We recently funded some work on tackling health inequalities and promoting resilience among migrant, refugee and asylum seeker communities affected by COVID-19 in Liverpool. You can read the published article below Professor Marie Claire Van Hout LSTM Miriam Taegtmeyer LJMU Impact ProfVivHope

I’ve been looking in more detail at the 2023 suicide figures from ONS, published this week.

They showed a 6% rise, giving us the highest national rate since 1999.

In fact, the detailed picture - by age, sex & where people live - is not simple.

Short 🧵 & TW

Scientists are warning that the wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation across sub-Saharan Africa will:

➡️ Reverse gains made in the control of HIV & other STIs
➡️ Hamper medical research
➡️ Exacerbate mental health crises in the region

Gilbert Nakweya reports: hubs.li/Q02rXbzV0

Lots of mis/disinformation about healthcare spending floating around on here, so I'm just putting this out there.

There's still time to register for our Public Health
Drug Related Deaths Conference 2024 - taking place online Thursday 25th April. We have many great speakers planned more details here: ims.ljmu.ac.uk/DRDconference #DRDevent

A great start to the #ASUK24 meeting with three excellent presentations from early career researchers

📢 BREAKING —The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) recognises ' #HarmReduction ' in a historic *first*.

70%+ of the Commission's 53 members voted to keep the reference, despite Russia's & China's opposition.
#HarmReduction SavesLives
cndblog.org/2024/03/plenar…

🔔A reminder that we're recruiting to two Research posts related to our public health research across the Faculty of Health.

Researcher in Evidence Synthesis - closes 24/03
jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/resear…

Public Health Researcher - closes 30/03
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Start your #TDOR2024 celebrations in style by joining us at the fabulous Guac'n'Roll kitchen for an empowering showcase! Sign up below!

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At LJMU listening to David Nutt telling the truth about drugs and drugs policy, brilliant stuff

Our article describing the iHOST study intervention and evaluation is published in NIHR Research NIHR Open Research, pending peer review. Feel free to add comments to the article, or direct questions to me, Magdalena Harris or any of the other excellent authors: openresearch.nihr.ac.uk/articles/4-10/…

#Webinar :
Introduction to the 2023 ECDC - EU drugs agency guidance on preventing and controlling infectious diseases among people who inject drugs.

When: 13 March 15:00-16:00 CET
Where: online - register here: bit.ly/3Vi9PwJ

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🚨Interested in violence prevention research? Come join my team LJMUHealth PHI WHO CC for Violence Prevention as a public health researcher. Full details here jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancies.html Closing date 30.3.24 l