Peter Furu

Peter Furu

Associate Professor / Head of Studies


  1. 2009
  2. Published

    Health Impact Assessment and its potential for safeguarding human health in sustainable land-use planning

    Furu, Peter, 2009, Health and Recreation in Forest and Landscape: Challenges, theories, empirical studies, and practical solutions. Abstracts. p. 58 1 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference abstract in proceedingsResearch

  3. Published

    Health impact assessment: in the context of transport and infrastructure development

    Furu, Peter, 2009, 63 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportCompendium/lecture notesEducation

  4. Published
  5. Published

    Health impacts of climate change: CCIAM - 2009, E-module 9 - E-lesson 9.1

    Furu, Peter, 2009, 35 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportCompendium/lecture notesEducation

  6. Published

    Knowledge management - principles and practices: teaching material from Research Methodology Course in Malawi 2009

    Furu, Peter, 2009, 21 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportCompendium/lecture notesEducation

  7. Published

    Linkages between climate change, health, water and food security: what are the issues for southern Africa?

    Chimbari, M., Mazvimavi, D., Manase, G., Furu, Peter, Feilberg, M., Jensen, J. R., Ørnbjerg, N., Sørensen, A. M. & Madsen, P. V., 2009, In: Institute of Physics Conference Series. 6, 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

  8. Published

    WHO Collaborating Centre for health and environment in sustainable development. Report 2008/09

    Furu, Peter, 2009, WHO Collaborating Centre. Report 2008/09. WHO, Geneva, p. 1-10 10 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterCommunication

  9. Published

    Økosystemsundhed og human sundhed - der er en forbindelse

    Furu, Peter, 2009, Ulande - naturressourcer, fødevarer og sundhed. Striving for a better life: temahæfte 2009. Thostrup, L. (ed.). Det Biovidenskabelige Fakultet for Fødevarer, Veterinærmedicin og Naturressourcer, Københavns Universitet, p. 14-16 3 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterCommunication

  10. 2008
  11. Published

    DBL-Centre for Health Research and Development: WHO Collaborating Centre. Report 2007

    Furu, Peter, 2008, DBL-Centre for Health Research and Development, University of Copenhagen. 14 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportCommunication

  12. Published

    HIA e-learning – a new approach in Health Impact Assessment capacity building

    Furu, Peter, Bos, R., Koch, H., Wiese, M. & Schwering, T., 2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceCommunication

  13. Published

    Health Impact Assessment – Actors and Procedures

    Furu, Peter, 2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceCommunication

  14. Published

    Health impact assessment of three-year development plan (2007-2009), Bueng nium sub-district, Mueang district, Khon Kaen province

    Inmuong, U., Charerntanyarak, L. & Furu, Peter, 2008, In: Warasan Satharanasuk Sat. p. 79-89 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Mupfure irrigation project, Zimbabwe: HIA of a water resources development

    Konradsen, Flemming, Chimbari, M. & Furu, Peter, 2008, Health impact assessment of sustainable water mangement. Fewtrell, L. & Kay, D. (eds.). IWA Publishing, p. 179-198 20 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  16. Published

    Policies and Institutional Framework for Health Impact Assessment

    Furu, Peter, 2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceCommunication

  17. Published

    Poverty, health & environment: placing environmental health on countries' development agendas

    Furu, Peter, Nøhr, H., Reimer, J., O'Connor, H., Bibby, S., Cairncross, S., Church, C., Iszatt, N., Pell, C., Stephens, C., Acharya, A., Ahmed, K., Garcia, M. F., Paunio, M. K., Rockhold, P., Dora, C., Rehfuess, E. & Pfeiffer, M., 2008, Poverty Environment Partnership. 60 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearch

  18. Published

    What is Health Impact Assessment and what is its potential in development planning?

