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The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and media podcasting company Audio Medica are proud to present the launch of Audio News, a new series of podcasts focusing on key areas of...
ATLANTA—Efficacy of the RTS,S malaria vaccine for children — vaccinated between six and 12 weeks age — checked-in at around 30 per cent in p...
ATLANTA—Results from the first large study of a vaccine for dengue fever — in 4000 Thai children — show that it is safe to use and effective...
ATLANTA—Schistosomiasis — also known as bilharzia — could be eliminated from Africa and elsewhere by using two actions together: making simp...
LONDON—A man with no legs and only one arm and a boy crippled by polio have been instrumental in steering a Red Cross team’s work in Afghani...
LONDON—A case report in The Lancet has highlighted the threat of fake drugs for malaria — the subject of intensive research at the London Sc...
LONDON—The health impact of diet and physical activity may play a part in the marked ethnic differences in type 2 diabetes and cardiovascula...
LONDON—People are now routinely using the internet to find out about health conditions and to share their own experiences with others with s...
RIO DE JANEIRO and LONDON—A call for action on global health has been made in an article published by The Lancet medical journal about the U...
LONDON—One in twenty deaths in English hospitals could be prevented according to research published in the British Medical Journal Quality a...
LONDON—Family planning is a key priority for fulfilling global development goals, according to researchers writing in a special series of Th...
The experience of pilgrims going to Mecca can help prepare London to host a healthy Olympic Games, according to Dr Ahmad Moolla the London m...
Visitors and resident Londoners are at very low risk of getting ill during the 2012 Olympic Games. This is the conclusion of Dr Val Curtis D...
LONDON—Top medical experts met at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine for an “expert panel discussion” on mass gatherings medic...
LONDON—Britain’s Health Protection Agency has been planning to make sure everybody enjoys good health in London during the Olympic Games. At...
LONDON—The British Olympic team’s former doctor Richard Budgett — now chief medical officer for the 2012 Games — explained to an expert pane...
LONDON—Double-action preventive therapy for pregnant women could prevent the large numbers of stillbirths and neonatal deaths presently bein...
BANGKOK—Research on influenza pandemic preparedness is helping to explain how best to save lives in each country when disease breaks out. Pr...
LONDON—Another year of distance learning has been celebrated by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Audio News hears from the...
PHILADELPHIA—Instead of mass treatment of whole populations in areas affected by trachoma it is more cost-effective in many situations to ch...
LONDON—The hazard of passing lethal syphilis infection from mother to unborn child is being targeted by a new partnership combining the effo...
PHILADELPHIA— Scientists in Zambia have reported significant progress in tracking asymptomatic malaria infection — a pre-requisite for elimi...
PHILADELPHIA—Vaccinating populations after an outbreak of cholera has already begun could be a powerful way of controlling the growth of an...
PHILADELPHIA—Boiling water may not be the best policy for making it safe to drink, according to scientists who reported their research findi...
PHILADEPHIA—A way of making malaria control more effective was proposed at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene annual conf...
LONDON—Scientists in Britain have found that an altered gene affects oestrogen in young women and is associated with an increased risk of br...
PHILADELPHIA—Pharmaco-vigilance was being urged here — as a key part of the strategy to improve malaria control in Africa and elsewhere — in...
PHILADELPHIA—Scientists in the UK and Uganda have now completed a three year study showing that young children are at continued risk of inte...
PHILADELPHIA—Research findings on gene changes enabling malaria parasites to resist anti-malarial drugs were discussed at the American Socie...
PHILADELPHIA—The recently-introduced rapid diagnostic test kits for malaria are saving lives — and not just among patients with malaria. In...
LONDON—The ‘Welfare State’ can be sustained globally — even in the rapidly ageing societies of low- and middle-income countries. Social prot...
LONDON—A massive new study of HIV/AIDS could help turn the tide of the epidemic globally. The PopART study — of 24 communities in Zambia and...
PHILADELPHIA—How populations of mosquitoes become insensitive to insect repellents has been researched by scientists at the London School of...
LONDON—The extent to which people infected with HIV are marginalised has been highlighted by a report from the Sigma Research Group at the L...
MOSHI, TANZANIA—New insecticides to control mosquitoes — being tested in Tanzania — promise to overcome the biggest threat to malaria contro...
LONDON —A new weapon in the global battle against infectious disease was recently unveiled in London. The Bloomsbury Institute for Pathogen...
LONDON—Scientists in London have found that a significant proportion of mobile phones in Britain are contaminated with faecal bacteria. This...
LONDON—In the new book: Good Health At Low Cost, the achievements of Bangladesh are discussed as an example of how the health of most people...
LONDON—The National Health Service in England has benefited from being made subject to market forces since 2002 — and it continues to serve...
LONDON—Heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases pose a looming threat to low- and middle-income countries...
LONDON—Why do some low and middle income countries manage to achieve good health outcomes while others fail? What factors drive improvements...
STOCKHOLM—The severe lack of sanitation in urban areas worldwide was explored at “World Water Week” — the annual conference just held in Sto...
LONDON— A strong relationship between the amount of funding available for Britain’s National Health Service and the survival and quality of...
LONDON—The importance of continuing to use insecticide treated bed-nets in malaria-affected regions has been emphasised by a leading expert...
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Audio News: Low Cost Screening Could Halve Stillbirths Due To Syphilis LONDON—Scientists from...
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Audio News: The New Decade Of Vaccines: Avoiding Public Distrust “Public trust and public con...
Smokers were twice as likely to succeed when they tried to stop smoking if they received supportive text messages while they were trying — t...
ATLANTA—Just before the successful Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) talks took place in London a British scientist was ho...
LONDON—Part of the success of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) talks held in London may have been the availability o...
LONDON—Complexity is a big hazard for a humanitarian organisation wanting to intervene in a disaster — whether natural or man-made. So is an...
LONDON—A new global network of scientists has been set up with the goal of helping all countries control infectious diseases. Instead of foc...