June Seminar Series on Adolescent Health & Wellbeing Health for the World’s Adolescents: A second chance in a second decade – UK Launch of the new landmark WHO report Date & time: Wednesday 11th June 2014 5:15 – 6:30 pm Venue: John Snow … Continue reading
Martin McKee discusses the risks of e-cigarettes for BBC News Online: “The health community is completely divided on the subject of whether electronic cigarettes are safer than real cigarettes. While the signatories to this letter are clearly supportive, the World … Continue reading
Tanzanian Leadership for accountability – will this count for women and children? Tanzanian President JM Kikwete currently joins his fellow co-chair for the Commission on Information and Accountability (COIA),Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada, at a high level summit on … Continue reading
Some innovative ways universities have introduced or are thinking of introducing to help relieve the stress of exams include: bubble wrap popping stations (University of Leicester student union),petting zoos (University of Bath) and even bouncy castles and massages (PETA’s alternatives … Continue reading
Carting trip, 30th July 2014. Contact Anton for details.
Science Transnational Medicine Modular Multiantigen T Cell Epitope–Enriched DNA Vaccine Against Human Leishmaniasis Shantanabha Das, Anja Freier, Thouraya Boussoffara, Sushmita Das, Detlef Oswald, Florian O. Losch, Melanie Selka, Nina Sacerdoti-Sierra, Gabriele Schönian, Karl-Heinz Wiesmüller, Karin Seifert, Matthias Schroff, Christiane Juhls, Charles L. Jaffe, Syamal Roy, Pradeep Das, Hechmi Louzir, Simon L. Croft, Farrokh Modabber and Peter Walden. Abstract The … Continue reading
Hazel Dockrell and Pauline Paterson taught on the 14th Advanced Vaccinology Course held at the International Vaccine Institute in Seoul from Mar 12-16th, 2014; Hazel talked on Basic immunology and biomarkers and Pauline gave a lecture on Confidence in vaccines: … Continue reading
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine MARCH Centre and the UCL Centre for Adolescent Health are proud to announce the UK Launch of the new landmark WHO Report Health for the World’s Adolescents: A second chance in the … Continue reading
Dr Nashid Kamal from Bangladesh studied for her PhD in Medical Demography at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, graduating in 1996. She is currently Adjunct Professor in the School of Business, BRAC University, and in the Department … Continue reading
Joy Lawn talks to The Guardian, New York Times, Al Jazeera, AFP, Thomson Reuters Foundation and the Inter Press Service about her new research showing that 5.5 million newborns die each year without being recorded: “In most countries stillbirths do … Continue reading