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Malaria In The Gambia: Insect Screens Cut Mosquito Numbers And Anaemia By Half

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:45:55 +0000

Steve Lindsay

In research involving hundreds of houses in the town of Farafenni in The Gambia insect screens covering windows and openings were found to cut the numbers of mosquitoes indoors by 59 per cent. In addition the rates of childhood anaemia related to malaria in the houses being screened were halved in comparison to other homes not screened, according to findings recently published in the journal: The Lancet. Professor Steve Lindsay from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine discussed the role of such screens for malaria control with Sarah Maxwell.

Organic Foods: No Evidence Of Nutritional Benefit

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:12:10 +0000

Alan Dangour

Researchers from London have found no evidence that the nutritional content of organically produced foods is any better than in conventionally farmed products. Alan Dangour of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine told Peter Goodwin about their findings just published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

WHO-lead Report Urges Health Systems Priorities For Global Health Initiatives

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:00:43 +0000

Peter Godfrey-Faussett

The global health initiatives set up in the last decade to fight killer diseases like AIDS, TB and Malaria are not investing enough in efforts made locally in countries around the world to deliver health through effective health systems. That’s the upshot of a report published in the Lancet led by the World Health Organization which criticizes the otherwise high-achieving programmes like the Global Fund, The President’s Emergency Plan, and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization. One of the authors, Peter Godfrey-Faussett, talked with Peter Goodwin after speaking at a symposium on this held to discuss the Lancet report at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

WASHINGTON—International Global Health Conference Identifies Priorities For Poor Communities; Gates Award Endorses London School Of Hygiene And Tropical Medicine

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:07:44 +0000

Hans Rosling

The poorest members of the global community—not necessarily geographically defined—are those who need to be targeted in healthcare development rather than countries labelled as “developing”. Peter Goodwin hears the views of Hans Rosling of the Karonlinska Institute during the Annual International Conference on Global Health held in Washington DC. He also talks with the outgoing president of the Global Health Council (which hosts the conference), Nils Daulaire, with the London School of Hygiene’s Director, Andy Haines, and alumni, James Hospedales, Ariella Bock, Cherie Carter and Khizer Husain about the relevance of their education in their work in global health all over the world, and about the significance of the Gates Award to the London School’s Distance Learning programme and efforts to strengthen healthcare institutions.

H1N1 Influenza: “Be Flexible,” warns United Nations Representative For Pandemic Preparedness

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:19:25 +0000

David Nabarro

The preparations being made for a possible pandemic of the new H1N1 influenza were explained recently in London by the Secretary General’s Representative, Dr David Nabarro, during the inaugural lecture for the journal: Health Policy and Planning held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He told Peter Goodwin more about pandemic preparedness.

Home Diagnosis And Treatment: Not Always Best For Malaria In Africa

admin — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:52:18 +0000

Sarah Staedke And Friends

Peter Goodwin talks with Sarah Staedke of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who’s based in Kampala, Uganda, about her new research findings that giving parents and carers supplies of anti-malaria medicines at home to treat feverish children didn’t have much impact on malaria in an urban setting and could have some risks.

H1N1 Influenza Pandemic: How Good Are Existing Preparations?

admin — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:44:34 +0000

Sandra Mounier-Jack

— Peter Goodwin asks Sandra Mounier-Jack, expert in Health Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, if the preparations taking place all over the world in the face of the threat from “swine ‘flu” are sufficient to protect us; and what further advice she has to offer coming out of her research on the preparedness of countries all over the world to face a possible wave of influenza.

LSHTM Audio News

admin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:16:09 +0000

Elizabeth Pisani

AIDS expert, writer, and epidemiologist Elizabeth Pisani recently returned to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine—where she trained and did research for her MSc and PhD to tell Peter Goodwin about her new book: The Wisdom of Whores, which delivers home truths about the ‘business of AIDS’ which could—potentially—prevent millions of people from dying.

Andrew Prentice discusses the ‘experiment of Nature’ being harnessed by his group in a research effort spearheaded by his colleague Branwen Hennig in The Gambia where seasonal variations in the availability of crops create altering nutritional environments for mothers around the time of conception. The scientist are hoping to reveal effects that maternal diet can have on gene expression, and how this in turn could affect the future health of newly-conceived babies.

Adam Fletcher tells Audio News about ‘detached’ youth programmes to help avoid problems with drugs and alcohol among young people. Social workers go to the young people—wherever they are—joining in their social networks, rather than trying to persuade them to drop into special centres.

Andrew Prentice

Adam Fletcher

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:47:02 +0000

Andy Haines

Peter Goodwin and Sarah Maxwell take part in the discussions held in London on the controversial role of the corporate sector in tackling the looming threat to global health of obesity around the world. They also hear how drastic economic changes in the former Soviet Union have caused an increase in mortality—largely driven by alcohol; about the unexpected down-side free trade can have in worsening health—rather than improving it—in some situations; about the health benefits to the world of the new American president, and how good national health can boost the economy just as the other way around.

Controversies in Global Health—What role should the corporate sector play in tackling the global obesity pandemic?
Philip James, Director, International Obesity Task Force
Derek Yach, Director, Pepsico Global Health Policy
Andy Haines, Director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Patti Rundall, Policy Director, Baby Milk Action, Cambridge

Drastic Economic Changes Increase Mortality
Martin McKee, Director, European Centre for Health Of Societies in Transition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Free Trade Brings Health Benefits? —Think Again!
Richard Smith, Professor of Health System Economics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Kelley Lee, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Obama And Global Health?
National Health and Wealth—Reciprocal Relationship
Martin McKee, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Philip James

Derek Yach

Patti Rundall

Martin McKee

Richard Smith

Kelley Lee

Tropical Health Research: London Scientist Honored

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Brian Greenwood

Brian Greenwood, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Brian Greenwood has won the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize for his numerous achievements in tropical disease research. He talked with Derek Thorne about his work, including the pivotal research proving that bed nets can help prevent malaria.