Ministry of Food information leaflet for nutritional values in different foods, LSHTM Archives
With work and study schedules that can often be stressful, it’s easy to stop prioritising your wellbeing. As the time for deciding New Year’s resolutions approaches, consider how small changes can improve your physical…
World AIDS Day is a global movement to unite people in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Since 1988, communities have stood together on World AIDS Day to show strength and solidarity against HIV stigma and to remember lives lost. In the UK, more than 105,000 people are living…
Image showing blue ribbon alongside text ” WORLD DIABETES 14 November”
Diabetes can impact people across all life stages, including childhood, the reproductive years, working age and older adulthood.
As stated on the WHO website “The theme of this year’s WHO World Diabetes Day, “Diabetes across life stages,” recognizes that…
This October, HEART UK are raising awareness about the effects of high cholesterol. Did you know that 1 in 2 adults in the UK have high cholesterol? It’s more common than you think — but that doesn’t mean it has to be out of your control. Be…
A very warm welcome to all new LSHTM students starting this Autumn.
Thanks to those who were able to attend our in-person induction sessions during the week of 29 September.
During the week beginning 13 October, we’re offering the following Induction sessions via Zoom:
Library Induction: using the…
Eye Health UK is launching National Eye Health Week (#VisionMatters), from 22-28 September 2025. You can find more about this initiative HERE. This public health campaign is designed to raise awareness of the importance of good eye care, and organisers aim to “build strong community networks” to…
A fundamental feature of science is reproducibility and having study methods and data openly available enables researchers to replicate and verify their results. It is not just making methodologies fully open, they need to be fully documented and placed in a location that is accessible.
Open methodologies are concerned…
With the new Academic Year nearly upon us, we have put together a book display to help those who are coming to the area for the first time to study or work. The display has two themes ; one is concerned with the history of the School and the surrounding area…
On 15 August 1945, Victory over Japan (VJ) Day marked the end of the Second World War in Asia. While celebrations had already taken place in Britain and Europe after VE Day in May, the war was far from over for those still living under Japanese occupation.
Among them were…
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine’s Electron Microscopy Department began as part of the Entomology Department under the leadership of Richard Bird in 1959. It closed in 2012, leaving behind many thousands of photographic prints, negatives and ‘blocks’: tiny samples encapsulated in resin, each with a unique…
