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Media 21 Feb 2022 Episode 1: Behavioural considerations and human-centred design for vector control In this episode we talk to April Monroe and Danielle Piccinini Black from the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs about social and...
News article 21 Feb 2022 LSTM researchers explore SARS-CoV-2 and Streptococcus pneumoniae co-infection. LSTM researchers, in collaboration with scientists from Oxford and the US, have investigated the immunological consequences of SARS-CoV-2 and...
News article 17 Feb 2022 Community views on mass drug administration for filariasis: a qualitative evidence synthesis Mass drug administration means giving every person living in a village or region a drug, irrespective of whether they have the disease or not. It’s...
Human cells normally infected with SARS-CoV-2, here shown in green (left). Upon treatment with a sub-inhibitory dose of a glycosylation inhibitor, the infection is greatly reduced (right) News article 15 Feb 2022 LSTM researchers find targeting glycosylation blocks SARS-CoV-2 infection Researchers at LSTM have shown that by targeting glycosylation, a process by which SARS-CoV-2 (the infective agent of COVID-19) modifies its...
News article 14 Feb 2022 Independent report into Race Equality within LSTM An independent report has highlighted that some staff of colour have encountered racial discrimination within LSTM.In addition, the report raised...
LSTM Tropical Disease Biology and Vector Researchers undertaking Vector surveillance in Malawi News article 10 Feb 2022 LSTM secures £2.6m to explore and control vector borne diseases in emerging agricultural systems in Malawi through the Shire-Vec project Researchers at LSTM have been awarded £2.6 million from National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to establish a research group on controlling...
Media 10 Feb 2022 Episode 4 Remote community GIS mapping: Lessons from informal settlements in Bangladesh In this episode we speak with Wafa Alam and Imran Hossain Mithu from BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University about conducting...
News article 9 Feb 2022 UNFPA launches new series of e-learning resources on key life saving skills with LSTM input The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, has launched a new series of e-learning midwifery training resources for midwives and other maternity...