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Professor Mark Jit from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences this year. Professor Jit, a professor of vaccine epidemiology and head of the department of infectious disease epidemiology, is one of 59 influential biomedical and health scientists who have been awarded the prestigious fellowship. Fellows were chosen from 353 candidates from UK institutions, with their research expertise spanning from molecular im...

THE WORLD HEALTH Organization (WHO) announced on May 5 that COVID-19 would no longer be classified as a global public health emergency (PHEIC). But it

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared that COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency of international concern.  Speaking at the 15th meeting of the Emergency Committee last Friday (5th May), WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus emphasised that although the announcement comes with ‘great hope’, the global health threat caused by the disease is not over.

Although the acute phase of the pandemic may be over, experts agree that the virus’s effects will remain profound

Mathematical modelling played a key role in our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, both in the UK and around the world. Models were used to understand the health and economic consequences of COVID-19 and related interventions, in order to guide policy options. In this talk, we will hear the story of the role that LSHTM modellers played in the pandemic, including how they interacted with policy-makers and the media, and what lessons we can draw for the use of modelling in future global infectious...

NONTHABURI, THAILAND | November 25, 2022 – The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) announced the completion of the first

What commitments do you hope G20 members will make to pandemic response and preparedness? Virginia Wiseman, Professor of Health Economics and Health Systems at the Kirby Institute and at LSHTM, and Eduard J Beck, an Honorary Professor in the Department of Health Services Research and Policy at LSHTM, on behalf of all policy brief authors, read more:

More investment and innovation in vaccination strategies could lead to the elimination of rubella in 93 countries, and measles in up to 36 countries, according to a new study led by the University of Georgia (UGA) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). The paper, which was published in The Lancet GlobalMore investment and innovation in vaccination strategies could lead to the elimination of rubella in 93 countries, and measles in up to 36 countries, according to a new ...

New study models the feasibility of eliminating measles and rubella.

More investment and innovation in vaccination strategies could lead to the elimination of rubella in 93 countries, and measles in up to 36 countries, according to a new study led by the University of Georgia (UGA) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).