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News article 21 Nov 2019 In Memoriam: LSTM Vice-President Michael Oglesby CBE (1939-2019) It is with great sadness that LSTM has learned about the death of the founder of Bruntwood, philanthropist and LSTM Vice-President, Michael Oglesby...
Father putting his daughter under a bednet in Burkina Faso News article 21 Nov 2019 Children using bed nets with new compound less likely to have malaria parasites With insecticide resistance eroding the life-saving power of bed nets—a major malaria-fighting tool—researchers reported today that in a clinical...
News article 19 Nov 2019 Lancet Infectious Diseases: British researchers call for the development of new antibiotics to be brought into the public sector and tackle the threat of antimicrobial resistance. The researchers, from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, and Oxford Martin School say a two-...
News article 18 Nov 2019 LSTM Scientists highlight the dangers of antibiotic resistance in support of European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) and World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) 2019
News article 14 Nov 2019 World Diabetes Day 2019 On the occasion of World Diabetes Day 2019, LSTM Professor Shabbar Jaffar presented evidence around the prevalence, importance and challenges of...
News article 13 Nov 2019 Award and commendations for LSTM's Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health at International Maternity Expo LSTM's Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health (CMNH) have won an award and a commendation at the International Maternity Expo awards...
News article 13 Nov 2019 LSTM wins awards at International Maternity Expo LSTM is delighted to celebrate with three of our team who received an award and commendations at the International Maternity Expo ...
News article 7 Nov 2019 LSTM partners recognised in the MRC African Research Leader Awards LSTM is the UK partner institution for two of the four recipients of 2019’s African Research Leader Awards from the UKRI's Medical Research Council (...
News article 7 Nov 2019 LSTM hosts LEAP student led debate on ‘Professionalisation of Humanitarian Practice’ To mark the arrival of LEAP students in the UK for their second semester of study, students led a debate on the topic of ‘The Professionalisation of...
News article 31 Oct 2019 LSTM free guided tours available to book online LSTM has started offering free guided tours to small groups on a monthly basis, with diverse groups such as Network 55, University of the Third Age...
News article 28 Oct 2019 Advanced Obstetric and Anaesthetic Skills Course delivered by Master Trainers in Kenya In October 2019, a new training course on Advanced Obstetric and Anaesthesia Skills was delivered by healthcare providers in Kilifi and Taita Taveta...
Art dealer and broadcaster Philip Mould OBE opens the exhibition News article 25 Oct 2019 'Secret Art of Survival' exhibition opens at Liverpool’s Victoria Gallery & Museum Secret Art of Survival, an exhibition displaying the artwork of British Far East prisoners of War (FEPOW), is now open to the public at the Victoria...
News article 23 Oct 2019 LSTM staff at the Science and Industry Museum This week staff from LSTM’s National Insitute for Health Research Group on the Prevention and Management of HIV-infection, Diabetes and...
News article 22 Oct 2019 Updated Cochrane Review published: Lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay for detecting active tuberculosis in people living with HIV Tuberculosis (TB) causes more deaths in people living with HIV than any other disease, with more than 300,000 deaths in 2017. When detected, early TB...
News article 18 Oct 2019 ‘Secret Art of Survival’ exhibition opens 24 October in Liverpool Final preparations are underway for a new exhibition displaying the artwork of British FEPOW, Far East prisoners of war, who were captured by the...
News article 10 Oct 2019 LSTM's Transposon Registry updated, backdated and upgraded A team of post-doctoral researchers, led by LSTM Reader, Dr Adam Roberts, have completed The Transposon Registry records for all transposons assigned...
News article 7 Oct 2019 Building capacity of skilled birth attendants in Kenya From: CMNH In August 2019, the LSTM Kenya Team, and Terry Kana and Dr Helen Allott from the Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health (CMNH), delivered a set of...
News article 7 Oct 2019 New location for the Malaria in Pregnancy (MiP) Library The Malaria in Pregnancy (MiP) Library, now available on WWARN, is the most comprehensive database of malaria in pregnancy available. The...
News article 4 Oct 2019 Refresher training in Antenatal and Postnatal Care delivered in Togo From: CMNH Three of our team, Hannah McCauley, Adama Traore and Desire Bakusa, recently travelled to Togo to meet with a number of key stakeholders and support...
News article 4 Oct 2019 Refresher training in Antenatal and Postnatal Care delivered in Togo Three of our team, Hannah McCauley, Adama Traore and Desire Bakusa, recently travelled to Togo to meet with a number of key stakeholders and support...
copyright: Taina Litwak (SEL-USDA) News article 3 Oct 2019 Nature: Windborne long-distance migration of malaria mosquitoes in the Sahel LSTM researchers have been part of a team that has provided evidence, for the first time, about the long-distance migration of malaria mosquitoes in...
