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News article 6 May 2021 LSTM authors in The Conversation: "COVID-19 is unlikely to be eliminated – here’s how we’ll treat it in the future" LSTM’s Dr Tom Wingfield and Professor Miriam Taegtmeyer have written a series of two articles for the online platform The Conversation, from their...
News article 6 May 2021 LSTM partner AFIDEP to lead Global USAID program to strengthen cross-sectoral benefits of family planning The African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) has been selected to lead work on a new global USAID project aimed at strengthening cross-...
People in laboratory News article 5 May 2021 iiCON showcases support available for Merseyside SMEs looking to take innovative antimicrobial products to market The Infection Innovation Consortium (iiCON) hosted companies from across the Liverpool City Region at a virtual event to showcase the support...
News article 4 May 2021 Strong midwifery leadership saves women’s and babies’ lives Millions of babies’ lives could be saved each year if more midwives had a central role in planning and leading maternity care.That’s the view of one...
News article 29 Apr 2021 FIEBRE concludes recruitment in Malawi FIEBRE has recently finished recruiting patients in Malawi following delays due to a series of challenges which has included flooding, cyclone Idai...
News article 23 Apr 2021 Invasive malaria mosquito finds way to cities in the Horn of Africa Sunday 25 April is World Malaria Day. The malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi, originally found in South Asian cities, is making its way to cities...
News article 20 Apr 2021 First patient dosed in latest stage of AGILE COVID-19 drug trial Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, the NIHR Southampton Clinical Trials Unit at the University of Southampton and the Univeristy of Liverpool...
News article 19 Apr 2021 Professor Hilary Ranson inaugural Dean of Research Culture & Integrity LSTM's Professor Hilary Ranson has been appointed as the inaugural Dean of Research Culture and Integrity. This is a new position which was...
Fluorescent in situ hybridization of Wolbachia infections in Anopheles moucheti ovaries (Wolbachia – red, mosquito nuclei stained by DAPI - blue). Image taken by Shivanand Hegde. News article 14 Apr 2021 Study provides the first concrete evidence for the presence of Wolbachia bacteria in wild Anopheles mosquito populations An international team of researchers, including several from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the London School of Hygiene and...
News article 13 Apr 2021 Recruiting for volunteers: The COVID19 vaccine COMCOV II Clinical Trial COVID -19 Vaccine Trial Oxford University recruiting at LSTM  LSTM are recruiting participants who are over 50 years age and had one...
News article 12 Apr 2021 CESHHAR awarded the world’s first gold tier certification for good financial grant practice LSTM is delighted to announce that CeSHHAR has been awarded the World’s First Gold Tier Certification for Good Financial Grant Practice.
HRH Prince Philip during a visit to LSTM in 1954 News article 9 Apr 2021 In Memoriam: HRH Prince Philip, former LSTM patron It is with great sadness that LSTM has learned of the death of its former patron, HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
News article 1 Apr 2021 Joint Open Editorial LSTM, IDS & LSHTM: The government's aid funding cuts are a wrecking ball to global health security UK research has led to major health gains around the world - that is now in jeopardy
PPE donations arrive at the Mucheke Clinic in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. Photo: Primrose Matambanadzo News article 29 Mar 2021 Bump it Forward campaign makes further PPE donations in 6 African countries LSTM’s ‘Bump it Forward’ campaign, which aims to protect healthcare workers in Africa against the COVID-19 pandemic, has raised over £200,000 and has...
News article 25 Mar 2021 Small Molecule Drug Discovery for Neglected Tropical Snakebite The Centre for Snakebite Research and Interventions has published an opinion piece on the promise of small molecule drugs as new snakebite...
News article 24 Mar 2021 Challenges and opportunities to end tuberculosis in the COVID19 era
News article 22 Mar 2021 Active case finding can be effective at reducing tuberculosis (TB): Systematic review informs WHO new TB screening guidelines A systematic review and analysis carried out by a team of international researchers has contributed to the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) new...
Xpert MTB/RIF News article 22 Mar 2021 Testing for TB during COVID-19: a cost-effective approach Researchers from the LIGHT (Leaving no-one behind: transforming gendered pathways to health for TB) research programme have contributed to a...
News article 16 Mar 2021 LSTM’s response to UK’s international research budget cuts Global partnerships, especially those within lower and middle-income countries, have always been at the heart of LSTM’s research. International...
Sian's bird's eye view of the students listening to Lee and Rosemary talk about the world of bugs. News article 12 Mar 2021 British Science Week sees LSTM researchers contribute to a ‘Bugs’ event in a London primary school. This week, LSTM’s Lee Haines and Rosemary Lees gave an online session to pupils at Olga Primary school situated in Tower Hamlets in London.
2019 Hemingway Award recipient Dr Caroline Harper, Chief Executive of Sightsavers News article 10 Mar 2021 The Hemingway Award: open for nominations The Hemingway Award – a joint award between RSTMH and the LSTM – recognises Professor Janet Hemingway’s achievements in delivering and encouraging...
