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News article 23 Sep 2016 LSTM Professors Louis Niessen and Shabbar Jaffar emphasise better and efficient HIV prevention The need for HIV prevention is higher than ever as HIV-incidence remains a staggering 2.1 million new infections every year, globally. While the...
Photograph © M. Hallahan/Sumitomo Chemical News article 21 Sep 2016 New study examines pyriproxyfen resistance in dual treated bednets Researchers from LSTM have examined the mechanisms of resistance to the insect growth regulator pyriproxyfen (PPF) in a paper published in Insect...
News article 20 Sep 2016 Dr Juan Jesus Ortiz-Iruri remembered Three years after his tragic death, LSTM remembers Dr Juan Jesus Ortiz-Iruri, who was among those killed during the terrorist attack on the Westgate...
News article 20 Sep 2016 CMNH receives A+ rating LSTM’s Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health (CMNH) is delighted to receive an A+ rating in its final review for the Making it Happen (MiH)...
News article 19 Sep 2016 New study compares approaches to prevent malaria in pregnancy Screen and treat strategy for pregnant women in sub Saharan African does not reduce adverse outcomes compared with standard preventative treatment...
News article 15 Sep 2016 LSTM Seminar Series: Tales of an itinerant entomologist LSTM’s new seminar series has begun, with the first speaker of this academic year LSTM’s Director, Professor Janet Hemingway. Introduced by Professor...
News article 15 Sep 2016 Neglected Tropical Diseases: progress towards addressing the chronic pandemic.  The Lancet published a review of the progress made in addressing, as lead author David Molyneux calls it, the chronic pandemic of neglected...
News article 13 Sep 2016 Topping out ceremony of Liverpool Life Sciences Accelerator Building The new Liverpool Life Sciences Accelerator building has taken one step closer to completion with its official topping out ceremony.
News article 7 Sep 2016 Integrating patient care for two NTDs: lymphatic filariasis training at the Lalgadh Leprosy Hospital and Service Centre (LLSC) in Janakpur, Nepal Last week saw members of LSTM’s Filarial programmes Support unit (FPSU) holding a workshop in Nepal to train staff to combat the growing number of...
News article 6 Sep 2016 “Zika fever: truths and half-truths” at Knutsford SciBar This week LSTM’s Dr Lee Haines, a postdoctoral researcher in the Vector Biology Department, spoke at the Knutsford SciBar held at the Knutsford...
Photo: Alistair Reid Venom Unit News article 31 Aug 2016 LSTM's Dr Robert Harrison on the shortage of antivenom, published in the latest edition of Nature Dr Robert Harrison, Head of LSTM’s Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit, is among experts quoted in a news article published in the journal Nature today...
News article 23 Aug 2016 LSTM project selected for accelerated development in the fight against Zika An affordable, long-lasting, low-technology alternative to existing insect repellents developed by LSTM, has been selected for accelerated...
News article 23 Aug 2016 New types of African Salmonella associated with lethal infection The first global-scale genetic study of Salmonella Enteritidis bacteria, which is a major cause of blood poisoning and death in Africa and...
News article 16 Aug 2016 First PK-PD study in children provides crucial evidence to expand access to schistosomiasis treatment Researchers at LSTM have conducted the first study directly carried out in children for the treatment of intestinal schistosomiasis concerning...
News article 15 Aug 2016 Top marks for LSTM/UoL student This summer saw nine students graduate from the University of Liverpool with BSc degrees in Tropical Disease Biology. This undergraduate course is...
News article 21 Jul 2016 New guidance on updating systematic reviews Professor Paul Garner from LSTM’s Centre for Evidence Synthesis has led the development of new guidance on updating systematic reviews which has been...
Court housing reconstruction at the Museum of Liverpool Copyright Mark McNulty News article 21 Jul 2016 Galkoff’s and the Secret Life of Pembroke Place project wins Heritage Lottery Fund support Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and National Museums Liverpool have received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund to support a...
News article 19 Jul 2016 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...
News article 11 Jul 2016 Malaria nets still effective in reducing insecticide-resistant mosquitoes’ lifespan African malaria mosquitoes considered to be “highly resistant” to insecticides may not be as invincible as previously thought. Although unaffected in...
News article 7 Jul 2016 Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health concludes that the Health Transition Fund in Zimbabwe saved lives From: CMNH The Health Transition Fund was a pooled funding mechanism supported by various bilateral donors and managed by UNICEF, conceived to sustain essential...