Peter Sissons greets LSTM patron HRH Princess Royal News article 2 Oct 2019 In Memoriam: Former newsreader and LSTM Vice-President Peter Sissons (1942 – 2019) It is with deep regret that LSTM has learned about the death of former newsreader, and LSTM Vice-President, Peter Sissons.
News article 2 Oct 2019 LSTM Professor Charles Wondji secures renewal of Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship Cameroon based Professor Charles Wondji has had his Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship renewed for the next five years which will continue to support...
News article 1 Oct 2019 LSTM starts offering free guided tours LSTM has started offering free guided tours to small groups on a monthly basis, with a group in this week from Network 55 based in South Liverpool.
News article 27 Sep 2019 LSTM Alumnus Dr. Michael Makanga returns to deliver a seminar on the role of EDCTP in poverty related infectious diseases research & development As part of LSTM’s Seminar Series Dr. Michael Makanga, Director of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) and a...
News article 20 Sep 2019 LSTM presents at the 11th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health In September 2019, Liverpool was the host city for the 2019 European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health. 1500 researchers...
News article 20 Sep 2019 “Multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral approaches are key in dealing with future Global Health challenges” says LSTM Director, Professor David Lalloo at ECTMIH2019 closing plenary The 11th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH), hosted by the UK member RSTMH, came to a close today after a...
News article 20 Sep 2019 CMNH presents at the 11th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health From: CMNH In September 2019, Liverpool was the host city for the 2019 European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health. 1500 researchers...
News article 19 Sep 2019 “It didn’t make me think, it made me feel.” CMNH’s Hannah McCauley and Kirsty Lowe lead interactive session about fistula with Liverpool John Moores University Midwifery students From: CMNH On Tuesday 10th September, two of the midwifery team at the Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health (CMNH) led an interactive session with final year...
News article 19 Sep 2019 International Snakebite Awareness Day 2019 To mark International Snakebite Awareness Day 2019 the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (RSTMH) has published a report on community...
News article 18 Sep 2019 LSTM holds inaugural Alumni and Friends reception in Liverpool LSTM held its first Alumni and Friends reception in September, as global health leaders from around the world gathered for the 11th European Congress...
LSTM Professor Janet Hemingway and RSTMH President Dr Sarah Rowland-Jones News article 17 Sep 2019 Former LSTM Director, Professor Janet Hemingway, awarded RSTMH's highest honour: the Sir Patrick Manson Medal LSTM is delighted that former Director, Professor Janet Hemingway, has been awarded the Sir Patrick Manson Medal, the Royal Society of Tropical...
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Baroness Sugg, interviewed by media on the ASCEND programme launch News article 17 Sep 2019 DFID ministerial visit to LSTM on occasion of ASCEND Programme launch LSTM played host to a ministerial visit from the Department for International Development (DFID). The visit followed the launch of the ‘Accelerating...
News article 13 Sep 2019 Three CMNH staff shortlisted for the International Maternity Expo awards The Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health (CMNH) is delighted to have been shortlisted in two categories at this year’s International Maternity...
News article 13 Sep 2019 Three CMNH staff shortlisted for the International Maternity Expo awards From: CMNH The Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health (CMNH) is delighted to have been shortlisted in two categories at this year’s International Maternity Expo...
News article 13 Sep 2019 World Sepsis Day 2019 World Sepsis Day is held on September 13th every year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against sepsis. Sepsis...
News article 11 Sep 2019 Public health deworming programmes for soil-transmitted helminths in children living in endemic areas – a Cochrane review update Should global government and philanthropic aid be invested in large public health deworming programmes in low- and middle-income countries? Doctors...
News article 11 Sep 2019 Applications now open for the Janet Hemingway Fellowship in Vector Biology LSTM is now welcoming applications for the inaugural Hemingway Fellowship in honour of previous director, Professor Janet Hemingway. Announced at a...
Hannah presenting at LJMU Birth session on fistula News article 9 Sep 2019 “It didn’t make me think, it made me feel.” LSTM’s Hannah McCauley and Kirsty Lowe lead interactive session about fistula with LJMU Midwifery students On Tuesday 10th September, two of the midwifery team at the LSTM led an interactive session with final year midwifery students at Liverpool John...
News article 6 Sep 2019 LSTM shortlisted for Times Higher Education Award 2019 LSTM has been announced on the shortlist for the Times Higher Education Awards 2019 – the annual celebration of the UK University sector.

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