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Global disparities in cancer: from prevention to survivorship

lshha13 — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:46:15 +0000

Global disparities in cancer: from prevention to survivorship by lshha13 Thu, 11/21/2024 - 18:46

This lecture will explore inequities in cancer across the care continuum. Cancer research has historically tended to focus on high-income settings, but the global burden of cancer increasingly affects countries at all levels of development. This talk will draw on research from multiple continents to examine the changing patterns of cancer burden and risk factors across different global settings, inequalities in cancer treatment and survival between and within countries, and the emerging challenge of cancer survivorship.

Speakers

Isabel Dos Santos Silva

Bernard Rachet

Krishnan Bhaskaran

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Monday 13 January 2025 17:30 Add to Calendar 2025-01-13 17:30:00 2025-01-13 17:30:00 Global disparities in cancer: from prevention to survivorship This lecture will explore inequities in cancer across the care continuum. Cancer research has historically tended to focus on high-income settings, but the global burden of cancer increasingly affects countries at all levels of development. This talk will draw on research from multiple continents to examine the changing patterns of cancer burden and risk factors across different global settings, inequalities in cancer treatment and survival between and within countries, and the emerging challenge of cancer survivorship.SpeakersIsabel Dos Santos SilvaBernard RachetKrishnan BhaskaranEvent noticesPlease note this event is in person only. Please note that the recording link will be listed on this page when available. LSHTM, Keppel Street Maria Perez (cc: Angel Wong) Europe/London public

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Monday 13 January 2025 18:30

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John Snow Lecture Theatre

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Global Health Lecture Series

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51.5209007, -0.13028029999998

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Maria Perez (cc: Angel Wong)

Add to Calendar 2025-01-13 17:30:00 2025-01-13 18:30:00 Global disparities in cancer: from prevention to survivorship This lecture will explore inequities in cancer across the care continuum. Cancer research has historically tended to focus on high-income settings, but the global burden of cancer increasingly affects countries at all levels of development. This talk will draw on research from multiple continents to examine the changing patterns of cancer burden and risk factors across different global settings, inequalities in cancer treatment and survival between and within countries, and the emerging challenge of cancer survivorship.SpeakersIsabel Dos Santos SilvaBernard RachetKrishnan BhaskaranEvent noticesPlease note this event is in person only. Please note that the recording link will be listed on this page when available. Maria Perez (cc: Angel Wong) Europe/London public

Tuberculosis incidence and body mass index – an updated literature review and global analysis

lshha13 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 14:57:16 +0000

Tuberculosis incidence and body mass index – an updated literature review and global analysis by lshha13 Fri, 12/06/2024 - 14:57

Matthew will present the results of an updated literature review and analysis characterising the association between tuberculosis incidence and body mass index.

Speaker

Matthew Saunders

Matthew is a specialist registrar in Public Health Medicine and NIHR Clinical Lecturer at the Institute for Infection and Immunity at St George’s University of London. His research focuses on characterising the social determinants and consequences of tuberculosis, and in designing and evaluating community-led, complex interventions to address these challenges. He was recently an Academic Clinical Fellow at LSHTM, where his research explored the intersections between nutrition, climate change, and tuberculosis.

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Tuesday 14 January 2025 12:45 Add to Calendar 2025-01-14 12:45:00 2025-01-14 12:45:00 Tuberculosis incidence and body mass index – an updated literature review and global analysis Matthew will present the results of an updated literature review and analysis characterising the association between tuberculosis incidence and body mass index.SpeakerMatthew SaundersMatthew is a specialist registrar in Public Health Medicine and NIHR Clinical Lecturer at the Institute for Infection and Immunity at St George’s University of London. His research focuses on characterising the social determinants and consequences of tuberculosis, and in designing and evaluating community-led, complex interventions to address these challenges. He was recently an Academic Clinical Fellow at LSHTM, where his research explored the intersections between nutrition, climate change, and tuberculosis.Event noticesPlease note that you can join this event in person or you can join the session remotely.Please note that the recording link will be listed on this page when available. LSHTM, Keppel Street TB Centre Europe/London public

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Tuesday 14 January 2025 13:45

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Manson Lecture Theatre, Hybrid

