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A demonstration using models of women's hips News article 6 Dec 2010 Reducing maternal and newborn deaths globally On Tuesday 7 December 2010, maternal health professionals from Africa and Asia will be attending a workshop in Liverpool to discuss the effects of ‘...
World AIDS Day 2010 News article 26 Nov 2010 Liverpool gets tested for World AIDS Day 2010 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is leading a partnership with the Primary Care Trust and local clinical services to offer a free, while...
News article 22 Nov 2010 IVCC develops new Public Health Insecticides The Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) has received $50 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to continue its work to develop...
News article 11 Nov 2010 World Pneumonia Day World Pneumonia Day, 12 November 2010, seeks to raise awareness of pneumonia as a public health issue and help prevent the millions of avoidable...
News article 10 Nov 2010 41st World Conference on Lung Health  LSTM’s Dr Bertie Squire, President of The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, welcomes over 2,000 delegates to the 41st...
IgM binding to malarial antigen - Richard Pleass News article 5 Nov 2010 LSTM expands Parasitology Research Portfolio Four key appointments have significantly boosted the parasitology research portfolio of LSTM, particularly in the area of neglected tropical diseases...
News article 1 Nov 2010 LATH and CNTD, in partnership with SCI, awarded NTD project by DFID Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH) is a partner in the consortium that has been awarded £25 million funding from the UK Government to...
News article 15 Oct 2010 LSTM’s Deputy Director hails success of coordination in malaria research Professor Steve Ward has urged the antimalarial drug community to develop joint action plans to help funding agencies make the best use of available...
Culex female blood feeding News article 1 Oct 2010 LSTM scientists help to decode third mosquito species Scientists at LSTM have played an important role in an international research project which has successfully sequenced the genome of the Culex...
News article 27 Sep 2010 World Rabies Day Tuesday 28 September is World Rabies Day, designed to raise awareness and understanding about one of the world’s oldest diseases. Led by the Alliance...
5 eggs laid News article 22 Sep 2010 New technique uncovers hidden insecticide resistance A new technique pioneered at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is improving the detection and monitoring of insecticide resistance in...
Sir Mark Walport, Janet Hemingway, Hazel Williams and Abdulsalami Nasidi News article 14 Sep 2010 A Wellcome revamp of LSTM facilities The fit-out of LSTM's Centre for Tropical and Infectious Diseases (CTID) and the refurbishment of the Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit have now been...
News article 3 Sep 2010 Help! I caught it abroad 2 An observational TV documentary following the care and treatment of tropical disease patients in Liverpool airs next Tuesday on ITV1.  A film...
News article 4 Aug 2010 Eradication will require greater understanding of mosquito ecology A team of researchers including LSTM’s Dr Gerry Killeen have authored a paper arguing that the goal of malaria eradication will require urgent...
Holding up Pensby Artwork News article 19 Jul 2010 Wirral pupil's POW Garden at RHS Show Participation in a social history project to educate people about the experiences of Far Eastern Prisoners of War (FEPOW) has inspired students at...
News article 10 Jun 2010 LSTM named World Health Organization Collaborating Centre The World Health Organization (WHO), in consultation with the government of the United Kingdom, has designated the Liverpool School of Tropical...
News article 7 Jun 2010 LSTM at Women Deliver 2010 The Head of LSTM’s Maternal and Newborn Health Unit, Dr Nynke van den Broek, is presenting a session at Women Deliver 2010, a global conference...
News article 1 Jun 2010 Play it safe at the World Cup If you are about to travel to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa you may not have all the protection you need.  Many UK travellers do not...
News article 21 May 2010 Tropical Tales Following in the footsteps of Ronald Ross, who was known as an artist and poet as well as a scientist, LSTM’s Dr Rod Dillon brought together a group...
News article 6 May 2010 LSTM launches €2.75 million African reproductive health programme LSTM has launched a four year programme to improve the delivery of reproductive health services in Tanzania and Niger.  The programme, funded by...
News article 4 May 2010 Award of John Holt Medal marks distinguished career of Dr Adrian Hopkins Dr Adrian Hopkins yesterday received the John Holt Medal, awarded to distinguished alumni of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine’s (LSTM) Diploma...
News article 4 May 2010 The World Needs Midwives Now More Than Ever Staff in the Maternal and Newborn Health Unit (MNHU) of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) are raising awareness about...
News article 28 Apr 2010 LSTM Director elected to US National Academy of Sciences LSTM’s Director, Professor Janet Hemingway, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the highest scientific honours in the...
Hundred strong staff show support for world malaria day News article 21 Apr 2010 One hundred strong show of support for World Malaria Day One hundred staff and students joined hands outside Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) to mark World Malaria Day, each person symbolising...
News article 6 Apr 2010 LATH Adopts New Logo Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH) has announced that as of the 1st April 2010, it will have a new logo. LATH’s unique partnership with...
News article 23 Mar 2010 World TB Day Wednesday 24 March is World TB Day, organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and dedicated to raising awareness and generating action to...
News article 25 Feb 2010 Campaign to end sale of electronic mosquito repellents A campaign to stop the sale of electronic mosquito repellents by major airlines is beginning to bear fruit with the immediate withdrawal of the...
POWs standing by the stairs in the LSTM building News article 17 Feb 2010 PoWs reunited to record testimony for future generations Sixty six years after their incarceration as Far Eastern Prisoners of War (FEPOW), eight veterans are being reunited at Liverpool School of Tropical...
News article 2 Feb 2010 LSTM begins £0.5 million malaria study in Burkina Faso A new study led by LSTM will investigate whether long-term weekly iron and folic acid supplementation can reduce anaemia without increasing the risk...
News article 28 Jan 2010 New study finds 125 million pregnancies globally at risk from malaria every year A new study by the Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium has estimated that more than 125 million pregnancies around the world are at risk from malaria...
News article 22 Dec 2009 Royal meeting seals twelve months of achievement HRH The Princess Royal was guest of honour at LSTM’s Annual Vice Presidents meeting held in London earlier this month.  The Princess, Patron of...
News article 3 Dec 2009 £10m funding boost to eliminate elephantiasis globally The Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases (CNTD) at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has been awarded £10 million by the UK Department for...
News article 2 Dec 2009 Study Shows Antibiotic Unsuccessful In Preventing Preterm Labour Scientists at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the University of Liverpool have found that an antibiotic, currently used to treat...
News article 27 Nov 2009 Rapid HIV Testing first for Liverpool on World AIDS day Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is leading a partnership with NHS Liverpool Community Health, the Health Protection Agency, Royal...
News article 1 Nov 2009 IVCC announces monitoring and evaluation system at MIM IVCC is hosting a symposium to disseminate the latest advances in monitoring and evaluation of vector control programmes at the 5th Pan-African...
News article 22 Oct 2009 New tool promises more accurate antimalarial drug dosing Scientists at LSTM have developed a tool to support the development of appropriate age-based dosing regimens for malaria drugs. Weight-based dosing...
Ken Dodd meets the WTC staff News article 8 Oct 2009 Laughter the best medicine as comic opens new travel clinic Ken Dodd OBE has officially opened the new LSTM Well Travelled Clinic in Anson Street.  The new clinic replaces the existing facility within...
The graduates talking to Dr. Hassan News article 11 Sep 2009 First Graduates Mark a New Dawn for Syrian Health On 12 November 2009 LSTM's Professor Janet Hemingway will attend the graduation ceremony for the first group of 19 Master students from the Centre...
News article 7 Sep 2009 IHLC - Creation of International Health Links Centre Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH) have received a £560,000 grant from the UK’s...
The CRIMALDDI team News article 20 Aug 2009 CRIMALDDI - European co-ordination of antimalarial drug discovery The European Commission is funding a two year, €500,000 project to co-ordinate European and international research into the development of new drugs...

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