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  • Investigating drug resistant malaria in Cambodia
    • in Public Health · Video
    • — 15 Oct, 2012

    Investigating drug resistant malaria in Cambodia

    PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA—Scientists from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine are working along the Thai-Cambodian border: the ‘epicentre’ of resistance to artemisinin combination therapy — …

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    Rio Conference on Sustainable Development: "Health Should Be Top Priority"
    • in Public Health · Video
    • — 7 Oct, 2012

    Rio Conference on Sustainable Development: “Health Should Be Top Priority”

    RIO DE JANEIRO and LONDON—A call for action on global health has been made in an article published by The Lancet medical journal about the United Nations Conference …

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  • Malaria and STIs/RTIs Among Pregnant Women in sub-Saharan Africa
    • in Public Health · Video
    • — 7 Oct, 2012

    Malaria and STIs/RTIs Among Pregnant Women in sub-Saharan Africa

    LONDON—Double-action preventive therapy for pregnant women could prevent the large numbers of stillbirths and neonatal deaths presently being caused by malaria and…

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    Alberto Cairo
    • in Public Health
    • — 25 Sep, 2012

    Beyond Legs and Arms For Afghanistan: Disability A Resource Not A Liability

    LONDON—A man with no legs and only one arm and a boy crippled by polio have been instrumental in steering a Red Cross team’s work in Afghanistan. The ICRC’s head of Orthopaedics in Kabul, Alberto Cairo, was invited by …

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  • Harparkash Kaur
    • in Public Health
    • — 25 Sep, 2012

    Laboratory gets tough with fake malaria medicines

    LONDON—A case report in The Lancet has highlighted the threat of fake drugs for malaria — the subject of intensive research at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Dr Harparkash Kaur told Peter Goodwin what her laboratory is …

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    Peter Whincup
    • in Public Health
    • — 24 Sep, 2012

    Ethnic lifestyle and diet differences have a big impact on health

    LONDON—The health impact of diet and physical activity may play a part in the marked ethnic differences in type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the UK according to research reported at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. …

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  • Sue Ziebland
    • in Public Health
    • — 24 Sep, 2012

    Patient power improves health systems and saves cost

    LONDON—People are now routinely using the internet to find out about health conditions and to share their own experiences with others with similar diagnoses. This is a radical change in how people experience illness. Health professionals and policy makers have …

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    Chia Kee Seng
    • in Public Health · Video
    • — 24 Sep, 2012

    Singapore and London researchers collaborate on public health

    SINGAPORE—Two important universities are teaming-up to face the challenge of the most significant threats to global health today. The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health in Singapore…

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  • Sir Andy Haines
    • in Public Health · Video
    • — 10 Sep, 2012

    “Active Travel” to Save Many Lives, Billions of Dollars

    LONDON—A detailed economic analysis suggests that billions of dollars could be saved from health-care budgets around the world if people cycled an average of around three kilometres a day and doubled the amount of walking they normally do. …

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    Andy Haines
    • in Public Health
    • — 29 Jul, 2012

    Rio Conference on Sustainable Development: “Health Should Be Top Priority”

    RIO DE JANEIRO and LONDON—A call for action on global health has been made in an article published by The Lancet medical journal about the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro. Issues which degrade the …

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  • One in 20 hospital deaths are preventable: British Medical Journal research
    • in Public Health
    • — 11 Jul, 2012

    One in 20 hospital deaths are preventable: British Medical Journal research

    LONDON—One in twenty deaths in English hospitals could be prevented according to research published in the British Medical Journal Quality and Safety. Dr Helen Hogan of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and her colleagues studied the causes …

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    John Cleland
    • in Public Health
    • — 10 Jul, 2012

    Family planning: central role in global development – Lancet series

    LONDON—Family planning is a key priority for fulfilling global development goals, according to researchers writing in a special series of The Lancet medical journal coinciding with the London Summit on Family Planning. Peter Goodwin hears from one of the Lancet …

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