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In April 2019, the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched the world’s first malaria vaccine, the RTS, S/AS01, as part of a pilot programme in Malawi, Ghana and Kenya. The three countries have a combined target of vaccinating 360000 children (below … Continue reading
Open Education in Eye Health (OEEH) was established in response to the growing global need to embed a public health approach to effectively address avoidable blindness and the health training inequalities which exist. Training programmes in eye health, particularly in … Continue reading
Working in the field of global health can be challenging, as LSHTM alumni are well positioned to know. The complex nature of health ecosystems, cultural boundaries, socioeconomic context, changing landscapes and imbalanced power relationships are a few of the many … Continue reading
The first residential week of the Executive Programme for Global Health Leadership successfully launched back in September 2017 with 14 Fellows joining us at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine from around the world. This course is the … Continue reading
This week we have a special blog post about the Young Scientist Programme written by Erin Lafferty, the Public Engagement Coordinator for the School. If you were to visit the School at certain points of the year, you may think … Continue reading
6 July 2016 Dear Colleague I received a number of letters from London’s universities and from London Higher and Universities UK at the start of my Mayoralty. I greatly appreciated this and look forward to working with you over the … Continue reading
Senior Programme Specialist (Monitoring) at the UNICEF Headquarters in New York, Dr Boniface Francis Kalanda told us about why getting a MSc Public Health (Health Systems Management) via distance learning from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine was … Continue reading
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease and cancer, are responsible for the greatest burden of death and disability globally. No longer viewed as diseases of affluence, NCDs are of critical importance to all countries and are firmly on the … Continue reading
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is pleased to announce three recipients of the 2016 Marshall Scholarships. Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a graduate degree in the United Kingdom. Up to 40 Scholars … Continue reading
Research consistently shows that girls who stay in school increase their chances of improved health and income. Girls who complete high school are: Three times less likely to contract HIV Will have fewer, healthier and better educated children Earn better, reinvest 90% … Continue reading