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From West Africa to Westeros: how mathematical modelling can help save lives
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Climate change is harming human health – time to ‘future-proof our world’
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Counting the death toll accurately in Sudan is possible – but how?
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What is it like responding to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic...
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Boris Johnson’s unsure but should we have faith in ‘sin taxes’ to help tackle...
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Ensuring epidemic responders are fully prepared will help stop disease...
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First-hand reflections on supporting Ebola outbreak response in DRC
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Building confidence, improving healthcare – how short course training helped...
Building confidence, improving healthcare – how short course training helped tackle the West Africa Ebola outbreak by dextjbar Thu, 09/19/2019 - 10:29 With this short message on March 22, 2014, the...
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Could birth cohort screening help to eliminate hepatitis C in England?
Could birth cohort screening help to eliminate hepatitis C in England? by dextjbar Thu, 09/19/2019 - 17:56 Current treatments are able to cure hepatitis C at a relatively low cost to the NHS. This...
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The dengue forecasting challenge: a step closer to better disease outbreak...
The dengue forecasting challenge: a step closer to better disease outbreak control and prevention?by lshth1Wed, 11/13/2019 - 13:40Although not a new concept in quantitative infectious disease research,...
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Toilet love: The secret of sanitation success in India
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Could social and economic empowerment reduce intimate partner violence?
Could social and economic empowerment reduce intimate partner violence?by lshth1Mon, 11/25/2019 - 09:44Globally, around a third of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an...
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Biting back – could two new compounds slow mosquitoes’ resistance to...
Biting back – could two new compounds slow mosquitoes’ resistance to insecticides?by lshth1Tue, 11/26/2019 - 09:30This has led to serious concern that the recent gains achieved by bed nets may only be...
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Climate change is a health emergency
Climate change is a health emergencyby lshth1Tue, 12/03/2019 - 10:21The evidence of the harm that a warming planet will do to our health is mounting. Heat waves will trigger an increase in deaths,...
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Coronavirus outbreak: a new mapping tool that lets you scroll through timeline
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Yellow perils? No - just proud members of the London communityby lshth1Thu, 03/12/2020 - 10:04Chinese restaurants are losing business in Australia. France faces 'epidemic' of anti-Asian racism....
View Article100 Questions of Peter Piot, LSHTM Director
100 Questions of Peter Piot, LSHTM Directorby lshas13Thu, 03/12/2020 - 16:341. TEDMED: Let’s start with the basics. What is a virus?A virus is a very tiny particle of RNA or DNA genetic code protected...
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COVID-19: Your questions. Expert answers.by lshas13Thu, 04/02/2020 - 14:45What is the current situation? (26 March 2020)We are now three months into the current outbreak, which started in December 2019...
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Should the UK really test 10 million people per day for COVID-19?by dextksteWed, 04/08/2020 - 10:53The coronavirus pandemic is unprecedented. Potential strategies to stop the spread of COVID-19 need to...
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