Author: Megan McGill Megan has been on a work placement in the archives The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health collection contains over seven-hundred descriptions of posters relating to AIDS/HIV from around Europe, … Continue reading
Sir Ronald Ross and his wife, Rosa, had four children, the eldest Ronald Campbell was killed at the start of the war in the retreat from Mons. Ross writes about his son’s death in his Memoirs which were published in 1923. … Continue reading
by Arjun Vasan and Gina Lagomarsino, Results for Development Institute Just over three months ago, Mr. Narendra Modi was inaugurated as the 14th Prime Minister of India after his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), resoundingly defeated the ruling Congress … Continue reading
The European Journal for Public Health has just published this collaborative editorial by Greg Hartwell (SPHR@L Affiliaite) and Anna Gilmore (University of Bath) illustrating the divisions in the public health community over e-cigarettes. Read the full article here: E-cigarettes: threat or opportunity?
The Journal of the Town and Country Planning Association’s August issue features an article by SPHR@L’s own Matt Egan; a collaborative piece with Will Anderson, André Pinto and Lesley Mountford on some of the key issues relating to evidence that have … Continue reading
Even though it is the bank holiday this coming Monday, there is no need to hang around outside as the Library is open. Our opening hours during the Bank Holiday Monday are 11:00 am to 5:pm for staff and students … Continue reading
As part of the ‘Improving Health in Wartime’ exhibition, we are planning a series of events using archive material. In keeping with the World War theme, I have selected leaflets from our Nutrition collection produced by the Ministry of Food … Continue reading
Science and Science Translational Medicine have made all current and past content research articles concerning the Ebola virus freely accessible to all at http://www.sciencemag.org/site/extra/ebola/. In their web statement AAAS state: “Given the current outbreak, unprecedented in terms of the number of … Continue reading
The Journal Consultation closes on 31st August 2014, and we want to hear from you whilst there’s still time. There are 3 different questionnaires, one for each Faculty: EPH: https://www.survey.lshtm.ac.uk/eph ITD: https://www.survey.lshtm.ac.uk/itd PHP: https://www.survey.lshtm.ac.uk/php The questionnaire should only take you … Continue reading
SPHR@L Seminar Series NIHR School for Public Health Research @ LSHTM ”Shifting the Gravity of Spending?’ Exploring methods for supporting public health commissioners in priority-setting to improve population health and address health inequalities’ Speaker: Silvia Scalabrini (Durham University) Read the … Continue reading