BY EMILY GUSTAFSSON-WRIGHT Social and Development Impact Bonds require enormous effort for the partners involved, but they have a potential to transform the financing and delivery of social services across the globe. In winter 2015, Courtney arrived at Frontline Services, … Continue reading
Natacha Protopopoff and Mark Rowland are quoted by Reuters on a new LSHTM-led study that demonstrates a new class of bed net could significantly reduce malaria infection in children by neutralising mosquitos’ ability to resist pyrethoid insecticide. Natacha said: “It’s … Continue reading
Laura Cornelsen is interviewed by BBC Radio 5 Live’s Wake up to Money programme about the implementation of a Sugar Tax, and how effective this type of tax can be. Laura said: “We need to think about whether people will … Continue reading
International Workshop on HIV and Hepatitis Observational Databases (IWHOD) Conference. The conference was well organised and the science engaging. Our group consisted of researchers from the Alpha network, and the Kisesa (Tanzania) cohort. Our presentations were on the topics of … Continue reading
Charlotte Warren-Gash speaks to the Daily Mail on a new LSHTM-led study that found people suffering from flu or pneumonia aged over 40 could be at increased risk of heart attack or stroke in the days after infection. Charlotte said: … Continue reading
An editorial by Lucinda Hiam and University of Oxford’s Danny Dorling is reported widely by UK media. Based on latest mortality statistics from the Office for National Statistics, they state that the government is failing to investigate a clear pattern … Continue reading
Today we celebrate John Snow’s birthday (March 15th 1813 – June 16th 1858), a physician who made enormous strides in the fields of medial hygiene, anaesthesia, epidemiology and public health. He is perhaps most widely known fo r his … Continue reading
Recently the library has been back-cataloguing its extensive collection of historical pamphlets dating from the early 20th Century to the late 1960s. The collection is comprised of information relating widely to all aspects of international Public Health and is particularly … Continue reading
Hilary Bower is interviewed by BBC World Service Radio’s Newsday programme on the current outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria. Hilary is a member of the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UKPHRST) and said: “The cases are falling at … Continue reading