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TB Centre

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Add to Calendar 2025-01-14 12:45:00 2025-01-14 13:45:00 Tuberculosis incidence and body mass index – an updated literature review and global analysis Matthew will present the results of an updated literature review and analysis characterising the association between tuberculosis incidence and body mass index.SpeakerMatthew SaundersMatthew is a specialist registrar in Public Health Medicine and NIHR Clinical Lecturer at the Institute for Infection and Immunity at St George’s University of London. His research focuses on characterising the social determinants and consequences of tuberculosis, and in designing and evaluating community-led, complex interventions to address these challenges. He was recently an Academic Clinical Fellow at LSHTM, where his research explored the intersections between nutrition, climate change, and tuberculosis.Event noticesPlease note that you can join this event in person or you can join the session remotely.Please note that the recording link will be listed on this page when available. https://lshtm.zoom.us/j/91325498990 TB Centre Europe/London public

An impact and programme evaluation of the m-mama system in tanzania

lshao10 — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 11:15:59 +0000

An impact and programme evaluation of the m-mama system in tanzania by lshao10 Tue, 12/10/2024 - 11:15

This is a joint webinar with the Transport and Referral Community of Practice.

M-mama is a maternal and neonatal emergency referral and transportation system (EmRTS) that was jointly implemented by the Government of Tanzania, with partners from Vodafone Foundation, Touch Health, and Pathfinder International and funders Vodafone Foundation and USAID.

Community members or health care workers can trigger the EmRTS via a toll-free number, prompting trained nurse dispatchers to assess the urgency of the situation and arrange transportation accordingly, either with government ambulances or community drivers from m-mama’s network. M-mama was first introduced in Tanzania in 2013, and was scaled up nationwide as of October 2023. The EmRTS has also been scaled up nationally in Lesotho, with plans for implementation in several additional countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

In this webinar, representatives from the m-mama team will present their results of an impact and programme evaluation of the EmRTS.

Speakers

Dolorosa Duncan, m-mama Tanzania Country Director, Vodafone Foundation

Dr Bazil Kavishe, Senior Researcher, National Institute for Medical Research in Mwanza, Tanzania

Dr Wilson Kitinya, Director of Clinical Services, Touch Health

Kelsie Wilhelm, m-mama Tanzania Project Manager, Touch Health

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Wednesday 15 January 2025 13:00 Add to Calendar 2025-01-15 13:00:00 2025-01-15 13:00:00 An impact and programme evaluation of the m-mama system in tanzania This is a joint webinar with the Transport and Referral Community of Practice.M-mama is a maternal and neonatal emergency referral and transportation system (EmRTS) that was jointly implemented by the Government of Tanzania, with partners from Vodafone Foundation, Touch Health, and Pathfinder International and funders Vodafone Foundation and USAID. Community members or health care workers can trigger the EmRTS via a toll-free number, prompting trained nurse dispatchers to assess the urgency of the situation and arrange transportation accordingly, either with government ambulances or community drivers from m-mama’s network. M-mama was first introduced in Tanzania in 2013, and was scaled up nationwide as of October 2023. The EmRTS has also been scaled up nationally in Lesotho, with plans for implementation in several additional countries in sub-Saharan Africa. In this webinar, representatives from the m-mama team will present their results of an impact and programme evaluation of the EmRTS.SpeakersDolorosa Duncan, m-mama Tanzania Country Director, Vodafone FoundationDr Bazil Kavishe, Senior Researcher, National Institute for Medical Research in Mwanza, TanzaniaDr Wilson Kitinya, Director of Clinical Services, Touch HealthKelsie Wilhelm, m-mama Tanzania Project Manager, Touch HealthEvent noticesPlease note this event is virtual only. Please note that the recording link will be listed on this page when available. march@lshtm.ac.uk Europe/London public

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Wednesday 15 January 2025 14:00

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Add to Calendar 2025-01-15 13:00:00 2025-01-15 14:00:00 An impact and programme evaluation of the m-mama system in tanzania This is a joint webinar with the Transport and Referral Community of Practice.M-mama is a maternal and neonatal emergency referral and transportation system (EmRTS) that was jointly implemented by the Government of Tanzania, with partners from Vodafone Foundation, Touch Health, and Pathfinder International and funders Vodafone Foundation and USAID. Community members or health care workers can trigger the EmRTS via a toll-free number, prompting trained nurse dispatchers to assess the urgency of the situation and arrange transportation accordingly, either with government ambulances or community drivers from m-mama’s network. M-mama was first introduced in Tanzania in 2013, and was scaled up nationwide as of October 2023. The EmRTS has also been scaled up nationally in Lesotho, with plans for implementation in several additional countries in sub-Saharan Africa. In this webinar, representatives from the m-mama team will present their results of an impact and programme evaluation of the EmRTS.SpeakersDolorosa Duncan, m-mama Tanzania Country Director, Vodafone FoundationDr Bazil Kavishe, Senior Researcher, National Institute for Medical Research in Mwanza, TanzaniaDr Wilson Kitinya, Director of Clinical Services, Touch HealthKelsie Wilhelm, m-mama Tanzania Project Manager, Touch HealthEvent noticesPlease note this event is virtual only. Please note that the recording link will be listed on this page when available. https://lshtm.zoom.us/j/94933917369 march@lshtm.ac.uk Europe/London public

