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…
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…
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 16:30Thursday 27th May 15:00 to 16:30Mon 23rd June 13:00 to 14:30Thursday 25th June 10…
24th October is United Nations Day.
Founded in 1945 to promote world peace and stability, the UN has since widened its remit to promote issues such as human rights, economic development and humanitarian assistance, and environmental and climate issues. In its 80 year history so far, the UN has won…
4th September is World Sexual Health Day instigated by the World Association of Sexual Health (WAS). The theme for this day is “Positive Relationships”.
Building positive relationships with yourself, your partner, your community and health care providers, your friends and family fosters healthy and meaningful connections that…
We’re seeking your feedback on how we’ve been doing during this academic year. If you’re a student at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) you should have received an email from the Library asking you three questions:
Overall how satisfied are you with the…
Tackling your summer projects can be daunting. The library is here to support you every step of the way. We currently have a new book display in the Reading Room at Keppel Street, focusing on several resources which can help you complete your Master’s dissertation with confidence.
Library…
From the seventeenth century, women have played a small but significant role in exploring the world of insects by listing, drawing, and collecting them. Some women have also observed and recorded the extraordinary life histories of insects. Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1828-1901) did all this before becoming the first woman…
Today, we will take a quick look at Henry C. Burdett’s book Cottage Hospitals General, Fever, and Convalescent. This book is part of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Library’s historical collection and can be found under the Barnard Classification Scheme classmark of SYBH (Cottage Hospitals…
In this blogpost we take a look at a couple of books found in the Reece Collection, a collection of items largely on the topics of small pox and early vaccination once owned by Richard J Reece.
In the early 19th century, the advent of vaccination sparked intense debates within…
