A Birthday Card Competition for the National Survey of Health and Development The Medical Research Council’s National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD) is Britain’s longest running birth cohort study. It has been collecting information about the health and life circumstances of its study members … Continue reading
A number of LSHTM experts speak to the media on the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Peter Piot was interviewed by BBC World Service Radio’s Newshour programme (from 5m40s) and discusses the latest on efforts … Continue reading
Due to an administrative error made by RCUK the amount of open access funding awarded to the School has been significantly reduced for the 2018-19 block grant year (running from 1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019). The School will … Continue reading
Creative ideas from students at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India (written by Dr Kerry Ann Brown) When you walk into your local food shop to pick up your groceries, you are faced with countless options. How do you decide which oil to … Continue reading
‘It’s more complicated than that…’ is a common academic refrain. How many times have you watched a TV programme or read a newspaper article that touches on an area you know about and shouted (probably to no-one in particular): ‘but … Continue reading
Remembering and thinking critically about the ‘Don’t Die of Ignorance’ campaign An ‘It’s more complicated than that’ blog post In 1986 the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) launched the AIDS-education campaign, ‘Don’t aid AIDS’, often recollected as the … Continue reading
Vaccinations – ‘It’s more complicated than that’ John Oliver tackled vaccination on his HBO series Last Week Tonight British satirist John Oliver tackled vaccination on the 25 June episode of his HBO series Last Week Tonight. There has been a … Continue reading
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN QUEEN ELIZABETH DIAMOND JUBILEE TRUST MPH-CEH SCHOLARSHIP Purpose The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust MPH-CEH Scholarships have been established to provide support to Master of Public Health (community eye health track) (MPH-CEH) students from African … Continue reading
By Lara Salha As part of my Masters in Archives and Records Management at UCL, I had the pleasure of being assigned my 3 week part-time placement at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Archives and was given … Continue reading
In a paper published this week in HIV Medicine, data from 29 countries in Europe and Central Asia reported to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control were analysed in relation to a four stage HIV continuum of care … Continue reading