Choice and consequence: New mandatory childhood vaccination policies in the USA, Australia, and Europe

idcvnsey — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:04:48 +0000

Choice and consequence: New mandatory childhood vaccination policies in the USA, Australia, and Europe by idcvnsey Fri, 12/13/2024 - 13:04

In the last decade, California, Australia, Italy, and France were the first jurisdictions to impose consequences on parents who were not vaccinating their children. Governments and commentators frequently depicted this as necessary responses to public health crises. However, governments choose coercive vaccine mandates from multiple strategies available and analyses of these first four jurisdictions reveals inherent failures within prior approaches. All four cases relied upon “incomplete modulation” to ensure vaccination occurred, using pre-existing vaccine mandates developed for different purposes.

By the present century, these did not cover all vaccines, were poorly enforced, or selectively exempted refusers by design via personal belief exemptions. The lack of sufficient vaccination discipline to maintain universally high vaccination coverage generated political and technical demands (Italy and France) or public demands (Australia and California) to institute “complete” modulation. Institutions, elected officials, policy entrepreneurs, and/or publics pushed to expand coercion to cover more vaccines, more settings, and more policy targets. The resultant new mandatory policies respond to the shortcomings of the previous modes of governance but do not correct them. Instead, prior deficits in state capacity and action – failures to instill “vaccine discipline” in populations – infuse the new mandatory vaccination policies.

Prior deficits drive how governments formulate the role and function of their new policies within the contemporary regulatory state. They also shape how policymakers navigate emergent governance demands and opportunities, using additional forms of coercion upon new policy actors. Finally, prior deficits inform public statements and private reservations about whether governments can ever remove the measures that – in continental Europe – they promise are temporary. Likewise, exemption policies that “undid themselves” (Australia and California) would be unlikely to re-emerge following the reframing of vaccine refusal as social deviance.

Speaker

Katie Attwell, Associate Professor, University of Western Australia

Associate Professor Katie Attwell is a political science and public policy scholar at the University of Western Australia, where she leads the interdisciplinary VaxPolLab and supports a range of senior and junior scholars in vaccination social and political research. Prof Attwell currently holds a four year research fellowship funded by the Medical Research Future Fund of Australia (MRFF) and the University of Western Australia. She is a former Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow.

Prof Attwell has engaged in community, systems and behavioural research in the area of vaccination uptake since 2014. Her DECRA (2019-2022) explored mandatory childhood vaccination policies in Australia, Italy, France, and California. Katie led the interdisciplinary West Australian project “Coronavax: Preparing Community and Government”, which engaged in community and government research for the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, funded by Wesfarmers and the Health Department of Western Australia. Katie presently leads MandEval, a mixed methods and multi-country study of the implementation and impact of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, funded by the MRFF.

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Thursday 16 January 2025 12:50 Add to Calendar 2025-01-16 12:50:00 2025-01-16 12:50:00 Choice and consequence: New mandatory childhood vaccination policies in the USA, Australia, and Europe In the last decade, California, Australia, Italy, and France were the first jurisdictions to impose consequences on parents who were not vaccinating their children. Governments and commentators frequently depicted this as necessary responses to public health crises. However, governments choose coercive vaccine mandates from multiple strategies available and analyses of these first four jurisdictions reveals inherent failures within prior approaches. All four cases relied upon “incomplete modulation” to ensure vaccination occurred, using pre-existing vaccine mandates developed for different purposes. By the present century, these did not cover all vaccines, were poorly enforced, or selectively exempted refusers by design via personal belief exemptions. The lack of sufficient vaccination discipline to maintain universally high vaccination coverage generated political and technical demands (Italy and France) or public demands (Australia and California) to institute “complete” modulation. Institutions, elected officials, policy entrepreneurs, and/or publics pushed to expand coercion to cover more vaccines, more settings, and more policy targets. The resultant new mandatory policies respond to the shortcomings of the previous modes of governance but do not correct them. Instead, prior deficits in state capacity and action – failures to instill “vaccine discipline” in populations – infuse the new mandatory vaccination policies. Prior deficits drive how governments formulate the role and function of their new policies within the contemporary regulatory state. They also shape how policymakers navigate emergent governance demands and opportunities, using additional forms of coercion upon new policy actors. Finally, prior deficits inform public statements and private reservations about whether governments can ever remove the measures that – in continental Europe – they promise are temporary. Likewise, exemption policies that “undid themselves” (Australia and California) would be unlikely to re-emerge following the reframing of vaccine refusal as social deviance.Speaker Katie Attwell, Associate Professor, University of Western AustraliaAssociate Professor Katie Attwell is a political science and public policy scholar at the University of Western Australia, where she leads the interdisciplinary VaxPolLab and supports a range of senior and junior scholars in vaccination social and political research. Prof Attwell currently holds a four year research fellowship funded by the Medical Research Future Fund of Australia (MRFF) and the University of Western Australia. She is a former Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow. Prof Attwell has engaged in community, systems and behavioural research in the area of vaccination uptake since 2014. Her DECRA (2019-2022) explored mandatory childhood vaccination policies in Australia, Italy, France, and California. Katie led the interdisciplinary West Australian project “Coronavax: Preparing Community and Government”, which engaged in community and government research for the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, funded by Wesfarmers and the Health Department of Western Australia. Katie presently leads MandEval, a mixed methods and multi-country study of the implementation and impact of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, funded by the MRFF.Event noticesPlease note that you can join this event in person or you can join the session remotely.Please note that the recording link will be listed on this page when available. LSHTM, Keppel Street Tracey Chantler Europe/London public

