AudioMedica News Preparing for a healthy Olympics: lessons from the Hajj Play Episode Pause Episode 1x 00:00 / Subscribe RSS Feed The experience of pilgrims going to Mecca can help prepare London to host a healthy Olympic Games, according to Dr...
AudioMedica News Shake Hands At the Olympic Games, And Don’t Worry About Infection! Play Episode Pause Episode 1x 00:00 / Subscribe RSS Feed Visitors and resident Londoners are at very low risk of getting ill during the 2012 Olympic Games. This is...
AudioMedica News Mass Gatherings Medicine: London’s 2012 Olympics Action Plan Play Episode Pause Episode 1x 00:00 / Subscribe RSS Feed LONDON—Top medical experts met at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine for an “expert panel...
AudioMedica News London 2012: No Health Hazard ……Come And Enjoy! Play Episode Pause Episode 1x 00:00 / Subscribe RSS Feed LONDON—Britain’s Health Protection Agency has been planning to make sure everybody enjoys good health in London during the...
AudioMedica News “The Games Will Be Healthy”—London’s Olympic Medical Chief Assures Scientists Play Episode Pause Episode 1x 00:00 / Subscribe RSS Feed LONDON—The British Olympic team’s former doctor Richard Budgett — now chief medical officer for...
AudioMedica News Dual Preventive Therapy Can Save Babies’ Lives In Sub-Saharan Africa Play Episode Pause Episode 1x 00:00 / Subscribe RSS Feed LONDON—Double-action preventive therapy for pregnant women could prevent the large numbers of stillbirths...
LONDON—Social science is being used to improve malaria control — through understanding the every day realities of people affected by malaria — by scientists at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Dr Clare Chandler describes her research on...
Full dose anti malarial medicines are being given to all children under five in regions where malaria is very prevalent at specific times of the year. Professor Sir Brian Greenwood of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine explains how...
A call for sustained support of the world programme to prevent malaria was made by Dr Jo Lines of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine on World Malaria Day, 2012.
An old anti-malarial drug is being tested in Uganda as a means of preventing the plasmodium parasite from being transmitted from humans to the mosquitoes biting them. Dr Chi Eziefula of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine discusses her...
Dr Chris Drakeley, Director of the LSHTM Malaria Centre, explains how targeting malaria “hot spots” makes it easier to eliminate the disease from Africa and other regions.
AudioMedica News ‘Flu Pandemic Preparedness: Research Identifies Effective Measures For Saving Lives Play Episode Pause Episode 1x 00:00 / Subscribe RSS Feed BANGKOK—Research on influenza pandemic preparedness is helping to explain how best to save...