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"Expediency should not come at the cost of robust evaluation especially when we know many drugs often fail to offer the benefits that patients themselves hope for.” Ajay Aggarwal, Consultant Clinical Oncologist & Professor, LSHTM

Patients with cancer favour evidence of success over quick drug approvals

Wednesday 20 November 2024

Pictured at the summit in Ukraine, Professor Don Bundy said: “There is a growing body of evidence that school meals are a powerful vehicle for economic development. This is important for all countries, but no more so than for countries preparing to rebuild from crisis.”

LSHTM expert tells Ukraine school meals programmes can help countries rebuild

Tuesday 19 November 2024

“Blaming parents for ‘vaccine hesitancy’ will not bring solutions to the declining levels of vaccine coverage we are seeing in the UK and internationally.  There are many other factors that need to be considered.." Ben Kasstan-Dabush, Assistant Professor, LSHTM

Expert Comment – Measles cases increase by 20% globally

Monday 18 November 2024

“Children under the age of five make up the majority of fatal cases of malaria and we can’t afford to let resistance to vital antimalarials continue unchecked, without having effective replacements ready.” Colin Sutherland, Professor of Parasitology, LSHTM

First evidence of resistance to vital antimalarial in African children with severe malaria

Thursday 14 November 2024

A man walks down a ruined street in war-torn Khartoum.

'Invisible and severe' death toll of Sudan conflict revealed

Wednesday 13 November 2024

ShanghaiRanking 2024

LSHTM rises to 2nd in the world for public health in global ranking

Monday 11 November 2024

“We need new ways to go after TB. Rather than wait for people to get very ill and infect others, we need to find TB early to prevent transmission and protect people from long-term lung damage." Rein Houben, Professor of TB Epidemiology, LSHTM

Expert Comment – TB resurges as leading cause of infectious disease deaths

Wednesday 6 November 2024

Graphic representation of mpox virus structure. Credit: LSHTM.

Expert Comment – First case of Clade Ib mpox detected in UK

Thursday 31 October 2024

"We hope that our findings from the survey will now be used to monitor how government policies and NHS programmes are working to improve reproductive health outcomes and experiences." Rebecca French, Associate Professor, Sexual & Reproductive Health, LSHTM

Expert Comment – First findings of Women’s Reproductive Health Survey 2023

Thursday 17 October 2024

Ed Newman quote card: “The UK Public Health Rapid Support team ensures that our expertise in tackling infectious disease outbreaks is rapidly available to support countries who are responding to public health emergencies."

UK Public Health Rapid Support Team deployed to support African mpox response

Wednesday 16 October 2024

“We hope that our work will help shine a light on the use of ‘dark apps’ by the alcohol industry and that our framework can now be used to screen future tools released for public use.” Mark Petticrew, Professor of Public Health Evaluation, LSHTM

Industry-funded alcohol-reduction apps contain misinformation, study warns

Friday 11 October 2024

"With global rates of child wasting remaining unacceptably high and ongoing planetary warming, these findings must spur action on improving child health." Ana Bonell, Assistant Professor, MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM

First evidence suggests heat stress may still affect babies once born

Wednesday 9 October 2024