Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM
@LSHTM_Crises
We are a cross-faculty team of researchers @LSHTM focused on supporting and improving the health of everyone affected by #HumanitarianCrisis
📢 We're moving to Bluesky! Join us over there for the latest updates on work across @LSHTM to improve the health of populations affected by humanitarian crises ⛑ Follow our new account 👇 bsky.app/profile/lshtm-…
Interested in developing service user participation in services, systems and policies? 👇🏽 Check out our @GcrfGoal @LSHTM Participation Toolkit made with, by and for mental health researchers and people with LX of using #mentalhealth services together with @jmh_lb 👇
Mental health is a universal human right. But it can’t be achieved without service users participating in all matters related to their mental health, including services, systems & policies. 📖 Use the toolkit: tinyurl.com/3mk3zkb5 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
📰 @LSHTM MSc Reproductive and Sexual Health Research students write in @TheLancet on the crisis of violence-related deaths in #Nigeria With 1000s of deaths each year, the authors argue this constitutes a security threat & a public health emergency 👇 thelancet.com/journals/lance…
🌟SHOWCASE EVENT🌟 Celebrate our 2025 Centre prize winners and hear about their award-winning research! 🗓️ 21 July 2025 ⏰12:30 – 14:00 📍 LSHTM/Online Full details 👉bit.ly/CEPRAwards2025
We need to talk about health #misinformation🤔 Join our flagship event on 15 Sept 2025 for ideas on how to defend yourself & your organisation from dangerous misinformation Info/book tickets: lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve… In-person in London + online
🎉Meet our 2025 epidemic preparedness prize winners!🎉 They won prizes for research ranging from exploring health worker experiences in refugee settings, understanding neglected diseases to listening to communities during outbreaks. Hear more👉bit.ly/CEPRAwards2025
For #RefugeeDay, read about our GOAL partnership's health system research and the stories and participation tools we created with @WarChildLebanon for it... #coproduction #participatoryresearch #Lebanon ⬇️
GOAL is a partnership between National Mental Health Programme Lebanon, @LSHTM, @AbaadMENA, @WarChildLebanon, @BeyondTextOrg & @USJLiban 🤝
Famine and the Need for a Collective Voice in Sudan In @bmj_latest, Samantha Olson & Maysoon Dahab discuss how data gaps in conflicts such as #Sudan can make hunger invisible & deepen the crisis, but new collaborative approaches can help fight #famine. blogs.bmj.com/bmjgh/2025/05/…
Samantha Olson, Research Coordinator in Infectious Disease Epidemiology @LSHTM, writes about the severe & unmet challenge of famine in Sudan amid the latest conflict 👇
Say the “F” word: Famine and the Need for a Collective Voice in Sudan bit.ly/4jvbGXs
Say the “F” word: Famine and the Need for a Collective Voice in Sudan bit.ly/4jvbGXs
🆕Tigray, Ethiopia | Estimation of mortality caused by the 2020-2022 conflict New survey of Tigrayan diaspora estimates conflict resulted in 100,000 deaths, suggests many casualties are women and older adults 👇 pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
🌍 As extreme weather events surge due to climate change, communities are leading the way in response & adaptation New blog by @LSHTM MSc student @virafita explores how local responses to floods in Nigeria & Spain offer vital lessons for risk reduction 🔗buff.ly/0GpUTR4
🚨 Don’t miss the final session of #MSFScientificDays 2025! 🚨 Session 4: Vaccination: a humanitarian lifeline under threat 🕦15:40–17:10 BST 🗓️ Thursday, 22 May 2025 📍 Royal Society of Medicine, London & 💻 Online ✨ Featuring keynote from Dr Sania Nishtar, CEO @gavi 🔗…
📢 BREAKING NEWS: @WHO member states formally adopt pandemic treaty But what more needs to be done to prepare for the next #pandemic? 😷 LSHTM experts give their views: lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/new…