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News article LSTM's hero for February: Alwen Evans LSTM's hero for February: Alwen Evans Alwen Myfanwy Evans was LSTM’s first female lecturer and a local doctor who braved African swamps to learn about the relationship between mosquitos...
News article Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine awarded £4.7 million to establish a new Human Challenge Facility, for infectious disease research Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine awarded £4.7 million to establish a new Human Challenge Facility, for infectious disease research LiverpoolSchool of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is celebrating being awarded £4.7 million in funding from the Research England Development (RED) Fund....
News article Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine awarded £4.7 million to establish a new Human Challenge Facility, for infectious disease research Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine awarded £4.7 million to establish a new Human Challenge Facility, for infectious disease research LiverpoolSchool of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is celebrating being awarded £4.7 million in funding from the Research England Development (RED) Fund....
News article LSTM team devises new standardised measurements for recording the outcome of snakebite trials. LSTM team devises new standardised measurements for recording the outcome of snakebite trials. Snakebite envenoming is a priority neglected tropical disease (NTD), and is responsible for around 94,000 deaths each year, mostly in Asia and sub-...
News article ReBUILD for Resilience, an LSTM led consortium, awarded £7.68 million by DFID ReBUILD for Resilience, an LSTM led consortium, awarded £7.68 million by DFID The grant will be used to investigate health systems in fragile contexts experiencing violence, conflict and other global health challenges. The aim...
Event LSTM Seminar: Prof Theobald, Dr Tolhurst & Millicent Liani on "How gender analyses of the health workforce and science can deepen understanding and harness change" LSTM Seminar: Prof Theobald, Dr Tolhurst & Millicent Liani on "How gender analyses of the health workforce and science can deepen understanding and harness change" Professor Sally Theobald, Dr Rachel Tolhurst and Millicent Liani on "How gender analyses of the health workforce and science can deepen understanding...
News article LSTM Emeritus Professor David Molyneux receives Mary Kingsley Medal LSTM Emeritus Professor David Molyneux receives Mary Kingsley Medal LSTM has awarded Emeritus Professor and senior Professorial Fellow David Molyneux its highest honour, the Mary Kingsley Medal, in recognition of his...
Event LSTM Seminar: "Refugee health through national instead of parallel systems: theory, practice and politics" LSTM Seminar: "Refugee health through national instead of parallel systems: theory, practice and politics" A seminar by Dr Robert Smith, UN High Commission for Refugees, Geneva
News article Introducing the MRC Neonatal Nutrition Network Project Introducing the MRC Neonatal Nutrition Network Project An LSTM led project aiming to improve neonatal nutrition and gut health in newborns with low birth weight will have its first project meeting in...
News article Final REACHOUT consortium meeting in Salima, Malawi Final REACHOUT consortium meeting in Salima, Malawi LSTM based REACHOUT consortium has held its final meeting in Malawi. The consortium, which focuses on understanding and supporting frontline close-to...
News article LSTM welcomes Dr Jane Acheng, Ugandan Minister of Health LSTM welcomes Dr Jane Acheng, Ugandan Minister of Health LSTM was honoured to welcome the Honourable Dr Jane Acheng, Ugandan Minister of Health. Dr Acheng was in Liverpool to see her husband, Dr Andrew...
News article LSTM consortia colleagues recognised as ‘Heroines of Health’ in awards ceremony LSTM consortia colleagues recognised as ‘Heroines of Health’ in awards ceremony LSTM consortia colleagues were recognised in the first ever ‘Heroines of Health’ honouree roll at the World Health Assembly Geneva this month.
News article LSTM hosts successful meeting to plan for ReBUILD extension phase LSTM hosts successful meeting to plan for ReBUILD extension phase Last week saw ReBUILD Consortium partners from around the world come together for a workshop at LSTM. This workshop was to plan a £2 million...
News article LSTM launches new Horizon 2020 programme – PERFORM 2scale LSTM launches new Horizon 2020 programme – PERFORM 2scale LSTM hosted the start-up workshop of an exciting new 5-year programme – PERFORM2scale.
News article Launch of the USAID SQALE initiative Launch of the USAID SQALE initiative LSTM’s Dr Miriam Taegtmeyer has been talking at a symposium about community health in Kenya, which is the launch event for a new initiative to embed...
News article Assessing delivery practices of mothers in Uganda Assessing delivery practices of mothers in Uganda Researchers from LSTM used the Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) model in Uganda to gain a better understanding of the factors associated with...
Event Guest Speaker event: 'Primary Care as a Development Policy Option: Why is it not the first option? Guest Speaker event: 'Primary Care as a Development Policy Option: Why is it not the first option? As part of the Certificate Course in International Health Consultancy (IHC), we are delighted to welcome Monica Burns as our guest speaker who has...
News article LSTM out in force in Geneva during the 69th World Health Assembly, 23-29th May. LSTM out in force in Geneva during the 69th World Health Assembly, 23-29th May. The World Health Assembly (WHA) is the forum through which the World Health Organization (WHO) is governed by its...
