Upcoming Elrha webinar sharing findings from a forthcoming report: Innovations for Cardiometabolic Disease Care in Humanitarian Settings 💻
🗓️ Wed 22 April, 13:00 - 15:00 UTC
Register: www.elrha.org/events/innov...
📣TOMORROW: Join the Pathfinder Initiative webinar exploring the latest evidence on healthy #ClimateAction
Experts will discuss:
⚕️Health co-benefits of climate action
🌳Cities and nature-based solutions
⚖️Decision-making tools
Find out more👇 climatehealthevidence.org/updates/path...
Want to make a real impact in #humanitarian crises?
Study Health in Humanitarian Crises at @lshtm.bsky.social & gain practical skills to support displaced & vulnerable communities
🌍 Flexible online learning
🧠 Evidence-based decision-making
🤝 Global experts
➡️ www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...
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Want to make a difference to health worldwide?
Join our Open Evening in London on 12 May 2026 to learn how LSHTM's #postgraduate programmes can help you build the skills and networks to create real impact.
Find out more/book your place: www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/visit-...
#PublicHeath
Given the anticipated increase in climate hazards, building the resilience of water and food systems is essential to protect health and well-being of communities. Indira Bose, Research Fellow, LSHTM
Climate change doesn't act alone.
In Latin America, it intersects with violence, inequality, and fragile systems to shape health in complex ways.
Experts from @lshtm.bsky.social explore hidden risks, from water insecurity to maternal health and infectious disease👇️
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
The latest blogpost of @lshtm-crises.bsky.social covers our PhD student Maria Gargiulo's (@thegargiulian.bsky.social) work on capturing undercounted maternal deaths in Mexico! Find it here👇
“Measurements count, because if it’s not counted, it’s assumed to be unimportant” – Joni Seager
A little preview of some ongoing work on violent maternal deaths in Mexico. These deaths are not currently captured by relevant health indicators, but they’re still important!
🌍We’re live on Bluesky👋
Welcome to the Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health (CCCPH) at @lshtm.bsky.social.
We bring together 200+ researchers across LSHTM to help shape a new era of public health for a changing planet.
Follow us and find out more👉️ www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
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Across Latin America, crises don’t happen in isolation. Violence, climate shocks & fragile systems intersect, reshaping health in complex ways.
New blog: @lshtm.bsky.social researchers unpack hidden risks, from undercounted maternal deaths to climate-driven disease ⬇️
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
Leading the way in global public health #nursing: expert-led, 100% online
This @lshtm.bsky.social diploma equips nurses & health professionals to address inequalities, deliver care in under-resourced systems & strengthen practice in diverse communities
Learn more ➡️ www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...
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Introducing the #MRes in Infectious & Tropical Diseases
LSHTM’s exciting new #postgraduate degree putting you at the heart of our world-leading research:
→ Learn from the experts
→ Build your network
→ Study in a unique environment
Applications now open 👉
www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...
Join this @iced-lshtm.bsky.social webinar for a chance to learn about the Zero Project award-winning Veivanua campaign 🩸
The initiative promotes menstrual health for people with intellectual disabilities in #Vanuatu, which is highly exposed to cyclones, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions & flooding 👇
Do you want to use data & technology to tackle the biggest health challenges of our time?
Study MSc #HealthData Science at @lshtm.bsky.social to combine your passion for #healthcare with technical knowledge – and identify new ways to prevent, treat & cure disease
🔗 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...
LSHTM offer two scholarships to tackle barriers to further education for students from all backgrounds:
🔶 Next Gen - for home fee students studying an intensive, on-campus Master's
🔶 First Gen - for distance learning MSc programmes
Apply before 27 March ➡️ www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
New blog 💻 Sustaining gender-based violence coordination amid a shifting #humanitarian landscape
In the context of global funding cuts, Dr Philomena Raftery & Dr Jennifer Palmer highlight evidence & practitioner insights to sustain and strengthen GBV responses ➡️ www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
‘Truly spectacular’ drug for sleeping sickness simplifies treatment.
Jennifer Palmer explains symptoms can be misidentified & trigger behavioural changes, including aggression & psychosis, which are difficult to manage, as new one-time dose drug announced.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Looking to further your public health career?
@lshtm.bsky.social has a range of in-person and distance learning programmes to help health professionals gain the knowledge, skills and networks to improve health worldwide.
Learn more at our Virtual Open Days www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/visit-...
Don't miss this webinar tomorrow! ⌚ 13:00 - 15:00 GMT
📣Driving locally led research in #crises
Blog 2 of our #MortalityEstimation series:
🔹SIMAD Uni: community burial attendant study
🔹Addis Ababa & Mekelle Unis: rebuild surveillance systems
🔹World Needs & Help: leverage access in conflict areas
🔗https://www.ukhih.org/blog/tags/mortality-estimation/
If we want better #mortality data in crises, we must widen who can generate it.
UK-HIH's new blog spotlights a @impact-initiatives.bsky.social consortium working in Somalia, Ethiopia & DRC to strengthen locally-led mortality estimation and challenge power imbalances 👇
www.ukhih.org/news/what-mi...
Hello Bluesky!
We're the Centre for Global Chronic Conditions at
@lshtm.bsky.social, a group of multidisciplinary researchers seeking to improve understanding of and responses to chronic conditions in low, middle & high-income countries
📲Follow us for updates on our research, events, blogs & more
Interested in studying @lshtm.bsky.social?
Join our upcoming Virtual Open Days featuring live webinars and Q&As with our programme directors, current students and student services to find out what makes LSHTM a leader in global health education.
Book your place ⬇️
www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/visit-...
TODAY at 17.30! Join us for a fascinating interactive session reflecting on global case studies of impactful community responses to climate & other humanitarian crises 👇
One week to go! 🗓️
Our panel will share practical insights from case studies of #crisis response, including:
🔶 Cyclone and flooding disasters in Madagascar
🔶 Drought responses in Ethiopia
🔶 Public health of indigenous people in Brazil
Join us at LSHTM 👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
We're delighted to co-host this exciting event at @lshtm.bsky.social presenting case studies of community responses to climate & other #humanitarian crises from across the globe 🌍
🗓️ Save the date for 28 Jan!
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Researchers from @lshtm.bsky.social & @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's Jameel Institute have developed an early-stage modelling and decision-support tool designed to help inform evidence-based vaccination decisions in #crisis settings 💉🚑
Find out more ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...
Applications are open for the Joint PhD Programme for Global Health @lshtm.bsky.social with Nagasaki University!
Students benefit from a community of global researchers & expertise in international #PublicHealth & #TropicalMedicine
Apply by 9 January ⬇️ www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/resear...
LSHTM's Adrianna Murphy & Dr Erica Richardson will co-chair a new @thelancet.com Commission on the Future of Ukraine's Health System 🏥
They set out that major health system transformation is possible, even amid war and resource constraints.
Discover their bold vision for #Ukraine ⬇️
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Applications are open for the Joint PhD Programme for Global Health @lshtm.bsky.social with Nagasaki University!
Students benefit from a community of global researchers & expertise in international public health & tropical medicine.
Apply by 9 Jan 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/resear...
“Violent deaths are a public health emergency.”
In a new HHCC blog, @lshtm.bsky.social MSc students Faithful Daniel and Geneva Magsino reflect on publishing their @thelancet.com commentary on violent deaths in Nigeria and their work driving grassroots change 👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...