Intervention can boost rates of exclusive breastfeeding
(London School of Hygiene& Tropical Medicine) Providing additional support to women in Burkina Faso can boost rates of exclusive breastfeeding. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 15, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
LSTM receives grant to accelerate evaluation of next-generation malaria control tools
(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) LSTM has been awarded a new $3.9 million grant from the Bill& Melinda Gates Foundation for the ESSENTIALS project. This initiative aims to speed up the evaluation process for new malaria control tools, to ensure they are deployed as early as possible in affected communities. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - February 7, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
LSTM and Imperial College Researchers design new anti-influenza drugs
(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) Researchers at LSTM and Imperial College London have designed drugs which could help combat any potential new flu pandemic, by targeting the receptors of the cells by which the virus gains entry to the human body. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 25, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Needle and syringe programmes are highly cost-effective at preventing hepatitis C transmission
Providing clean injecting equipment through needle and syringe programmes is a highly cost-effective way of preventing hepatitis C (HCV) transmission among people who inject drugs and could save millions of pounds in infection treatment costs in the UK, according to research led by the University of Bristol and London School of Hygiene& Tropical Medicine. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - January 24, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, International, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences; Press Release Source Type: news
LSTM awarded £ 11.8 million to improve the lives of people living in informal settlements
(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has been awarded £ 11.8 million by the UK government's Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) for a grant to help improve the health of people living in informal settlements in low and middle-income countries. The UKRI GCRF Accountability for Informal Urban Equity Hub, or ARISE, will support precarious and marginalized people claim their rights to health and build accountability and capacity to provide them with security and services. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
