MARCH Centre, LSHTM

🤱Mothers and newborns deserve a world where they can thrive. 🗣️On #WorldHealthDay, Dr Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas and Dr Hannah Blencowe @LSHTM discuss the importance of advancing research to inform action and improve the lives of pregnant women & their babies. #HopefulFutures

📢 Join us in 2 weeks-Newborn Toolkit + PATH webinar! 🔎 “Lactation & Breastfeeding Support for Small & Sick Newborns&their Mothers:Creating Sustainable Systems Change for World Breastfeeding week! 📆5th Aug 💭 Live Fr translation 🕐3pm EAT|1pm WAT 👉 bit.ly/WBW8_25

📢 Short-term teaching role in Sexual & Reproductive Health ! Join our award-winning MSc @LSHTM as a Research Fellow (Education) (maternity cover). Full-time role until December 2025 Apply: EPH-DPH-2025-08-R – jobs.lshtm.ac.uk @chidodc @MARCH_LSHTM

🗣️NEW SPEAKER! Professor Rebecca French will be speaking at LSHTM’s Health Misinformation UNPACKED, 15 September 2025, London/online. @LSHTM_CEPR lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…

Congrats to Professor Cally Tann who has been selected as a finalists in the Falling Walls foundation's Women’s Impact Award👏 Cally is recognised for leading the Baby Ubuntu project, improving the lives of children with disabilities & their families. 🔗 falling-walls.com/science-summit…

Decline in UK childhood vaccine uptake In @bmj_latest, Ben Kasstan-Dabush & Tracey Chantler argue coordinated action needed to improve #vaccine confidence & convenience to combat outbreaks affecting children in disadvantaged areas. bmj.com/content/390/bm…

🚨JOIN US TODAY for our online webinar! 🔎 Growing the Future: Neonatal Nursing Education and Workforce Strategies 💭 with live French translation! 📆22 Jul 2025 🕐 3pm EAT| 1pm BST| 8am EST 👉 newborntoolkit.org/events/human-r…

📣 @LSHTM has a new PhD studentship opportunity for home fee students which seeks to optimise the use of electronic health record #data sources & methods to improve estimates of #maternal vaccine uptake and safety. 📆 Apply by 4 August 🔗 lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-and…

Today, we're hosting a stakeholders meeting to present the findings of the Intrapartum Azithromycin trial (PregnAnZI-2), which studied whether giving a single dose of azithromycin during labour could prevent sepsis & death in mothers & newborns. 1/1

#Measles: Why is it spreading & what can we do about it? In this episode of the #LSHTMViral podcast, Liam Smeeth & Heidi Larson discuss the dangers of measles, global trust in vaccines, misinformation & how to tackle falling #vaccine coverage. Listen🎧pod.link/1497329104/epi…

Child dies in Liverpool after contracting measles Ben Kasstan-Dabush & Beate Kampmann discuss the threat of #measles, risks of low vaccine uptake & why two doses of the #MMR vaccine is vital to protect children & communities across the UK. 👉lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/new…

🔥Recent global heatwaves and floods show the urgent need for climate & health expertise 🌎Find out more about the MSc Climate Change & Planetary Health at @LSHTM and be part of the solution Available in person & online Apply now👉bit.ly/4eQwI21

📢 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-…

📢#Measles update: NW England Call for parents & carers to ensure children get 2 doses of #MMR vaccine following death of child at Alder Hey children’s hospital in Liverpool & low of vaccine uptake in region. More from our experts #LSHTMunpacked👇 lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/new…

The first #malaria treatment specifically developed for newborn babies & young infants has been approved for use 👏 @LSHTM researchers welcome this new treatment, a major step towards protecting at-risk #newborns in malaria-endemic regions. Read more 👉 lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/new…

Worried about how #misinformation is affecting reproductive health? Hear from experts discussing the challenges, and find out how to tackle health misinformation. Book tickets for the @LSHTM Health Misinformation: UNPACKED event 👉 lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…

A major win for child health! A study by MRCG has influenced a change in @WHO's policy on vaccination against pneumonia and #meningitis in children. This will help protect more children from deadly diseases. Read more 👇tinyurl.com/3cv7rmr8

🗣️NEW SPEAKER! Professor Sander van der Linden will be speaking at LSHTM’s Health Misinformation UNPACKED, 15 September 2025, London/online. @LSHTM_CEPR lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…

Our 2025 winners focused on overlooked parts of epidemic preparedness: 🦟Better integrating neglected tropical disease interventions 🧑‍🤝‍🧑Bringing communities into outbreak response 🗣️Recognising health worker experiences in refugee settings Read more👉 bit.ly/4lwpRwG

Born too soon: global epidemiology of preterm births @joylawn @_ellenbradley @HannahBlencowe @MARCH_LSHTM link.springer.com/10.1186/s12978…

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