Today is World AIDS, an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic and commemorating those who have died of the disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) designates World AIDS Day as one of its eleven official global … Continue reading
The LSHTM Archive recently catalogued and made available to researchers the papers of William Brass (1921 – 1999). William Brass was a demographer, meaning that he undertook statistical research of human populations. Throughout his career he developed indirect methods for … Continue reading
International Women’s Day is a great chance to remind ourselves of just some of the women who have studied and taught at LSHTM over the years. Continue reading
As part of our commitment to decolonisation at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, we’ve been reviewing the language used in our archival catalogue. We found many examples of outdated language, such as colonial place names. Archival documentation … Continue reading