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 five years of age) per year until the…
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Dr Alec Smith on 15th August, 2014.
Born 19th January, 1927, Alec was a graduate of Birmingham University (BSc. Zoology and Comparative Physiology, First Class Honours (1948) and D.Sc. (1965)) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical…
Julie and Carlos Chaccour are two alumni who fell in love while at the School. Julie tells us how signing up for a randomised trial led to more than just a mosquito bite…
“I was doing my MSc in Immunology of Infectious Diseases and working on my thesis in Eleanor…
Sir Ronald Ross, a leading pioneer in Tropical Medicine, and all round talented man, died on this day in 1932.
“Sir Ronald Ross was born in India in 1857 to a Scottish Army Officer and his wife. He was educated in England and entered St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College…
Alumni are cordially invited to attend a celebration of World Mosquito Day 2013. The Malaria Centre at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine will host a Murder Mystery with a malaria-themed twist in the grand surroundings of the School’s listed, wood-panelled library.
Date: Friday 16…
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