility
+ 47 24 16 32 19
Fields of responsibility
Ellen Rønning-Arnesen - Adviser
+ 47 24 16 30 96
Fields of responsibility
- National Focal Point for the EU’s Health Programme and the Drugs Prevention and Information Programme
- EU-advisory
- EU/EEA coordination
Anita Østhus Lyngstadaas - Senior Adviser
+ 47 24 16 37 09
Fields of responsibility
- Research and coordination of research related matters