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Thursday 16 January 2025 13:50

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LG2, Hybrid

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Vaccine Centre

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LSHTM, Keppel Street
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Add to Calendar 2025-01-16 12:50:00 2025-01-16 13:50:00 Choice and consequence: New mandatory childhood vaccination policies in the USA, Australia, and Europe In the last decade, California, Australia, Italy, and France were the first jurisdictions to impose consequences on parents who were not vaccinating their children. Governments and commentators frequently depicted this as necessary responses to public health crises. However, governments choose coercive vaccine mandates from multiple strategies available and analyses of these first four jurisdictions reveals inherent failures within prior approaches. All four cases relied upon “incomplete modulation” to ensure vaccination occurred, using pre-existing vaccine mandates developed for different purposes. By the present century, these did not cover all vaccines, were poorly enforced, or selectively exempted refusers by design via personal belief exemptions. The lack of sufficient vaccination discipline to maintain universally high vaccination coverage generated political and technical demands (Italy and France) or public demands (Australia and California) to institute “complete” modulation. Institutions, elected officials, policy entrepreneurs, and/or publics pushed to expand coercion to cover more vaccines, more settings, and more policy targets. The resultant new mandatory policies respond to the shortcomings of the previous modes of governance but do not correct them. Instead, prior deficits in state capacity and action – failures to instill “vaccine discipline” in populations – infuse the new mandatory vaccination policies. Prior deficits drive how governments formulate the role and function of their new policies within the contemporary regulatory state. They also shape how policymakers navigate emergent governance demands and opportunities, using additional forms of coercion upon new policy actors. Finally, prior deficits inform public statements and private reservations about whether governments can ever remove the measures that – in continental Europe – they promise are temporary. Likewise, exemption policies that “undid themselves” (Australia and California) would be unlikely to re-emerge following the reframing of vaccine refusal as social deviance.Speaker Katie Attwell, Associate Professor, University of Western AustraliaAssociate Professor Katie Attwell is a political science and public policy scholar at the University of Western Australia, where she leads the interdisciplinary VaxPolLab and supports a range of senior and junior scholars in vaccination social and political research. Prof Attwell currently holds a four year research fellowship funded by the Medical Research Future Fund of Australia (MRFF) and the University of Western Australia. She is a former Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow. Prof Attwell has engaged in community, systems and behavioural research in the area of vaccination uptake since 2014. Her DECRA (2019-2022) explored mandatory childhood vaccination policies in Australia, Italy, France, and California. Katie led the interdisciplinary West Australian project “Coronavax: Preparing Community and Government”, which engaged in community and government research for the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, funded by Wesfarmers and the Health Department of Western Australia. Katie presently leads MandEval, a mixed methods and multi-country study of the implementation and impact of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, funded by the MRFF.Event noticesPlease note that you can join this event in person or you can join the session remotely.Please note that the recording link will be listed on this page when available. https://lshtm.zoom.us/j/94183071751 Tracey Chantler Europe/London public

Amplifying women's voices in family planning in francophone West Africa

lshha13 — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 22:22:17 +0000

Amplifying women's voices in family planning in francophone West Africa by lshha13 Tue, 12/17/2024 - 22:22

Join us as we present the findings of our multi-layered project exploring barriers to amplifying women’s voices and representation in family planning across francophone West Africa, with Senegal as a case study. This webinar will showcase our results, including in-depth research conducted with family planning advocates, providers, and users, highlighting their experiences, perspectives, barriers and potential solutions to some of the ethical concerns within family planning programmes.

