The LSHTM alumni community is an amazing global network. You are all doing such fascinating, different things, living and working all over the world. We would love to hear from you and share your stories. The next year is going … Continue reading
Continued: vaccines in the news Emilie Karafillakis speaks to BBC World Service’s The Real Story (around 18m 25s in) about the reasons why France was found to be the highest country in Europe to mistrust vaccines in the recently published … Continue reading
Vaccines in the news Heidi Larson, from LSHTM’s Vaccine Confidence Project (VCP) is an expert advisor on the new Wellcome Global Monitor (WGM) report. The WGM surveyed around 140,000 people from more than 140 countries, asking how people think and … Continue reading
As the survey and interviews were so informative in the initial study we have extended the study to include face-to-face students with the LSHTM MSc and students who participate in the modelling short course also run at LSHTM. We are … Continue reading
In March I gave a presentation on the initial findings of the study. This presentation was at the Research into Innovation in Distance Learning and Education conference, held at the University of London. It was a good opportunity to go … Continue reading
For this week’s alumni profile we spoke to alumnus Muhammad Ali Pate. Muhammad will be the Global Director of the World Bank for Health, Nutrition and Population as well as Director of the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and … Continue reading
There have been raising concerns over the increasing consumption of industrially processed foods in low and middle income countries. These foods often increase the overall dietary content of sugars, saturated and trans-fat, salt and dietary energy density while decreasing … Continue reading
By Kristy M. Hackett (Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) With the release of the World Health Organization’s Global Strategy on Digital Health, the inaugural State of Digital Health 2019, and novel tools … Continue reading
New LSHTM-led research finds that more than six billion people are at risk of dengue fever by 2080. African countries, particularly in the Sahel region and southern part of the continent, face a substantial increase in risk of dengue fever … Continue reading
Colin Sutherland spoke to ITV news about new research from the University of Maryland and Burkina Faso which found that a fungus – genetically enhanced to produce spider toxin – can rapidly kill huge numbers of the mosquitoes that spread … Continue reading