The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine aims to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.
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Just three plant species – wheat, maize and rice – account for 60% of all food eaten globally. A crop science expert argues that many of Africa’s 30,000 edible plants must be revived.
Giulia Wegner, University of Oxford and Kris Murray, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Infectious diseases originating in wild animals are high and may be increasing. This is a sign that ecosystem degradation is undermining the planet’s capacity to sustain human wellbeing.
Helen Ayles, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
We expected to find that screening everybody for TB would identify individuals not yet diagnosed, and treating them quickly would reduce the prevalence of TB in the community.
Hiral Anil Shah, Imperial College London; Kallista Chan, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Kris Murray, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Kedua penelitian kami mengkonfirmasi bahwa pertanian terkait dengan peningkatan penularan malaria di Afrika.
Hiral Anil Shah, Imperial College London; Kallista Chan, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Kris Murray, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
New research quantifies the link between agricultural practices and malaria transmission in sub-Saharan Africa.
Matthew Quaife, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Finn McQuaid, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Manufacturers and health systems have shown that vaccines can be quickly and effectively deployed when accompanied by keen political and financial commitments.
To attain a new health order, African governments need to bolster investment in research and development, innovation and manufacturing of health tools.
Dominic Royé, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela; Aurelio Tobias, Instituto de Diagnóstico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua (IDAEA - CSIC), and Rachel Lowe, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
El comportamiento de la población y las intervenciones gubernamentales fueron los impulsores más importantes en la reducción de la transmisión del virus durante la primera ola de la pandemia.
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