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News article 18 Aug 2009 World Mosquito Day and the legacy of Sir Ronald Ross This Thursday marks the anniversary of one of the most important scientific discoveries in the battle against malaria.  On 20th August 1897, the...
News article 12 Aug 2009 VJ Day marked with launch of POW project on Merseyside Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has been awarded £48,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) as part of its ongoing work with ex-Far...
The HIV virus News article 3 Aug 2009 A National HIV/AIDS Strategy for Libya Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is leading a project to provide technical assistance to the Libyan government to finalise the...
News article 14 Jul 2009 Continued Vigilance Against Drug-Resistance Malaria Is Needed LSTM is home to the editorial base of The Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group, which contributes reviews to The Cochrane Library, a collection of...
College of Medicine News article 2 Jul 2009 Liverpool to strengthen health research in Africa Researchers at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the University of Liverpool will work with universities across Africa as part of...
Patient Patients by Mark Taylor News article 1 Jul 2009 LSTM Photo Competition Winner Professor Mark Taylor has won the 2009 LSTM Photo Competition with this stunning image taken in Cameroon of a line of patients waiting to participate...
Scientists turn deadly Mosquitoes against their own offspring News article 24 Jun 2009 Scientists turn deadly Mosquitoes against their own offspring A new field demonstration from Peru suggests that we might be able to co-opt adult mosquitoes into applying insecticides for us, and that they are...
News article 16 Jun 2009 Well Travelled expands to new clinic LSTM’s Well Travelled Clinic in Pembroke Place has relocated to bigger premises in Anson House, opposite LSTM.  The new clinic opened for...
News article 11 May 2009 £1.1m grant to lead development of resistance-detecting field kit Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has been awarded a £1.1m grant by the US National Institutes of Health to lead a five year project to...
News article 15 Apr 2009 Diploma in Humanitarian Studies (Africa) July 20th – August 28th 2009Pioneering ‘Fair Training’ for Africa
News article 9 Apr 2009 £2.8 million grant to raise standards in maternal and newborn health The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have been awarded £2.8m to improve...
News article 3 Apr 2009 Tanzania study re-opens debate on targeting mosquito larvae to control malaria Targeting mosquito larval populations may be an effective intervention to help control malaria in urban situations, a study supported by a team of...
News article 30 Mar 2009 LSTM launches new travel clinic in Chester Well Travelled Clinics Ltd (WTC) opens its first travel clinic outside Liverpool in Chester city centre this week.WTC, a business of the Liverpool...
News article 25 Mar 2009 James Ross becomes new Chair of LATH LSTM Chairman and international industrialist James Ross has been appointed as the new Chairman of Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH),...
News article 18 Mar 2009 Dr Islam delivers 2009 LSTM Leverhulme Lecture The 2009 LSTM Leverhulme Lecture was delivered on 16 March 2009 by Dr Quazi Monirul Islam MD MPH FRCOG, Director of the Department of Making...
News article 5 Mar 2009 LSTM and MiP Consortium awarded further €3.6 million The Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium, led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, has been awarded €3.6 million by the European and Developing...
News article 24 Feb 2009 LSTM and UoL secure £1.4m to develop new 'magic bullet' antimalarial drug The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the University of Liverpool (UoL) have secured a £1.4 million project grant to begin the...
News article 11 Feb 2009 World leading Biomedical Research Centre opens in Liverpool An international centre for research into the diagnosis and treatment of some of the world’s most serious infections, has been launched in Liverpool....
News article 4 Feb 2009 Genetic marker for resistance identified Research led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has identified the genetic basis for resistance to commonly-used insecticides in one of the...
News article 26 Jan 2009 Neglected Tropical Diseases and the Global Fund The latest edition of The Lancet carries a letter written by Professor David Molyneux (LSTM) and colleagues, entitled ‘Neglected Tropical Diseases...
News article 22 Jan 2009 Thai Ambassador visits LSTM His Excellency the Ambassador to Thailand, H E Kitti Wasinondh, visited LSTM on Tuesday 20th January 2009 as part of a two-day visit to Liverpool,...
News article 22 Dec 2008 Year of progress ends on £10 million high note LSTM's Director, Professor Janet Hemingway, today commended the individuals and organisations that have helped to make 2008 a year of great progress...
News article 11 Dec 2008 LATH wins contract to boost health research capacity in Malawi Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH), a consulting arm of LSTM, has been awarded a £10 million contract to manage a programme of work...
News article 24 Oct 2008 Dr Bertie Squire elected President of IUATLD Dr Bertie Squire, Reader in Clinical Tropical Medicine and co-manager of the Centre for Research on Equity and Systems for TB and HIV/AIDS (CRESTHA)...
News article 25 Sep 2008 Well Travelled Clinics supporting World Rabies Day World Rabies Day takes place this year on 28 September. Led by the Alliance for Rabies Control and supported by numerous organisations worldwide,...
News article 17 Sep 2008 Sustaining Life, How Human Health Depends Upon Biodiversity Former Director of LSTM, Professor David Molyneux in a Liverpool Daily Post feature examining the book Sustaining Life, How Human Health Depends Upon...
News article 5 Sep 2008 Festival of science highlights continuing threat from tropical diseases LSTM is hosting a series of lectures in association with the BA Medical Sciences section which will examine the current state of play in the fight...
News article 5 Sep 2008 Director welcomes new students in Syria LSTM Director Professor Janet Hemingway today sent a welcome message to new students beginning Masters courses at the Syria Centre for Strategic...
News article 4 Aug 2008 Director of Education appointed LSTM has appointed Dr Sue Assinder as its first Director of Education. This new post is a key strategic appointment which will shape the future...
News article 18 Jul 2008 Princess Royal opens new research centre HRH The Princess Royal today officially opened the new £23 million Centre for Tropical and Infectious Diseases (CTID) at the Liverpool School of...
News article 7 Mar 2008 LSTM to lead $30 million research programme into malaria in pregnancy The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has received a $30 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve the control and...
News article 16 Dec 2007 New building helps LSTM scientists see the light Centre for Tropical and Infectious Diseases changes the skylineScientists at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine are preparing for a historic...
News article 7 Dec 2007 Global Industrialist Elected as Chairman of LSTM James Ross was formally elected Chairman of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine at its Annual General Meeting today. Having joined the world of...
News article 21 Nov 2007 RSTMH Presidential Address to Highlight Disease Disparity David Molyneux, Professor of Tropical Health Sciences at LSTM and President of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) will use...
News article 12 Nov 2007 IOTA NanoSolutions and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Announce Collaboration for Next Generation Anti-Malarial Treatments IOTA NanoSolutions Limited and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have today entered into an Agreement for the joint development of...
News article 22 Aug 2007 New Liverpool Biomedical Research Centre A new, national research centre set-up to tackle infections is to be launched on Thursday, August 23, in Liverpool.The Centre is being run jointly by...
News article 5 Jun 2007 Holidaymakers warned of deadly 'tick' danger in Europe Thousands of North West outdoor enthusiasts may be heading for European holidays without realising that they could be in danger of a deadly tick...
News article 28 Mar 2007 LSTM to lead multi million dollar fight against filariasis The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has received a $23 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help victims of human...
News article 9 Mar 2007 New Centre Tops Out to Start Science Week Lord Sainsbury of Turville today ‘topped out’ a Liverpool building that is destined to be one the world’s leading research centres into tropical and...
News article 6 Jan 2007 $4 million to Take on Killer Sleeping Sickness Fly Scientists at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have received a $4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to outwit the...

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