Epidemiological delays are key quantities that inform public health policy and clinical practice. They are used as inputs for mathematical and statistical models, which in turn can guide control strat...

We will be hosting an evening on the Pan-London Infectious Diseases NIHR ACF/ACL schemes where you will be able to understand more about the schemes in London and hear from current fellows. The meeti...

The South African National Department of Health have set ambitious targets to scale up TB testing, focusing primarily on clinic attendees. In the context of declining funding for TB care and preventio...

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...

A field study found more than 500 Bundibugyo Ebola cases in Mongbwalu from mid-January, months before Congo declared the outbreak and earlier than any model suggested.

We are hosting a free 3-day workshop on 𝟭𝟲𝘁𝗵-𝟭𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 at 𝗟𝗦𝗛𝗧𝗠! Participants will learn how to use the Julia programming language to build deterministic models from first principles, st...

A modelling analysis at a global scale estimates that three interventions (vaccination, community-wide screening and prison screening programmes) could prevent more than 10% of tuberculosis cases betw...

The South Africa National Department of Health have set ambitious targets to scale up TB testing, focusing primarily on clinic attendees. In the context of declining funding for TB care and prevention...

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...

The infant tuberculosis vaccine, BCG, prevents severe tuberculosis disease, but protection is rarely durable beyond childhood. New tuberculosis vaccines are being developed for the prevention of infec...

Tuberculosis (TB) disproportionately affects low-income populations due to socioeconomic barriers. Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are promising str…

Repository with work from the Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases (CMMID) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).

Dengue is one of the fastest growing tropical diseases worldwide with its spread further accelerated by climate change, urbanisation and global travel. But an ever-expanding range of new vaccines and

Q&A: Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda – where are the vaccines? | LSHTM