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New research shows how gender-responsive approaches can accelerate progress to end TB

2 April 2026

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Professional Diploma in Tropical Nursing Information Session – 22 June 2026

A student in a white lab coat and blue gloves looks through a microscope at a laboratory bench, while a teacher in a white lab coat leans over to observe and support. On the bench are lab items including a plastic container, labelled tape, and a dropper. In the background, a large digital screen displays a magnified microscopic image, and several lab coats hang on a rack. The bright, modern laboratory is equipped with desks, stools, and additional microscopes.
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Professional Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Information Session – 13 May 2026 

A female researcher in a white lab coat and orange protective gloves works at a computer connected to advanced laboratory equipment. She leans forward, closely examining scientific data displayed on the computer monitor, which shows charts and graphs from a cell analysis or sample processing system. The large laboratory machine beside her is labelled Cell Sorter SH800Z. Safety goggles, lab containers, and equipment are visible around the workstation, highlighting a high-tech biomedical research environment.
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Professional Diploma in Pharmaceutical Systems Information Session – 20 May 2026  

Five people walk in single file across a dry savannah landscape, carrying yellow water containers on their backs beneath a wide blue sky.
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Professional Diploma in Travel Health Information Session – 30 June 2026

Noma in Sokoto (November 2025) Zinatu Adamu and her daughter, Harkima Adamu, a noma patient, taking a walk at the Noma Children’s Hospital (NCH) in Sokoto, Nigeria. Médecins Sans Frontières.
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World-first discovery of noma-linked bacteria opens path to early diagnosis and prevention 

30 March 2026

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LSTM Nigeria Alumni Chapter Launch 2026

THRIVE will examine the affects of frequent and severe extreme weather events in southern Malawi. This shows floods in 2015 (image: George Ntonya/UNDP, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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New research to tackle mental health and nutrition problems caused by climate crisis

20 March 2026

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LSTM strengthens Tuberculosis therapeutic research

9 March 2026

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LSTM’s commitment to becoming an anti-racist organisation is recognised with the Race Equality Charter Bronze Award

4 March 2026

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PathNoma alliance to uncover the causes of devastating neglected tropical disease

4 March 2026

Researcher wearing protective gloves, mask and hair net working inside a laboratory safety cabinet, holding sample tubes and pipettes while preparing biological samples on a rack surrounded by pipetting equipment.
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LSTM research informs new WHO guidelines on expanding access to TB diagnosis

27 February 2026