    Furu, Peter, 2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceCommunication

  19. 2007
  20. Published

    Applying participatory health impact assessment for advocating development of healthy public policy in Thai local government planning processes

    Inmuong, U., Charerntanyarak, L. & Furu, Peter, 2007, Proceedings. International Association for Impact Assessment, p. 52-53 2 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference abstract in proceedingsResearch

  21. Published

    Biodiversity, traditional medicine and health

    Furu, Peter, 2007. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  22. Published

    DBL-Institute for Health Research and Development: WHO Collaborating Centre. Report 2006

    Furu, Peter, 2007, DBL-Centre for Health Research and Development, University of Copenhagen.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportCommunication

  23. Published

    Health Impact Assessment – a Tool for Safeguarding Environmental Health in the Context of Water Resources Development.

    Furu, Peter, 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceCommunication

  24. Published

    Health impact assessment capacity building in the Mekong Region 2003-2007: progress and future perspectives

    Furu, Peter, 2007, Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment,. International Association for Impact Assessment, p. 41 1 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference abstract in proceedingsResearch

  25. Published

    Improvement of Thai local government planning after introducing health impact assessment

    Inmuong, U., Charerntanyarak, L. & Furu, Peter, 2007. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  26. Published

    National policy development for health impact assessment: report of a national seminar organized by InWent, DBL and WHO, in collaboration with the Government of Cambodia

    Bos, R. & Furu, Peter, 2007, World Health Organization. (WHO/SDE/WSH; No. 07.12).

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearch

  27. Published

    Preliminary investigation of the disposition of the molluscicidal saponin deltonin from Balanites aegyptiaca in a snail species (Biomphalaria glabrata) and in mice

    Brimer, L., ElSheik, S. H. & Furu, Peter, 2007, In: Journal of Pesticide Science. 32, 3, p. 213-221 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published
  29. 2006
  30. A national policy on Health Impact Assessment in Lao PDR - a contribution towards sustainable development and poverty reduction

    Furu, Peter, Bos, R., Phommasack, B., Inmuong, Y. & Chanthaphone, S., 2006.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceCommunication

  31. Health Impact Assessment International Best Practice Principles. Special Publication Series No. 5. Fargo, USA

    Quigley, R., den Broeder, L., Furu, Peter, Bond, A., Cave, B. & Bos, R., 2006

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationCommunication

  32. Intersectoral action for health - the potential value of health impact assessment in the context of water resources development.

    Furu, Peter, 2006.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceCommunication

  33. 2005
  34. The Process of Health Impact Assessment Capacity Building and Policy Reform in Lao PDR

    Furu, Peter, Phommasack, B. & Inmuong, Y., 2005.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  35. 2004
  36. Unhealthy Landscapes: Policy recommendations on land use change and infectious disease emergence

    Patz, J. & Furu, Peter, 2004, In: Environmental Health Perspectives. 10, 112, p. 1092-1098

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. 2003
  38. Published

    Community participation as an interactive learning process: experiences from a schistosomiasis control project in Zimbabwe

    Ndekha, A., Hansen, E. H., Mølgaard, P., Woelk, G. & Furu, Peter, 2003, In: Acta Tropica. 85, p. 325-338

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Equal Partnership - a condition for Health Research for Development

    Byskov, J., Furu, Peter & Ørnbjerg, N., 2003.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterCommunication

  40. Health Opportunities in Development - A Course Manual on Developing Intersectoral Decision-making Skills in Support of Health Impact Assessment.

    Bos, R., Birley, M., Furu, Peter & Engel, C., 2003, 1 ed. Geneve: World Health Organization. 197 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookEducation

  41. 2002
  42. Schistosomiasis and its environmental and socio-economic health determinants in the southern part of Lake Malawi

    Furu, Peter, Bloch, P. & Makaula, P., 2002.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  43. 2001
  44. Bulinus nyassanus is an intermediate host for Schistosoma haematobium in Lake Malawi.