News article LSTM led team wins bid to organise the 2018 Health Systems Global Symposium LSTM led team wins bid to organise the 2018 Health Systems Global Symposium Biennial global conference will bring over 2,000 delegates to ACC Liverpool
Event RCPE Symposium Edinburgh: Global Health - Recent Progress & Future Challenges RCPE Symposium Edinburgh: Global Health - Recent Progress & Future Challenges This RCPE Symposium will provide an opportunity to hear world-leading experts speaking on a range of topical issues in global health. This will...
Event Putting the politics into international public health Putting the politics into international public health LSTM's senior clinical lecturer and REACHOUT coordinator Miriam Taegtmeyer will be speaking at this event that will take place at the Overseas...
News article Professor Sally Theobald: Plenary Lecture Professor Sally Theobald: Plenary Lecture This week saw a plenary lecture by LSTM’s Sally Theobald, Professor of Social Science and International Health. Awarded her chair earlier this year,...
Event Symposium: The role of Community Health Workers in health systems in low- and middle-income countries Symposium: The role of Community Health Workers in health systems in low- and middle-income countries The Athena Institute of the VU University and the Royal Tropical Institute are pleased to invite their Master students, staff members and others...
News article LSTM and Lancaster University receive MRC Doctoral Training Partnership funding LSTM and Lancaster University receive MRC Doctoral Training Partnership funding Scheme allows recruitment of up to 7 PhD students per intake year
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and Lancaster University (LU) have...
News article COUNTDOWN Consortium supports parliamentary enquiry into Ebola COUNTDOWN Consortium supports parliamentary enquiry into Ebola In September and December 2014 the UK International Development Select Committee held enquiries into the Ebola response. They are currently looking...
Media Health systems research and NTDs: A social science perspective. Sally Theobald Health systems research and NTDs: A social science perspective. Sally Theobald Session from: Addressing the chronic pandemic of neglected tropical diseases the first decade & onwards
Wednesday, 15th April 2015 - Leggate...
News article Building Back Better: ReBUILD Consortium launches new resource on gender and post-conflict health systems. Building Back Better: ReBUILD Consortium launches new resource on gender and post-conflict health systems. The outputs from ReBUILD's collaborative work on gender in post-conflict health systems has now been developed into 'Building Back Better' - a set of...
News article REACHOUT holds 5th Consortium meeting in Indonesia REACHOUT holds 5th Consortium meeting in Indonesia The 5th REACHOUT consortium meeting was held from 7th-16th October and was hosted by the Eijkman Institute in Cianjur, Indonesia. REACHOUT colleagues...
Event Plenary Lecture Professor Sally Theobald Plenary Lecture Professor Sally Theobald This event will be streamed live via: http://bit.ly/1ldtysx
News article Supporting community health workers so they can serve their communities Supporting community health workers so they can serve their communities Joanna Raven, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Working with community health workers (CHWs) is seen as a good solution to the problems of a...
Event Building Back Better: Health systems and gender post-conflict Building Back Better: Health systems and gender post-conflict ReBUILD and RinGS are delighted to invite you to this event on gender and health systems in post-conflict and post-crisis countries. The meeting will...
Event Research Symposium: Health and Human Rights in Humanitarian Settings Research Symposium: Health and Human Rights in Humanitarian Settings For more information and relevant contact details please click here.
The organisers of this event recognise the significant contribution from...
News article Highlighting the crucial role of gender analysis in work on health Highlighting the crucial role of gender analysis in work on health Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has been proud to host the Steering Committee of RinGs earlier this week. RinGs is an initiative that seeks to...
News article COUNTDOWN consortium expands its programmes and partnerships in Nigeria. COUNTDOWN consortium expands its programmes and partnerships in Nigeria. The COUNTDOWN consortium, hosted at LSTM, has been awarded extra funding to expand its programmes and partnerships in Nigeria.
News article COUNTDOWN brings stakeholders together at LSTM COUNTDOWN brings stakeholders together at LSTM Over the past week Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has been hosting guests from Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana and Liberia who are partners in the...
News article LSTM leads new £6 million health systems knowledge consortium LSTM leads new £6 million health systems knowledge consortium LSTM is leading a six year, £6 million international research consortium to strengthen knowledge of how health systems which have been damaged in...
News article Appointment of Professor Shabbar Jaffar Appointment of Professor Shabbar Jaffar LSTM has announced the appointment of Professor Shabbar Jaffar as Head of the Department of International Public Health from 1st July 2015.
News article Reminder systems to improve patient adherence to tuberculosis clinic appointments for diagnosis and treatment Reminder systems to improve patient adherence to tuberculosis clinic appointments for diagnosis and treatment Researchers from China, the Philippines and LSTM have today published a new systematic review of reminder systems to improve patient adherence to...
News article Seminar Series Report: Rising health needs, catastrophic expenditure and poverty challenges and solutions for universal health coverage in Bangladesh. Seminar Series Report: Rising health needs, catastrophic expenditure and poverty challenges and solutions for universal health coverage in Bangladesh. LSTM’s Seminar Series continued this week with a presentation by Dr Jahangir AM Khan, a senior lecturer in health economics at LSTM and an adjunct...
Impact story Building and implementing a replicable model for HIV testing and counselling Building and implementing a replicable model for HIV testing and counselling LSTM has developed a successful approach to the rapid scale-up of HIV Testing and Counselling (HTC) services in high prevalence countries, a vital...

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