📢Mpox: what you need to know 📽️What is #mpox? + details of latest outbreak in DRC 🇨🇩 📃More from LSHTM experts👇 bit.ly/4brFNuz

Nagasaki University and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine are holding a 5 day course on Vaccinology: Science and Public Health from 23-27 September 2024 in Nagasaki, Japan. Find out more and apply by 9th August, 2024. ow.ly/guyB50Sx76H

New research alert 🔔 A study in The Lancet Microbe by Zoe Anne Dyson reveals high levels of drug-resistant typhoid in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Malawi. Calls for increased focus on vaccination and WASH to combat this public health threat. Read more👇 bit.ly/45X8mz0

🔜our next Vaccine Centre webinar on #StrepA #vaccines. We are delighted to be joined by Josh Osowicki, Prof Mark Engel UCT & Fatoumata Camara to explore history, urgent need & efforts to develop a vaccine. 🗓️25 July 2024 ⏲️12:50 UK time 📍online 🔗bit.ly/3zEmIs9

👋We hope to see you at our Vaccine Centre seminar this Thursday. Josh Osowicki, Prof Mark Engle UCT Fatoumata Camara will discuss #StrepA #vaccine development. 👉bit.ly/3zEmIs9

Vaccination is 🔑 to preventing mother to child transmission of hepatitis B. On #WorldHepatitisDay, Gibril NDOW calls for action to eliminate hepatitis B in #Africa. Discover how #MRCG is improving access to the hepatitis B vaccine.👇 m.youtube.com/watch?v=5QR1vC…

A new study on the economic benefits of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination has found that current vaccine pricing policies disproportionately benefit high-income countries and manufacturers. Read how greater #vax access could be achieved: ow.ly/ZUze50SMspJ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine University of Melbourne

👋 Meet Vaccine Centre colleague Palwasha Anwari who tells us about her research on #rotavirus #vaccination in #Afghanistan and the urgent need for the international community to step up and ensure Afghan children are not left behind.💉🚸 🔎bit.ly/4d8ljsA

.Bhargavi Rao talks about the Health in Humanitarian Crises by Distance Learning programme developed by academics & practitioners in the field, focusing on real life examples, addressing operational, programmatic & technical needs in times of emergency youtu.be/qOZPV8w8h6o

📢 World Health Organization (WHO) declares #mpox outbreak a public health emergency Global health community must work together to ensure #vaccines reach people who need it most, LSHTM experts urge 👉bit.ly/4dmrOrL

Expanding use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines could save 700,000 children 💉 New study from Mark Jit & colleagues suggests PCVs could prevent 5% of #pneumococcal deaths by 2030 & even more with higher #vaccine coverage. Read in full👉bit.ly/46R8T61

It's back! For budding infectious disease modellers with some R experience, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine's Modern Techniques in Modelling short course is Sept 9–12 and has just a few places still open. Learn to use ODEs, stochastic models, networks, and agent-based models in R. lshtm.ac.uk/study/courses/…

🌎Our Health, Our Planet, Our Future: Explore the link between #climatechange & health at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine's one-day conference on 8 November Sessions include climate change impacts on health, innovative solutions, #COP29, & planetary health careers Register now👉bit.ly/CCCPHConference

“It’s been expanding very rapidly, it appears to be more transmissible, and it’s associated with a higher mortality rate…” Emma Thomson tells Sky News what makes this new strain of #mpox particularly concerning. 👇 news.sky.com/video/how-does…

Today, we kickstart a 2⃣-day training for our field staff on #Mpox diagnostics, in response to the World Health Organization (WHO)'s recent designation of the virus as a global emergency. The training is part of efforts to enhance preparedness & ensuring a coordinated response to emerging health threats.

'#Polio, #PublicHealth memories & temporal dissonance of re-emerging infectious diseases in the global north' | Published in @Socscimed, it explores the role of memory in public health campaigns. May have relevance for #MPox Martyn Pickersgill Jaime Garcia-Iglesias sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🐪😗Kissing and hugging camels spreads #MERSCoV says London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 's Dr Punam Mangtani in a new collaborative study published in The Lancet Microbe. We speak to her about finding ways to reduce spillover of infections from animals to humans. 👉bit.ly/3YYTZJ6

Join us as Geoff Garnett explores the HIV response in sub-Saharan Africa and its journey towards success. 💁‍♂️Learn how we can sustain progress and adapt interventions to evolving HIV epidemics. 🗓️ Monday 16 September 🕰️ 12:45 BST 📍Online | LSHTM 🔗 bit.ly/4e82tBX

Join us next Wednesday, 11th September, at 12.15 BST for a joint Medical Anthropology and Centre for Global Chronic Conditions, LSHTM seminar. Dr Natalia Luxardo will talk about social science & health inequities. The seminar is hybrid and open to all. Joining details here: lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…

🌍Our Health, Our Planet, Our Future🌏 Join us on 8 November for a one-day conference exploring how London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine's research in #ClimateChange impacts & solutions will shape global policy & train the next generation of leaders ❗️More tickets now released👉bit.ly/CCCPHConference