    Madsen, H., Bloch, P., Phiri, H., Kristensen, T. K. & Furu, Peter, 2001, In: Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 95, 4, p. 353-360

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Distribution and population dynamics of Bulinus globosus and B. nyassanus in Lake Malawi at the Nankumba Peninsula, Mangochi District, Malawi

    Phiri, H., Bloch, P., Madsen, H., Furu, Peter & Dudley, C., 2001.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  46. Intersectoral collaboration on schistosomiasis control in lakeshore communities on Nankumba Peninsula, Mangochi District, Malawi

    Bloch, P., Madsen, H., Furu, Peter, Makaula, P. & Magnussen, P., 2001. 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  47. Perceptions about malaria transmission and control using anti-malaria plants in Mola, Kariba, Zimbabwe

    Lukwa, N., Research, B., Research, B., Mølgaard, P. & Furu, Peter, 2001, In: Nigerian Journal of Natural Products and Medicine. 5, p. 4-7 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. 2000
  49. Biodegradability of the Molluscicidal Saponins of Phytolacca dodecandra.

    Mølgaard, P., Chihaka, A., Lemmich, E., Furu, Peter, Wiinberg, C., Ingerslev, F. & Halling-Sørensen, B., 2000, In: Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 32, p. 248-255

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Ineffectiveness of essential oils from Artemisia afra (Asteraceae), Lantana angiolensis (Verbenaceae) and Syzygium hiullense (Myrtaceae) in inhibiting mosquito biting.

    Lukwa, N., Molgaard, P., Furu, Peter, Bogh, C. & Gundidza, M., 2000, In: Central African Journal of Medicine. 46, 8, p. 232-233

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  51. 1999
  52. Experience from the use of Phytolacca dodecandra in community based schistosomiasis control in Zimbabwe

    Furu, Peter, Mølgaard, P., Ndekha, A. & Chihaka, A., 1999.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  53. Published

    Gender roles in community based control of schistosomiasis

    Ndekha, A., Hansen, E. H., Mølgaard, P., Woelk, G. & Furu, Peter, 1999.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  54. Health impact assessment in rehabilitation of smallholder irrigation schemes in Malawi – a study of the health problems and opportunities

    Furu, Peter, 1999.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  55. Promoting community cutivation and application of Phytolacca dodecandra (a plant molluscicide) to control schistosomiasis: A learning process.

    Ndekha, A., Woelk, G., Hansen, E. H., Mølgaard, P. & Furu, Peter, 1999.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearchpeer-review

  56. Schistosomiasis control at Lake Malawi – a community priority for development

    Furu, Peter, Bloch, P., Magnussen, P. & Makaula, P., 1999.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  57. The role of selected Zimbabwean plants in inhibiting mosquito biting

    Lukwa, N., Mølgaard, P., Makaza, N., Furu, Peter & Bøgh, C., 1999.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  58. 1998
  59. Over-exploitation of fish stocks, increase in schistosomiasis and declining tourism. A possible relationship calling for intersectoral cooperation for schistosomiasis control

    Furu, Peter, Bloch, P. & Magnussen, P., 1998.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  60. 1997
  61. Phytolacca dodecandra cultivation: Community participation and motivation.

    Chihaka, A., Furu, Peter, Lemmich, E., Mølgaard, P., Ndamba, J., Ndekha, A. & Nyazema, N. Z., 1997.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearchpeer-review

  62. Agroproduction of Phytolacca dodecandra for schistosomiasis control in Zimbabwe: a community initiative.

    Chihaka, A., Ndekha, A., Mølgaard, P., Furu, Peter & Lemmich, E., 1997.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  63. Community Participation: Constraints in Implementing a Programme to Control Schistosomiasis using a Plant Molluscicide, Phytolacca dodecandra: Preliminary Results

    Ndekha, A., Woelk, G., Chihaka, A., Hansen, E. H., Mølgaard, P., Furu, Peter & Nyazema, N. Z., 1997.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

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