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We are delighted to announce that Daniel Bausch, a professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and director of the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST), has been voted President-Elect of the American Society of...

The LSHTM-Charité Global Health Lecture Series brings together leading scientists from the UK, Germany and further afield to present cutting-edge research on pressing global health issues and to discuss the implications of their work for policy and...

‘Don’t call me BAME?’ will be the first in a series of conversations focused on language and terminology in global health within the context of race and colonialism.

  The first systematic review of how the severity of infectious diseases changes with age suggests that the human immune system might start to lose the ability to protect against infections earlier than previously thought, according to new research...

Professor Val Curtis was a world-class researcher and passionate advocate for safe water, sanitation and hygiene, leading a large and dynamic group of researchers.

As I left the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending TB in New York two years ago, there was renewed hope that this could be a turning point for accelerating progress against tuberculosis (TB). But COVID-19 has shifted global TB control...

Letters will go to a sample of primary and secondary schools shortly asking them to take part in the study, which is being sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care. The sample will consist of two year groups from 100...

This seminar will focus on a mixed-methods appraisal of antimicrobial resistance and rapid diagnostic tests in the UK: the evidence, professionals’ views, industry lobbying, and the impact of concepts like the ‘appropriateness’ of antibiotic...

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a leading institution for global health research, education and policy and is embarking on the search for its next Director to lead the organisation from August 2021. Working to improve...

Communication with COVID-19 vaccine trial participants and their communities, pre, during and post-trial is key to finding and delivering a successful vaccine, say social scientists from the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP), in...

Climate change is the greatest threat to human health in the 21st Century. As we try to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic we are faced with an urgent need to re-build a sustainable and healthy society that is able to adapt and respond to the climate...

When the world faces a pandemic, partnerships and collaborations become more vital than ever. Only through working together and learning from one another – both globally and locally – can we prevent millions of unnecessary deaths. In this...

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Professor Graham Medley, Director of the Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases (CMMID) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), has been closely involved in...

Almost two million babies are stillborn every year – or 1 every 16 seconds – according to the new report A Neglected Tragedy: The Global Burden of Stillbirths. The report was co-authored by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM),...