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News article 5 Sep 2013 A new research management system for LSTM LSTM has introduced a new research management system to support internal research management. Designed byAVEDAS, an IT innovation management...
News article 30 Aug 2013 Targeting mosquito breeding sites to prevent malaria Researchers from LSTM, LSHTM and Durham Universityhave published a Cochrane review entitled: ‘Mosquito larvalsource ...
News article 29 Aug 2013 CMNH paper selected as one of the top global emergency medicine articles of 2012 The Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review conducts an annual review of papers in International Emergency medicine to identify, review...
News article 22 Aug 2013 Insecticide-treated bed nets critical to global elimination of elephantiasis Successful global elimination of lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, a debilitating infectious tropical disease, could hinge upon...
News article 20 Aug 2013 World Mosquito Day On 20 August 1897 Ronald Ross a British doctor stationed in India made the historic link that female mosquitoes transmit malaria...
News article 15 Aug 2013 LSTM Seminar Series: Genedrive, a micro PCR device taking diagnostics from lab to field. Today’s seminar was presented by Nick Claxton, Business Director Diagnostics of Epistem. The company Epistem is a biotechnology company...
News article 15 Aug 2013 Voice of America's 'Health Chat' programme on blood transfusion LSTM's Professor Imelda Bates participated in a discussion on blood transfusion which was broadcasted live on Voice of America (VOA). The...
News article 14 Aug 2013 LSTM Capacity Research Unit evaluates Malawian programme on health research systems LSTM’s Capacity Research Unit has recently been awarded a contract by the Health Research Capacity Strengthening Initiative (HRCSI) in...
News article 12 Aug 2013 BMJ editorial: the impact of the workplace on health Job insecurity increases the risk of coronary heart disease claim LSTM’s medical statistician Brian Faragher and professor Cary Cooper...
News article 9 Aug 2013 LSTM’s Capacity Research Unit evaluates Royal Society-Leverhulme Africa Awards A team of LSTM’s Capacity Research Unit has visited Ghana and Tanzania as part of an evaluation of the Royal Society-Leverhulme Africa...
News article 7 Aug 2013 Colombia becomes the first country to eliminate river blindness The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that Colombia has become the world’s first country to eliminate river blindness. The...
News article 2 Aug 2013 LSTM Seminar Series: Active Surveillance in Malaria Elimination - Targeting clustered infection LSTM’s seminar series continued this week with Dr Rory Gosling, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of...
News article 2 Aug 2013 LSTM Seminar Series: Active Surveillance in Malaria Elimination - Targeting clustered infection LSTM’s seminar series continued this week with Dr Rory Gosling, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of...
News article 1 Aug 2013 LSTM joins Athena SWAN Charter As one of the first acts as newly designated higher education institution (HEI) LSTM has now joined the Athena Swan charter, becoming its ...
News article 29 Jul 2013 The restoration of a window to the world The stained glass window in LSTM’s old school building featuring the original emblem is undergoing much needed restoration work on the eve of LSTM’s...
News article 25 Jul 2013 Barriers still preventing pregnant women in gaining access to malaria prevention in sub-Saharan Africa One of the biggest risks for pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa is contracting malaria. The disease is responsible for as many as 200,000 newborn...
News article 24 Jul 2013 NEWS RELEASE: LSTM becomes higher education institution New status will support LSTM’s continuous growth as a leading centre in Tropical Medicine and Global Health Liverpool, 24 July 2013 – The...
News article 24 Jul 2013 NEWS RELEASE: LSTM becomes higher education institution New status will support LSTM’s continuous growth as a leading centre in Tropical Medicine and Global HealthLiverpool, 24 July 2013 – The...
News article 23 Jul 2013 LSTM Professor Richard Pleass shortlisted for Prix de l’Innovation 2013 Professor Richard Pleass is one of four shortlisted finalists out of over 300 applications for the Universal Biotech Innovation Prize.
News article 19 Jul 2013 Nigeria recommended for guinea worm-free certification The International Certification Team for Guinea Worm Eradication (ICT) will recommend Nigeria for guinea worm-free certification.
News article 17 Jul 2013 Better bed nets for malaria: the need for a long-term solution In an interview with Public Radio International’s The World programme, LSTM Director, Professor Janet Hemingway, talks about her ongoing...