This session is designed for members of the family planning community, including academics, students, NGO workers, funding agencies, governmental representatives, healthcare providers, public health professionals, and advocates. Together, we’ll explore the challenges identified and the insights gained, paving the way for more inclusive and impactful family planning initiatives.

Be part of the conversation and discover strategies to foster greater representation and empowerment in family planning.

Speakers

Dr. Nour Horanieh, Honorary research fellow, LSHTM, Assistant Professor Public Health, Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University

Thais Gonzalez-Capella, Department of Global Health and Development, LSHTM

Eloisa Montt-Maray, Research Assistant, Evidence-Based Public Health Unit (ZIG2), Center for International Health Protection (ZIG), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Marieme Fall, independent public health researcher and consultant in program monitoring and evaluation.

Manuela Reveiz, School of Population and Global Health. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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Monday 20 January 2025 15:00 Add to Calendar 2025-01-20 15:00:00 2025-01-20 15:00:00 Amplifying women's voices in family planning in francophone West Africa Join us as we present the findings of our multi-layered project exploring barriers to amplifying women’s voices and representation in family planning across francophone West Africa, with Senegal as a case study. This webinar will showcase our results, including in-depth research conducted with family planning advocates, providers, and users, highlighting their experiences, perspectives, barriers and potential solutions to some of the ethical concerns within family planning programmes.This session is designed for members of the family planning community, including academics, students, NGO workers, funding agencies, governmental representatives, healthcare providers, public health professionals, and advocates. Together, we’ll explore the challenges identified and the insights gained, paving the way for more inclusive and impactful family planning initiatives.Be part of the conversation and discover strategies to foster greater representation and empowerment in family planning.SpeakersDr. Nour Horanieh, Honorary research fellow, LSHTM, Assistant Professor Public Health, Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud UniversityThais Gonzalez-Capella, Department of Global Health and Development, LSHTMEloisa Montt-Maray, Research Assistant, Evidence-Based Public Health Unit (ZIG2), Center for International Health Protection (ZIG), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, GermanyMarieme Fall, independent public health researcher and consultant in program monitoring and evaluation.Manuela Reveiz, School of Population and Global Health. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, CanadaEvent noticesPlease note this event is virtual only.Please note that the recording link will be listed on this page when available. Nour Horanieh Europe/London public

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Monday 20 January 2025 16:15

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Add to Calendar 2025-01-20 15:00:00 2025-01-20 16:15:00 Amplifying women's voices in family planning in francophone West Africa Join us as we present the findings of our multi-layered project exploring barriers to amplifying women’s voices and representation in family planning across francophone West Africa, with Senegal as a case study. This webinar will showcase our results, including in-depth research conducted with family planning advocates, providers, and users, highlighting their experiences, perspectives, barriers and potential solutions to some of the ethical concerns within family planning programmes.This session is designed for members of the family planning community, including academics, students, NGO workers, funding agencies, governmental representatives, healthcare providers, public health professionals, and advocates. Together, we’ll explore the challenges identified and the insights gained, paving the way for more inclusive and impactful family planning initiatives.Be part of the conversation and discover strategies to foster greater representation and empowerment in family planning.SpeakersDr. Nour Horanieh, Honorary research fellow, LSHTM, Assistant Professor Public Health, Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud UniversityThais Gonzalez-Capella, Department of Global Health and Development, LSHTMEloisa Montt-Maray, Research Assistant, Evidence-Based Public Health Unit (ZIG2), Center for International Health Protection (ZIG), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, GermanyMarieme Fall, independent public health researcher and consultant in program monitoring and evaluation.Manuela Reveiz, School of Population and Global Health. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, CanadaEvent noticesPlease note this event is virtual only.Please note that the recording link will be listed on this page when available. https://lshtm.zoom.us/j/92359147715 Nour Horanieh Europe/London public

Changing thinking about disability

lshha13 — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 23:05:47 +0000

Changing thinking about disability by lshha13 Tue, 12/17/2024 - 23:05

There are three things which make things difficult for disabled people, wherever they live in the world: the health condition which leads to disability, the ways people think about disability, and the environments people live in. We can change all three. This lecture will touch on all these changes, but will focus on how people think.

Speaker

Tom Shakespeare is Professor of Disability Research at LSHTM, having previously worked in Newcastle and Norwich and at the World Health Organisation. His frst novel, The Ha-ha is coming out in paperback in March 2025, accompanied by his second novel The Ends.