C. diphtheriae By Microrao - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, News article 8 Mar 2021 Diphtheria risks becoming ‘major global threat’ again as it evolves resistance to antimicrobials Diphtheria – a relatively easily-preventable infection – is evolving to become resistant to a number of classes of antibiotics and in future could...
Professor Daniela Ferreria News article 5 Mar 2021 International Women's Day 2021
News article 2 Mar 2021 Discovery of a mechanism of lymphatic disease leads to new opportunities to treat filariasis morbidity A research team led by investigators at LSTMs Centres for Drugs & Diagnostics (CDD) and Neglected Tropical Diseases (CNTD) have determined a...
L-R: Sophie Owen, Remy Hoek Spaans, Katerina Cheliotis, Rachel Byrne News article 1 Mar 2021 LSTM researchers enter YES20 competition LSTM’s PhD students Sophie Owen, Katerina Cheliotis, Rachel Byrne and Remy Hoek Spaans took part in the YES20 competition. YES is an innovative...
News article 26 Feb 2021 Find out more about how you can donate to the #BumpItForward campaign
A house in one of the trial villages with screening plus EaveTubes installed. Photo: Daniel Lesher (Penn State University) News article 26 Feb 2021 Lethal house lures reduce incidence of malaria in children A new type of housing modification can reduce malaria incidence among children by around 40-50%, according to an international team of researchers,...
Baristocracy Coffee Roasters owners, Kate Hudson and Alex Forsyth News article 25 Feb 2021 Coffee roastery donates some of its profits to support LSTM’s ‘Bump It Forward' campaign A North Tyneside coffee roastery is donating a percentage of its profits to help protect healthcare workers in Africa as they battle the second wave...
Ari tribe woman cooking injera on the open fire. Jinka, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia. News article 23 Feb 2021 LSTM researchers review how to ensure quality care for chronic respiratory diseases in LMICs Researchers from LSTM have led a review in The Lancet looking at chronic respiratory diseases in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) and how they...
Female Doctor Taking Coronavirus Sample From Man News article 17 Feb 2021 Results of first COVID patient survey published LSTM’s Dr Tom Wingfield has led a team of doctors and student doctors at the Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust in recording the...
Sister Magombo (left), Lead Nurse and Dr Rachael Burke, PhD researcher and clinician, at Zomba Central Hospital receiving PPE purchased with Bump It Forward donations. News article 17 Feb 2021 Bump It Forward campaign donations start to make an impact LSTM's Bump It Forward fundraising campaign raised over £100,000 in donations so far, to help protect frontline health workers in Africa. 
News article 16 Feb 2021 Volunteers Needed. Are you… 60-69 years old? Generally well? A non-smoker? We want to learn about a bacteria called Pneumococcus which is the main cause of pneumonia.
Commissioner of Health in Oyo addressing the antenatal and postnatal care training participants News article 16 Feb 2021 Successful completion of phase 1 of an implementation programme to Improve quality of antenatal and postnatal services in Nigeria LSTM’s Global Fund and Allied Programmes Unit (GFAPU)  working in cooperation with the State Ministries of Health in Kaduna and Oyo and the...
News article 13 Feb 2021 COVID-19 drug testing platform AGILE receives government funding to fast-track clinical trials The innovative COVID-19 drug testing platform AGILE, in which LSTM is a partner, has received a multi-million pound award from the UK government...
Hydroxychloroquine bottle held in hand in doctors office with patient News article 11 Feb 2021 New Cochrane Review shows chloroquine doesn’t help people with COVID-19 Hydroxychloroquine does not reduce deaths from COVID-19, and probably does not reduce the number of people needing mechanical ventilation, state the...
Sports equipment News article 10 Feb 2021 Transmission risk of COVID-19 from sports equipment A team, led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's Dr Emily Adams, has investigated the transmission risk of COVID-19 from sports equipment,...
News article 9 Feb 2021 LSTM divests from fossil fuel companies Following a decision by its Board of Trustees, LSTM is now in the final stage of divesting from fossil fuel companies.
The QI team at Atakpame Regional Hospital News article 8 Feb 2021 Successful completion of implementation programme in Togo during the COVID-19 pandemic LSTM’s Global Fund and Allied Programmes Unit (GFAPU) have successfully completed the Quality Improvement of Integrated HIV, TB and Malaria Services...
News article 8 Feb 2021 Dr Fiona Marston becomes LSTM’s Entrepreneur in Residence Dr Fiona Marston is to become LSTM’s Entrepreneur in Residence after being awarded a place on the Royal Society’s scheme for 2021.
News article 8 Feb 2021 £65,000 fundraising milestone reached in ‘Bump It Forward’ Campaign A fundraising campaign launched by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has reached a new milestone today and is hurtling towards a £100,...

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