Monthly Archives: November 2018

Poetry of War: Sir Ronald Ross and the First World War

Posted on November 9, 2018 by

Sir Ronald Ross is best known for being the discoverer of the malaria vector in 1897. His discovery brought him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1902, the first Briton to be awarded the prize in Medicine. What … Continue reading →

Sir Ronald Ross and malaria in the First World War

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Victoria Cranna

Today is World Malaria Day, to mark this day the Archives service will be posting blogs that look at malaria from its collections. The LSHTM Archives Service holds the records of Sir Ronald Ross, discoverer of the mosquito transmission of … Continue reading →

Is user fee removal a way towards universal coverage of delivery care in Sub-Saharan Africa? Compelling evidence from Burkina Faso

Posted on November 5, 2018 by phpunsal

Written by Hoa T. Nguyen1, David Zombré², Valery Ridde2,3, Manuela De Allegri1 It is well known that user fees charged at point of use constitute a major financial barrier to accessing health care, especially for vulnerable groups like pregnant women. … Continue reading →

FORCE2018: Post-conference Reflections

Posted on November 5, 2018 by

Keywords: DORA, Responsible metrics, data sharing, mental health, bibliometrics, Creative Commons Introduction Further to my post Planning to get the most out of FORCE2018, written before the conference, I have been back from Montreal for over a fortnight now and … Continue reading →

History in the Making: Ross’s Slides Explored & Explained

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Claire Frankland

  In 2016, students from the History & Health M.Sc. module suggested that the Archives should put Sir Ronald Ross’s malarial slides, dating from 1900, under the microscope.     Due to the age and rarity of these slides, you … Continue reading →