News article 15 Jul 2013 Bugs, Bites and Parasites: Tropical Diseases Uncovered ‘Bugs Bites and Parasites: Tropical Diseases Uncovered’ is a six-part observational documentary broadcast by the Discovery Channel, exploring...
News article 12 Jul 2013 LSTM’s Capacity Research Unit monitors and evaluates recently launched LABSKILLS AFRICA Representatives from LSTM’s Capacity Research Unit (CRU) have attended the launch meeting for the £750,000“LABSKILLS AFRICA” programme in Nairobi....
News article 10 Jul 2013 EHCRC course on systematic reviews in Malawi Researchers, clinicians, and public health policymakers can use findings from up-to-date robust systematic reviews to inform their thinking and...
News article 10 Jul 2013 Indonesia: start of Malaria in Pregnancy clinical trial STOPMiP, the acronym for Intermittent Screening or Treatment or Intermittent Prevention therapy for the control of Malaria in Pregnancy, is a...
News article 8 Jul 2013 LSTM Diploma in Tropical Nursing receives Royal College of Nursing accreditation LSTM’s Diploma in Tropical Nursing has been accredited by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Centre for Professional Accreditation...
News article 5 Jul 2013 All parliamentary debate on women in developing countries LSTM’s Maternal and Newborn Health Unit (MNHU) provided a briefing to the House of Lords last week for itsParliamentary Debate on Women in...
News article 3 Jul 2013 LSTM Seminar Series: Deconstructing severe malaria LSTM’s Seminar Series continued today with a presentation by Dr Climent Casals-Pascual, of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Physiology...
News article 3 Jul 2013 HIV treatment in basic health facilities - fewer patients lost and quality of care maintained, recent Cochrane review shows Treating HIV patients in basic health facilities or at home means fewer patients drop out of treatment but the quality of care doesn’t suffer, a...
News article 2 Jul 2013 New HIV guidelines could avert 3 million deaths The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new HIV treatment guidelines recommending offering antiretroviral therapy (ART) earlier. A...
News article 2 Jul 2013 Dr Nick Hamon to succeed Professor Janet Hemingway as CEO of IVCC The IVCC Board of Trustees has appointed Dr Nick Hamon as CEO to succeed Professor Janet Hemingway. Dr Hamon comes to IVCC with over 25...
News article 1 Jul 2013 LSTM receives US$ 10 million in its fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases Second phase funding approved for the global Anti-Wolbachia ConsortiumLiverpool, 1 July 2013 - Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has...
News article 27 Jun 2013 A•WOL and AstraZeneca partner in the fight against NTDs A·WOL and the recently established High Throughput Screening (HTS) Centre of AstraZeneca have started a collaborative project aiming...
News article 26 Jun 2013 Libya: LSTM study shows high risk of HIV transmission within risk groups and potential spread to general population PLOS One published an LSTM led study this week which presented the outcomes of Libya’s first bio-behavioural survey among men having...
News article 26 Jun 2013 LSTM Seminar Series: 'ChIPing away at the epigenome' In the latest instalment of LSTM’s Seminar Series today, Lecturer Dr. Paul Hurd, of The School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at Queen...
News article 25 Jun 2013 Report: Discussions on rights and public health implications of HIV self-testing scale up The report on the First International Symposium on Self-Testing for HIV has just been released by the World Health Organization (WHO)....
News article 20 Jun 2013 A·WOL Consortium Launches Second Phase A·WOL consortium launched their latest venture today in Liverpool, the A·WOL II Macrofilaricidal Drug Development Project. The event included...
News article 18 Jun 2013 LSTM Seminar Series: Why the details of heterogeneities in pathogen load and transmission matter for policy design LSTM’s seminar series continued today with a presentation by Dr Deirdre Hollingsworth, Deirdre joined LSTM in January 2013 as a joint...
News article 17 Jun 2013 T-REC PhD Student wins Ghana’s ‘Outstanding Female Doctor Award’ 2013 T-REC PhD student, Dr. Lucy Asamoah-Akuoko (right on picture), received the ‘Outstanding Female Doctor’ award in the Ghana Women’s...
News article 14 Jun 2013 Liverpool Health Partners (LHP): Excellence through collaboration Representatives of the nine founding partners of LHP attended a showcase event in Liverpool’s Town Hall on Thursday. Chief executives;...

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