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Monday 20 January 2025 17:30 Add to Calendar 2025-01-20 17:30:00 2025-01-20 17:30:00 Changing thinking about disability There are three things which make things difficult for disabled people, wherever they live in the world: the health condition which leads to disability, the ways people think about disability, and the environments people live in. We can change all three. This lecture will touch on all these changes, but will focus on how people think.SpeakerTom Shakespeare is Professor of Disability Research at LSHTM, having previously worked in Newcastle and Norwich and at the World Health Organisation. His frst novel, The Ha-ha is coming out in paperback in March 2025, accompanied by his second novel The Ends.Event noticesPlease note this event is in person only.Please note that the recording link will be listed on this page when available. LSHTM, Keppel Street Maria Perez Europe/London public

End Date/Time

Monday 20 January 2025 18:30

Room

John Snow Lecture Theatre

Status

Active

Series

Global Health Lecture Series

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Lecture

51.5209007, -0.13028029999998

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LSHTM, Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

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Add to Calendar 2025-01-20 17:30:00 2025-01-20 18:30:00 Changing thinking about disability There are three things which make things difficult for disabled people, wherever they live in the world: the health condition which leads to disability, the ways people think about disability, and the environments people live in. We can change all three. This lecture will touch on all these changes, but will focus on how people think.SpeakerTom Shakespeare is Professor of Disability Research at LSHTM, having previously worked in Newcastle and Norwich and at the World Health Organisation. His frst novel, The Ha-ha is coming out in paperback in March 2025, accompanied by his second novel The Ends.Event noticesPlease note this event is in person only.Please note that the recording link will be listed on this page when available. Maria Perez Europe/London public

Public health and humanitarian responses

lshha13 — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:54:15 +0000

Public health and humanitarian responses by lshha13 Fri, 11/15/2024 - 16:54

This lecture will provide a broad overview of public health priorities when responding to crises due to armed conflict and natural disasters, and of recent trends and challenges in humanitarian public health.

Speaker

Francesco Checchi

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Start Date/Time

Monday 27 January 2025 17:30 Add to Calendar 2025-01-27 17:30:00 2025-01-27 17:30:00 Public health and humanitarian responses This lecture will provide a broad overview of public health priorities when responding to crises due to armed conflict and natural disasters, and of recent trends and challenges in humanitarian public health.SpeakerFrancesco ChecchiEvent noticesPlease note this event is in person only.Please note that the recording link will be listed on this page when available. LSHTM, Keppel Street Maria Perez Europe/London public

End Date/Time

Monday 27 January 2025 18:30

Room

John Snow Lecture Theatre

Status

Active

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Global Health Lecture Series

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Lecture

51.5209007, -0.13028029999998

Venue

LSHTM, Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

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Maria Perez

Add to Calendar 2025-01-27 17:30:00 2025-01-27 18:30:00 Public health and humanitarian responses This lecture will provide a broad overview of public health priorities when responding to crises due to armed conflict and natural disasters, and of recent trends and challenges in humanitarian public health.SpeakerFrancesco ChecchiEvent noticesPlease note this event is in person only.Please note that the recording link will be listed on this page when available. Maria Perez Europe/London public

Virtual Open Days 2025

dexttgar — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 09:51:56 +0000

Virtual Open Days 2025 by dexttgar Wed, 01/11/2023 - 09:51

At LSHTM, we attract students who have a real passion for what they do, which makes for a stimulating environment in which to work and study. Come along and see for yourself at our open days.

Master's Degrees, Distance Learning and Short Courses

Tuesday 11th, Wednesday 12th, Thursday 13th February 2025

These days will feature live webinars and Q&A sessions with our programme directors, current students and student services. Activities will include:

Introductory talks on research and study at LSHTM
Information booths about or courses and student services
Admissions advice
Careers webinar

You will also be able to access a number of useful links from the latest prospectus and programme videos to student community and careers advice you can browse throughout the event - all in one place!

