“Finish your toast, Andre, then we’ll get the 51 to grandma’s” I was 6 years old. My mum had taken me to the Birmingham Diaries café for tea and toast after my dental check-up: no breakfast on dental appointment days, … Continue reading
31 May 2023 is World No Tobacco day. While much has been written about the harmful effects of using tobacco and public health interventions to combat this, the theme this year moves to the growing of tobacco, hence the slogan … Continue reading
To mark International Women’s Day, I have put together a display of books authored or edited by a range of female staff and alumni of LSHTM. Among others there are Sari Kovats, Dina Balabanova, Virginia Berridge, Ann Mills and Anna … Continue reading
On 4 December 2000, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 18 December as International Migrants Day (resolution A/RES/55/93). The day is intended to mark the 1990 adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers … Continue reading
28 September 2022 marks World Rabies Day. This year’s theme is “One health ; zero death” : see: https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2022/09/28/default-calendar/world-rabies-day-2022 The World Health Organization has a target for the elimination of deaths due to dog-mediated infection in humans by the year … Continue reading
(see https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niam/index.html) The National Immunization Awareness Month is held annually in August, focusing on the importance of immunization at all ages (see https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niam/index.html) I was born in April 1964, in Birmingham, West Midlands. My parents and grandparents had lived through … Continue reading
The theme of this year’s World Environment Day is “Only One Earth”. The host nation is Sweden. “In the Universe there are billions of galaxies. In our galaxy are billions of planets. But there is only one Planet Earth” The … Continue reading
The theme of World Malaria Day 2022 is: “Harness innovation to reduce the malaria burden and save lives.” The World Health Organization (WHO) believes that no single tool available today will solve the problem and is calling for significant investment … Continue reading
World Tuberculosis Day is held on the 24 March each year to raise awareness of the public health impact of this disease. On this date in 1882, Robert Koch announced he had discovered the bacterium that causes TB, which opened … Continue reading
Book of the month. No.1: November 2021 Imperial medicine : Patrick Manson and the conquest of tropical disease / Douglas M. Haynes – Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001. Shelf mark: DY (MAN). Follow link for e-book version (LSHTM … Continue reading