World Health Day, 7 April 2025

Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures

“World Health Day, celebrated on 7 April 2025, will kick off a year-long campaign on maternal and newborn health. The campaign, titled Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures, will urge governments and the health community to ramp up efforts to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths, and…

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Book a literature searching session.

Effective Literature Searching: relevant for MSc Projects – booking now available (Summer Term, all sessions on Zoom).

These take place on:Part 1 – step by step literature searching: relevant to all types of MSc Project.Monday 19th May 10:00 to 11:30Friday 23rd May 15:00 to 16:30Tuesday 27th May 15:00 to 16:30Mon 23rd June 13:00 to 14:30Thursday 26th June 10…

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World Tuberculosis Day 24th March 2025

Monday March 24th 2025 is World Tuberculosis Day. The theme for World TB Day 2025 is “Yes! We Can End TB”, reinforcing the idea that ending tuberculosis is possible with collective effort.

The date marks the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch discovered the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium, which causes…

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The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1925

A photo of the class of 1925

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Nutrition, Diet and Fasting in March

This March, fasting and food awareness is an incredibly important part of many peoples every day. With Ramadan well underway, and Lent just beginning, a large portion of the population will for the next few weeks be far more observational over their eating than usual. Alongside religious fasting, many of…

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Alternative sources of US Federal Government Information

(and information about what is happening within the STEM information landscape)

With the transition to the new government in the United States, we are seeing some major changes in the US federal information landscape.

This blog post aims to bring together information for LSHTM staff and students on alternative sources…

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Book Display: Eating Disorders Awareness Week (24 February – 2 March 2025)

Eating Disorders Can Affect Anyone

“Eating Disorders Can Affect Anyone” is the theme of this year’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW), taking place in the UK from Monday, 24 February to Sunday, 2 March 2025. EDAW is an annual campaign dedicated to raising awareness, challenging misconceptions, and advocating for…

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Work Experience at LSHTM

Work experience here at the LSHTM Library, Archive & Open Research Services has been a fantastic opportunity and has given me a very interesting insight into what happens behind the scenes at a library. It was lovely working with and meeting all the different members of staff across the LSHTM…

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Book Display: Decolonising Global Health

For this book display we focussed on the important topic of decolonialisation; LSHTM have said “Global health is about equity and justice.  We believe that global health institutions must fight, not reinforce, racial and national hierarchies and exploitative systems”.

The display features several books the library stores surrounding the…

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Celebrate Love Data Week 2025 with us!

Love Data Week is here, and it's time to celebrate the power of data! Whether you're a data enthusiast, a curious student, or just looking to learn something new, the Library, Archive & Open Research Services has a great line-up of events to help you dive into the world of data. Check out the following training events.

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