News article 6 Jul 2016 Continuing CMNH involvement in the post Ebola recovery plan in Sierra Leone From: CMNH LSTM Master’s student Rie Takahashi is currently in Sierra Leone conducting research into why health care workers continued to provide maternal and...
News article 6 Jul 2016 Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) strategy for children under five – a systematic review An international review team has published a Cochrane systematic review that assessed the effects of programmes that use the World Health...
News article 5 Jul 2016 LSTM appoints Professor Peter Winstanley LSTM is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Peter Winstanley as Director of Strategic Projects. His main role will be overseeing...
News article 4 Jul 2016 LSTM at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2016 The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition opened today with LSTM's Mosquito Diaries as one of the exhibitors. The exhibition is a week-...
News article 1 Jul 2016 Successful conclusion to the latest International Health Consultancy course. Students from LSTM’s Certificate in International Health Consultancy have presented their findings to Merseyside and Ugandan public and third sector...
News article 29 Jun 2016 LSTM's Dr Simon Jochems awarded the 2016 Robert Austrian award by the International Symposium of Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases, ISPPD LSTM’s Dr Simon Jochems has been honoured during the 10th International Symposium on Pneumococci & Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD) in Glasgow this...
Credit: Muhammad Mahdi Karim News article 28 Jun 2016 IDAMS colloquium, including researchers from LSTM, publishes details of an early warning system that can predict dengue outbreaks Researchers at LSTM, partnering with WHO-TDR, published an early warning system that can predict dengue outbreaks. The paper is published in PLOS One...
News article 27 Jun 2016 Mosquito Diaries at National Insect Week 2016 LSTM’s vector group took part in National Insect Week 2016 at the World Museum in Liverpool at the weekend. Approximately 1000 members of the public...
News article 23 Jun 2016 Zika virus: Separating Fact from Fiction at Wilmslow SciBar This week LSTM’s Dr Lee Haines, a postdoctoral researcher in Vector Biology, spoke at Wilmslow SciBar at The Old Dancer bar in Wilmslow.
News article 21 Jun 2016 MRC Confidence in Concept 2015-16: Awards announced The Tropical Infectious Disease Consortium has announced the 11 successful projects that will be receiving an MRC Confidence in Concept Award of £500...
News article 17 Jun 2016 Professor Moses Bockarie awarded the 2016 Mackay Medal by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. LSTM would like to congratulate Professor Moses Bockarie from its Department of Vector Biology, after it was announced earlier this week that he will...
News article 16 Jun 2016 Dr Mary McCauley annouced winner of the Recognition by National Award by the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Academy (NIMDTA). Dr Mary McCauley from LSTM’s Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health (CMNH) has been declared the winner of the Recognition by National Award by the...
News article 14 Jun 2016 Dr Mary McCauley nominated as part of NIMDTA Educational Excellence Day Dr Mary McCauley from LSTM’s Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health (CMNH) has been nominated and shortlisted for an award by the Northern Ireland...
News article 10 Jun 2016 LSTM's CouNTDown economist and parasitologist call for efficient and equitable control of neglected tropical diseases The continuing permanence of major neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is leading to a revision of the related research agenda towards current and...
News article 9 Jun 2016 LSTM announces the honorary appointment of Professor Tchuem Tchuenté as an NTD Ambassador LSTM is delighted to announce the honorary appointment of Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté as an NTD Ambassador.
News article 8 Jun 2016 AvecNet end of project dissemination meeting This week saw the AvecNet end of project dissemination meeting in the Lowry Theatre in Salford, UK. It was a chance for the 10 European and seven...
News article 8 Jun 2016 The mathematics of falling vaccine efficacy with rising disease incidence. Researchers at LSTM have provided a mathematical explanation for the general trend of lower vaccine efficacy in settings where the disease incidence...
News article 7 Jun 2016 The Experimental Human Pneumococcal Carriage (EHPC) collaboration call for trial volunteers. LSTM’s respiratory group is recruiting volunteers for two new studies looking understand why people who are older or who have conditions such as...
News article 7 Jun 2016 LSTM and Royal College of Physicians of London (RCP) launch the Diploma in UK Medical Practice (DipUKMP) Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has partnered with the Royal College of Physicians of London to launch the Diploma in UK Medical Practice...
The sandfly Phlebotomus papatasi, one of the vectors for cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Middle East. Image Credit: Karina Mondragon-Shem, LSTM. News article 3 Jun 2016 Sandflies not corpses: the truth about the “flesh-eating disease” in the Middle East Some months ago, online articles with tragically gruesome headlines had been claiming that corpses thrown into Syrian streets, particularly in areas...

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