Book your place

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Start Date/Time

Tuesday 11 February 2025 10:30 Add to Calendar 2025-02-11 10:30:00 2025-02-11 10:30:00 Virtual Open Days 2025 At LSHTM, we attract students who have a real passion for what they do, which makes for a stimulating environment in which to work and study. Come along and see for yourself at our open days.Master's Degrees, Distance Learning and Short CoursesTuesday 11th, Wednesday 12th, Thursday 13th February 2025These days will feature live webinars and Q&A sessions with our programme directors, current students and student services. Activities will include:Introductory talks on research and study at LSHTMInformation booths about or courses and student servicesAdmissions adviceCareers webinarYou will also be able to access a number of useful links from the latest prospectus and programme videos to student community and careers advice you can browse throughout the event - all in one place!Book your place study@lshtm.ac.uk Europe/London public

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Thursday 13 February 2025 17:00

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Add to Calendar 2025-02-11 10:30:00 2025-02-13 17:00:00 Virtual Open Days 2025 At LSHTM, we attract students who have a real passion for what they do, which makes for a stimulating environment in which to work and study. Come along and see for yourself at our open days.Master's Degrees, Distance Learning and Short CoursesTuesday 11th, Wednesday 12th, Thursday 13th February 2025These days will feature live webinars and Q&A sessions with our programme directors, current students and student services. Activities will include:Introductory talks on research and study at LSHTMInformation booths about or courses and student servicesAdmissions adviceCareers webinarYou will also be able to access a number of useful links from the latest prospectus and programme videos to student community and careers advice you can browse throughout the event - all in one place!Book your place study@lshtm.ac.uk Europe/London public

The global syphilis epidemic: why is this happening and what should we do about it

lshha13 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 15:14:16 +0000

The global syphilis epidemic: why is this happening and what should we do about it by lshha13 Fri, 12/06/2024 - 15:14

The talk will give an overview of current challenges facing global syphilis control and how new and existing tools can be best deployed to overcome these challenges.

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Michael Marks is Professor of Medicine at LSHTM and an Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospital. His major area of interest has been the epidemiology and control of Treponema pallidum including using next-generation sequencing approaches, evaluating Linezolid as a new oral therapy for syphilis, and investigating integrating near-patient diagnostics for STIs into antenatal care in Zimbabwe.

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Thursday 13 February 2025 13:00 Add to Calendar 2025-02-13 13:00:00 2025-02-13 13:00:00 The global syphilis epidemic: why is this happening and what should we do about it The talk will give an overview of current challenges facing global syphilis control and how new and existing tools can be best deployed to overcome these challenges. Speaker Michael Marks is Professor of Medicine at LSHTM and an Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospital. His major area of interest has been the epidemiology and control of Treponema pallidum including using next-generation sequencing approaches, evaluating Linezolid as a new oral therapy for syphilis, and investigating integrating near-patient diagnostics for STIs into antenatal care in Zimbabwe. Event noticesPlease note this event is virtual only. Please note that the recording link will be listed on this page when available. LSHTM, Keppel Street Steven Saunders Europe/London public

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Thursday 13 February 2025 14:00

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LG80, Hybrid

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STIRIG

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LSHTM, Keppel Street
London
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United Kingdom

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Steven Saunders

Add to Calendar 2025-02-13 13:00:00 2025-02-13 14:00:00 The global syphilis epidemic: why is this happening and what should we do about it The talk will give an overview of current challenges facing global syphilis control and how new and existing tools can be best deployed to overcome these challenges. Speaker Michael Marks is Professor of Medicine at LSHTM and an Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospital. His major area of interest has been the epidemiology and control of Treponema pallidum including using next-generation sequencing approaches, evaluating Linezolid as a new oral therapy for syphilis, and investigating integrating near-patient diagnostics for STIs into antenatal care in Zimbabwe. Event noticesPlease note this event is virtual only. Please note that the recording link will be listed on this page when available. https://lshtm.zoom.us/j/99439603571 Steven Saunders Europe/London public

Problematising prophylaxis: Tuberculosis and the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine in American Colonial Philippines

lshha13 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 15:29:20 +0000

Problematising prophylaxis: Tuberculosis and the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine in American Colonial Philippines by lshha13 Fri, 12/06/2024 - 15:29

This presentation explores the contested views on effective tuberculosis prevention in the American Colonial Philippines. Its target audience is students and staff interested in the history of tuberculosis prevention, as well as the broader history of colonial medicine.

From the mid to late 19th century, American physicians viewed tuberculosis as a disease of predisposition, with bacteria seen as just one of the disease’s many causes. The view came under scrutiny following the synthesis of an antituberculosis vaccine (the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine or the BCG vaccine) in 1928, with its widespread adoption increasingly encouraged by the League of Nations. Despite this, American physicians proved reluctant to adopt the vaccine, both at home and in American colonial territories such as the Philippines

Making use of medical journals, newspaper articles, and editorials, this paper examines how Filipino physicians challenged the reluctance of their American counterparts, calling for a more active use of the BCG vaccine. Through a close and critical reading of these sources, this paper seeks to survey how these physicians nuanced what an effective tuberculosis prophylaxis entailed and drew attention to the limits of hygiene and sanitation policies as effective means of managing the disease. In doing so, this paper argues that Filipino physicians not only extended the parameters of what constituted effective Tuberculosis prevention, but also challenged the practicality and effectivity of the American colonial medical approaches towards managing the disease.

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Bianca Angelien Clavria

Bianca Angelien Aban Claveria is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History, Leiden University. She is currently part of an ERC-funded research project: COMET: Human Subject Research and Medical Ethics in Colonial Southeast Asia. Her doctoral research explores the history of vaccination in the Philippines from the American Colonial Period to the Japanese Occupation years (1898-1945), with a focus on both vaccine testing and vaccination campaigns.

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Tuesday 25 February 2025 12:45 Add to Calendar 2025-02-25 12:45:00 2025-02-25 12:45:00 Problematising prophylaxis: Tuberculosis and the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine in American Colonial Philippines This presentation explores the contested views on effective tuberculosis prevention in the American Colonial Philippines. Its target audience is students and staff interested in the history of tuberculosis prevention, as well as the broader history of colonial medicine.From the mid to late 19th century, American physicians viewed tuberculosis as a disease of predisposition, with bacteria seen as just one of the disease’s many causes. The view came under scrutiny following the synthesis of an antituberculosis vaccine (the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine or the BCG vaccine) in 1928, with its widespread adoption increasingly encouraged by the League of Nations. Despite this, American physicians proved reluctant to adopt the vaccine, both at home and in American colonial territories such as the PhilippinesMaking use of medical journals, newspaper articles, and editorials, this paper examines how Filipino physicians challenged the reluctance of their American counterparts, calling for a more active use of the BCG vaccine. Through a close and critical reading of these sources, this paper seeks to survey how these physicians nuanced what an effective tuberculosis prophylaxis entailed and drew attention to the limits of hygiene and sanitation policies as effective means of managing the disease. In doing so, this paper argues that Filipino physicians not only extended the parameters of what constituted effective Tuberculosis prevention, but also challenged the practicality and effectivity of the American colonial medical approaches towards managing the disease.SpeakerBianca Angelien ClavriaBianca Angelien Aban Claveria is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History, Leiden University. She is currently part of an ERC-funded research project: COMET: Human Subject Research and Medical Ethics in Colonial Southeast Asia. Her doctoral research explores the history of vaccination in the Philippines from the American Colonial Period to the Japanese Occupation years (1898-1945), with a focus on both vaccine testing and vaccination campaigns.Event noticesPlease note this event is virtual only.Please note that this session will not be recorded. Jamie Banks Europe/London public

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Tuesday 25 February 2025 14:00

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Centre for History in Public Health

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Add to Calendar 2025-02-25 12:45:00 2025-02-25 14:00:00 Problematising prophylaxis: Tuberculosis and the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine in American Colonial Philippines This presentation explores the contested views on effective tuberculosis prevention in the American Colonial Philippines. Its target audience is students and staff interested in the history of tuberculosis prevention, as well as the broader history of colonial medicine.From the mid to late 19th century, American physicians viewed tuberculosis as a disease of predisposition, with bacteria seen as just one of the disease’s many causes. The view came under scrutiny following the synthesis of an antituberculosis vaccine (the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine or the BCG vaccine) in 1928, with its widespread adoption increasingly encouraged by the League of Nations. Despite this, American physicians proved reluctant to adopt the vaccine, both at home and in American colonial territories such as the PhilippinesMaking use of medical journals, newspaper articles, and editorials, this paper examines how Filipino physicians challenged the reluctance of their American counterparts, calling for a more active use of the BCG vaccine. Through a close and critical reading of these sources, this paper seeks to survey how these physicians nuanced what an effective tuberculosis prophylaxis entailed and drew attention to the limits of hygiene and sanitation policies as effective means of managing the disease. In doing so, this paper argues that Filipino physicians not only extended the parameters of what constituted effective Tuberculosis prevention, but also challenged the practicality and effectivity of the American colonial medical approaches towards managing the disease.SpeakerBianca Angelien ClavriaBianca Angelien Aban Claveria is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History, Leiden University. She is currently part of an ERC-funded research project: COMET: Human Subject Research and Medical Ethics in Colonial Southeast Asia. Her doctoral research explores the history of vaccination in the Philippines from the American Colonial Period to the Japanese Occupation years (1898-1945), with a focus on both vaccine testing and vaccination campaigns.Event noticesPlease note this event is virtual only.Please note that this session will not be recorded. https://lshtm.zoom.us/j/92501699596?pwd=JeM7zmuAPxbXgakSsz6hb4bC151QRL.1 Jamie Banks Europe/London public