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Pete Dodd, University of Sheffield and Rein Houben, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Eradicating TB won’t happen unless the number of people who are latent carriers is tackled. A new estimate suggests it’s a much bigger problem than previously thought.
Karen Devries, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Nambusi Kyegombe, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
A ban on corporal punishment has not stopped the practice in Uganda’s schools. An initiative in the East African country may hold the solutions - and could be used in other countries, too.
James Hargreaves, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Calum Davey, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The re-analysis of data can provide valuable new findings and it can improve transparency, accountability, and strengthen the literature that policymakers base their decisions on.
Jordan Jarvis, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Rob Moodie, The University of Melbourne
It is time to have an open and honest discussion about who is – and isn’t – being trained to secure the future of our world’s health at the World Health Organization headquarters.
Paul Hayes, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
You would be forgiven for thinking that Russell Brand, that radical left-winger and advocate of revolution, and Iain Duncan Smith, Conservative secretary of state for work and pensions, didn’t have anything…
Associate Professor, Environment and Health (MRCG@LSHTM); Senior Lecturer (Ecological Health, Imperial College London), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Professor of Climate Change, Food Systems and Health in the Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine