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LSTM takes a whole-picture view on global health issues and works, in partnership, to develop genuine, sustainable, long-term solutions to save and improve lives in the world's most vulnerable communities. Est. 1898.

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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 6h
How can health systems research focus on the questions that matter most locally? LSTM researchers are working with policymakers, health workers, researchers and communities in Kenya, Malawi and Zimbabwe to identify shared priorities and strengthen health system resilience. lstm.ac/irhs-community
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Health System Priorities in Kenya, Malawi and Zimbabwe | LSTM
Discover how LSTM researchers are working with communities and health system stakeholders in Kenya, Malawi and Zimbabwe to set locally led research priorities.
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Alumnus Dr Kevin De Cock has shared his insider perspective on decades of public health evolution. Drawing on experience from hospitals tackling endemic disease to high-stakes international responses, he offers practical guidance for the next generation of global health leaders. lnkd.in/eSh-zs6K
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Research shapes what you learn. On the MRes Tropical Health and Infectious Disease Research, it also becomes what you do. January 2027 entry. Course details and how to apply lstm.ac/MResJan
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A 12-year LSTM study of endangered chimpanzees in Uganda has revealed persistent schistosomiasis infections and severe liver damage despite annual treatment. The findings will inform conservation efforts and improve care for the chimps. Read more: lstmed.ac.uk/news/long-te...
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Study reveals schistosomiasis threat to chimpanzees | LSTM
A 12-year LSTM study in Uganda reveals persistent schistosomiasis and progressive liver damage in endangered chimpanzees, despite annual treatment.
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
El Niño is dominating UK headlines this morning, with the Met Office warning it could be the largest event in more than a century. For health systems, the impact can be profound. Extreme heat, drought and flooding can place huge pressure on already stretched services. lstm.ac/elnino
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Why resilient health systems matter as El Niño risk rises
With a potentially record El Niño now developing, LSTM researchers are helping health systems in Malawi, Nepal, Zimbabwe and beyond prepare for climate shocks.
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Could new antivenom research transform the treatment of snakebite? A new 10-minute film from Sky News explores the race to develop safer and more effective treatments for snakebite. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFrx...
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On the brink of a cure for world's deadliest snakebites
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Last week, LSTM's Professor Imelda Bates and Dr Motto Nganda led the SCORE (Sickle Cell Outreach, Resource and Dissemination) dissemination event, bringing together Liverpool's sickle cell community to share the findings of this 15-month project and discuss how support could be improved.
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
What can Liverpool learn from the Global South about preventing violence against women and girls? Professor Sally Theobald hosted the FCDO Education and Gender Inclusion Research Team in Liverpool for a learning event exploring evidence-based approaches to preventing gender-based violence.
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Researchers at LSTM are investigating cysteamine, a compound that could both boost antibiotic effectiveness and help the immune system clear tuberculosis infection. The project could support the development of shorter, more effective TB treatments. Read more:
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LSTM scientists explore repurposed drug for faster TB treatment | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
9 July 2026
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
LSTM has secured new funding from ESCCAP UK & Ireland to strengthen One Health training and tick-borne disease research. Students will gain experience in fieldwork, molecular diagnostics and disease surveillance while contributing to tick-borne pathogen research. Read more:
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LSTM secures funding to strengthen One Health training and tick-borne disease research | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
26 June 2026
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A study of Tuberculosis (TB) in England has found that, between 2010 and 2022, an average of nearly one person each week was diagnosed with TB after they had died. The study, led by LSTM’s Centre for TB Research in collaboration with UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) found that (1/3)
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We're part of a £18m international research programme led by LSHTM as part of the UKHSA and LSHTM-led UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UKPHRST). The programme brings together institutions from the UK, Africa and Asia to strengthen epidemic response. Read more: bit.ly/4vvJA59
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LSTM joins £18m partnership to boost epidemic preparedness
LSTM joins a £18m UK-PHRST consortium led by LSHTM, leading mental health support work to strengthen epidemic preparedness across Africa, Asia and beyond.
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We joined the celebrations at Liverpool's Africa Oyé festival this weekend, where Professor Rachel Tolhurst and her International Public Health team worked with Pamoja Communications to run a creative public engagement stall. Thank you to everyone who stopped by!
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A new article co-authored by LSTM’s Dr Shevin Jacob highlights the critical role that Ebola disease survivors can play in strengthening trust, improving community engagement, and supporting outbreak response. Learn more: lstm.ac/ebola-surviv...
This image was created by Nahid Bhadelia, MD, Assistant Prof. of Medicine in the Section of Infectious Diseases, and the Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at Boston Medical Center. It was captured while the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) 2014, Domestic Ebola ETU Training Course for healthcare workers was underway. The program had been designed in order to educate participants who would be deployed, as members of the West African Ebola Response team, as to the proper protocols to be followed when treating Ebola patients. In this particular view, three training participants were displaying the personal protective equipment (PPE) worn by treatment specialists who would be intimately interacting with patients ill with Ebola, which included head and facial coverings, goggles, plastic gloves, a plastic body suite, and plastic apron.
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
What has economics got to do with global health? Quite a lot, as Professor Eve Worrall demonstrated in her inaugural lecture at LSTM. Watch it back - lstm.ac/ProEveWorrall
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Inaugural Lecture: Professor Eve Worrall on Health Economics
Watch Professor Eve Worrall's inaugural lecture exploring how economics shapes global health policy, financing, decision-making and health outcomes.
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Huge congratulations to Professor Hilary Ranson, our Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research Culture and Integrity, who has been awarded a CBE in the King's Birthday Honours for services to global health and equity in science. Read more: lstm.ac/cbe
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Three fully funded PhD opportunities available. Applicants from a range of academic backgrounds are encouraged to apply, but these opportunities are only available to applicants with Home fee status. Full details and how to apply: lstm.ac/studentships
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The UN says there's an 80% chance El Niño conditions will develop between June and August. What happens when climate shocks hit already stretched health systems? Researchers at LSTM's Institute for Resilient Health Systems are working with partners around the world to find out. ➡️ lstm.ac/elnino
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Prof Stephen Allen and Dr Benjamin Kadia were guest editors and contributors to an issue on childhood stunting published by the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B which brings together international evidence on the biological, biomedical and environmental factors that contribute (1/3)
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) continues to threaten efforts to end the global TB epidemic. A new study in Sierra Leone led by LSTM has highlighted a high mortality rate amongst people with MDR-TB, with around 1 in 10 dying within 12 months after successfully completing treatment. (1/3)
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
There are a final few tickets remaining for the Pint of Science festival, taking place next week in Liverpool, bringing cutting-edge health research out of the lab and into the pub! Find out more: pintofscience.co.uk/event/health...
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Health for All? Rethinking Access, Equity and Innovation
Join researchers from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine as they explore how health systems and technologies are being redesigned to be more inclusi…
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
For more than 80 years, the DTMH has trained clinicians in tropical medicine. Now, the online DTMH opens that training to more people around the world without changing the qualification itself. What changes is access and that change is long overdue. Learn more: lstm.ac/DTMH-Online
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LSTM's Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Online
Study LSTM's Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene online. 9 months, part-time, fully online. The same DTMH qualification, designed for working clinicians.
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
LSTM researchers have identified a previously unknown bacterium strongly associated with the devastating tropical disease noma. This discovery offers a vital insight that could transform the way one of the world's most neglected diseases is detected and treated in the future: lstm.ac/4bId3RO
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This year’s theme for Mental Health Awareness week is action. We’re committed to driving practical change through our research and teaching. Find out more about how we’ve taken action ⬇️
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
In the latest episode of the Guardian’s Science Weekly podcast, Professor Jonathan Ball speaks to Madeleine Finlay about suspected cases of hantavirus aboard a cruise ship travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde. Listen here: www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
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Hantavirus explained: how does it spread and who is most at risk? – podcast
Madeleine Finlay talks to Prof Jonathan Ball from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to find out more about the virus behind the outbreak on a luxury cruise ship
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
A cutting-edge laser system will be used for the first time in the UK to track and help identify invasive mosquito species. Read more: lstmed.ac.uk/news/laser-t... (image: The Entomological Scheimpflug Lidar in Sweden. A miniaturised version will be used in the new NERC-funded project)/
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
A new story in The Guardian highlights research from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine identifying a bacterium linked to noma, a deadly disease affecting children in extreme poverty. A step towards earlier diagnosis, targeted treatment, and prevention. Read: lstm.ac/NomaGuardian
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‘Astonishing’ discovery could help save children from deadly disfiguring condition
A previously unknown species of bacteria found in noma patients could be key to creating treatments for the neglected tropical disease
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
A new pooled TB testing toolkit will help healthcare providers to reach the ‘missed millions’ who go undiagnosed with the disease each year. Read more: lstmed.ac.uk/news/new-poo... @tomwingfield.bsky.social
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Pooled Testing Toolkit Expands TB Diagnosis | LSTM
New pooled testing toolkit developed by LSTM aims to expand TB diagnosis, reduce costs and help reach underserved communities with faster, accessible testing.
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Vector biologist Dr Eric Lucas has been awarded a prestigious grant by the Academy of Medical Sciences to better understand the genetic basis of insecticide resistance in malaria mosquitoes. Read more: lstmed.ac.uk/news/eric-lu...
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Dr Eric Lucas receives prestigious Springboard funding for genetic insecticide resistance project | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
16 April 2026
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Tuberculosis still kills over 1 million people a year. LSTM has joined the TB Drug Accelerator, a global partnership that shares data and expertise to accelerate the development of new treatments. A collaborative model to deliver faster, more effective therapies. Read more: lstm.ac/JoiningTheTBDA
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LSTM joins global consortium accelerating the development of new tuberculosis treatments | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
14 April 2026
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
We’re excited that researchers from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine will be taking part in this year’s Pint of Science festival, bringing cutting-edge health research out of the lab and into the pub. Find out more and book your place: pintofscience.co.uk/event/health....
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Health for All? Rethinking Access, Equity and Innovation
Join researchers from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine as they explore how health systems and technologies are being redesigned to be more inclusi…
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Ending community-wide treatment for one disease may allow others to return. New Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine research shows children in Malawi were 1.8 times more likely to have roundworm infections after LF mass drug administration stopped. Read more: lstm.ac/SoilHelminth...
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End of community-wide treatment linked to resurgence of parasitic worm infections in Malawi | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
13 April 2026
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Featured on BBC Health Check: LSTM researchers have identified a bacterium strongly linked to noma disease, a breakthrough that could enable earlier diagnosis and treatment. Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Health Check - How awe can boost your health - BBC Sounds
Is the Artemis II mission improving our health here on Earth?
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Different chemical coatings used on mosquito nets can affect how well they perform, which means that nets should be assessed on more than just their insecticide content alone, new research shows. Read more: lstmed.ac.uk/news/chemica...
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Chemical coatings can change mosquito net performance, highlighting need for broader evaluation | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
9 April 2026
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
What does it mean to eradicate a disease? Professor David Molyneux CMG, Emeritus Professor of Tropical Disease Microbiology, joined the Guardian Science Weekly podcast to discuss the guinea worm - a painful and debilitating parasitic infection. Listen here: www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
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Can we eradicate a second human disease? – podcast
Only one human illness has been entirely eradicated: smallpox. Could guinea worm be the second? Ian Sample hears from Madeleine Finlay and David Molyneux
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
LSTM's Dr Kerry Millington has taken part in the Royal Society Pairing Scheme, in which UK scientists pair with politicians and civil servants to get an insight in each other’s work. Read more: lstmed.ac.uk/news/royal-s...
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Social stigma, work and financial pressures, and services not designed around people’s daily lives are continuing to delay tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment, particularly for men and adolescents, new research has found. lstmed.ac.uk/news/gender-...
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Researchers at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have identified a bacterium linked to noma, a devastating disease that affects young children. The discovery could enable earlier diagnosis and treatment, when it matters most. Read more: lstm.ac/4bId3RO
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
LSTM’s Dr Tom Wingfield and Fatima Karmadwala delivered their talk, 'Fighting Poverty and Stigma to Defeat TB', to mark World TB Day. Last presented during last year's British Science Festival, the talk explored how TB continues to be a major global health challenge.
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Today is World TB Day. Last month, we revealed how research from the LSTM-led Start4All project helped to shape new WHO guidelines on pooled TB testing. Read more: lstm.ac/4aOPaX6
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
A new project aims to prevent mental health problems and poor nutrition caused by the climate crisis. Read more: lstm.ac/4bm9vEJ
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New research to tackle mental health and nutrition problems caused by climate crisis
Researchers and community co-researchers will investigate how increasingly frequent and severe extreme weather events in southern Malawi affect the health and wellbeing of vulnerable rural farming
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
A new Special Issue in Parasitology, guest edited by Professor Russell Stothard and Dr Janelisa Musaya, brings together 20 papers exploring genital tract parasites and their effects. Watch Dr Musaya explain why genital schistosomiasis matters or read the full Special Issue: bit.ly/4bSMwkH
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Professor Rachel Tolhurst will be delivering her LSTM Inaugural Lecture in a few weeks - and you can get your ticket now! Find out more and book your place: lstm.ac/4usCY7j
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Our @tomwingfield.bsky.social has spoken to @bmj.com about the worrying rise in TB cases across the UK. He explains what's behind the rise and what could be done to reverse the trend - including the expansion of screening for latent TB and in preventive therapy. www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
LSTM and the National Measurement Laboratory at LGC are partnering to launch PRISM, a new hub of excellence focused on diagnostics, antimicrobial resistance, and measurement science. This will strengthen UK efforts to develop new health technologies. Read more: lstm.ac/NMLPartnership
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LSTM and the National Measurement Laboratory will create new hub of excellence
The partnership will establish the PRISM (precision, reproducibility, innovation and standardisation in metrology for infectious diseases) hub of excellence at LSTM later this year. PRISM will work
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
LSTM is part of an expert global group that has been awarded responsibility to lead a new Cochrane Thematic Group in Infectious Diseases. Read more: lstm.ac/Cochrane.
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The PathNoma alliance has been awarded funding to investigate the microbiological and immune drivers of noma, a devastating neglected tropical disease that primarily affects malnourished children. Read more: lstm.ac/NomaResearch
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PathNoma Alliance to uncover the causes of devastating neglected tropical disease
Noma is a rapidly progressing, devastating disease which primarily affects malnourished young children in regions of extreme poverty, with cases mostly reported in Africa. It starts as an
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Start4All, a research project led by LSTM that is seeking to find the ‘missed millions’ of people who go undiagnosed with TB each year, has informed new World Health Organization guidelines on TB testing. Read more: lstm.ac/4aOPaX6.
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LSTM research informs new WHO guidelines on expanding access to TB diagnosis
Start4All, led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, is a four-year programme aimed at improving access to TB screening and diagnosis and, ultimately, enabling more underserved people with TB to
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Congratulations again to Professor Nick Casewell, who was once again a finalist in this year's leading prize for young scientists in the UK. The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists team produced this fantastic video that explains more about Nick's work: youtu.be/xpciUZAhGPc?...
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Nick Casewell, PhD, 2026 Blavatnik Awards in the UK Finalist in Life Sciences
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people experience severe or fatal consequences from snakebites. Therapeutic options are limited and often difficult to access in vulnerable rural areas.…
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
"Successful projects use data to target the right people, tailor interventions and measure impact." It's great to see the Health Equity Liverpool Project (HELP) featured in the Health Service Journal. www.hsj.co.uk/health-inequ...
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Tackling health inequalities through people-led projects
Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd has provided sponsorship funding for this non-promotional piece. Novartis has had no input into the content, aside from agreement on the topic (tackling health…
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