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The JA PreventNCD project seeks to enhance public health outcomes by leveraging health taxes as a policy tool. This tender document invites proposals from research groups with expertise in health economics, fiscal policies, policy innovation and evaluation to conduct comprehensive research on health taxation within the European Union (EU) and its member states. The primary objective is to provide evidence-based insights to support policy making in five areas related to health taxation (particularly excise taxes) on products that impacts health, particularly NCDs and cancers. The five areas are tobacco use (all tobacco products including nicotine products, devices and related accessories), alcohol use,orty foods and drinks (foods and beverages with high content of fat, salt and sugar) and sources for psychiatry environments (i.e. environmental chemicals and pollution).

Procurement of a follow-up and result evaluation of "Live safely at home" reform.

Consultancy services - international nuclear security.

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) is seeking a service provider to conduct DNA methylation measurement on DNA samples using Illumina Human Methylation platforms (EPIC-array version 2, or newer platforms available in the period, for example Methylation Screening Array (270K)). This service shall include bisulfit conversion of DNA samples, followed by array processing and data generation. In addition, the service provider shall carry out next-generation sequencing (short- or long-read) of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), using Twist Mitochondrial Panel or a better method available at the time. The aim of this procurement is to support ongoing research projects that require high quality DNA methylation and sequencing data. The results from the analysis of this data will contribute to promoting genetic and epigenetic research carried out by FHI and its collaborating partners.