@lshtm-march
Bringing together over 550 researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine to improve the health of women, children & adolescents worldwide.
Interested in developing the knowledge and skills necessary to strengthen health sector policies & programmes for #adolescent health and development?
The @lshtm.bsky.social Global Adolescent Health short course could be for you.
Find out more and how to apply 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...
👋We welcomed Director-General of @who.int & LSHTM alumnus @drtedros.who.int who returned to LSHTM this week to discuss how we can strengthen collaborations to tackle major #GlobalHealth challenges.🌍
👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
@tb-lshtm.bsky.social amazing #StudentAmbassadors 2025-26 highlight why everyone interested in TB should join us for these two amazing events marking #WTBD2026
PS: they are both free and open to all!
@ucltb.bsky.social @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social @mrcctu.bsky.social @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social
Who holds power in global health, and how do we shift it? 🕯️
Join the GLOW 2026 conference in London on 15-16 October
📄 Abstracts submissions close 30 April: glowconference.org/call-for-submissions.html
🎟️ Early bird registration closes 30 June: tinyurl.com/GLOW2026-Registration
Applications are open for the 2026-27 MSc Sexual & Reproductive Health Policy & Programming #Scholarships!
Looking for the knowledge and skills required to design, implement & evaluate evidence-based SRH policies? This course could be for you.
🚨Apply by 22 March
🔗 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
What does International Women’s Day mean to you?
We asked LSHTM #students to tell us what they thought.
One idea came up again & again, find out what they said: www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/studen...
#IWD2026 #PublicHealth
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Join MARCH 4 MARCH 🏃♀️
A student-led challenge supporting the MARCH Centre's work to improve the health of women, children & adolescents worldwide.
Run, walk or move, anywhere, anytime during the week. Share your progress & win fun awards!
Register (£5 suggested): www.justgiving.com/page/march-4...
📢 New paper out in the European Journal of Population (@eaps.bsky.social)! With Nicoletta Balbo and Francesco Billari, we investigated how Romania's 1960s abortion ban shaped the next generation's family formation outcomes.
Happy #FollowFriday!
Want to learn more about LSHTM and #PublicHealth? 🤔
Follow our centres, projects and groups for exclusive news, events & research insights.
Welcoming new additions 🎉
@hpp-lshtm.bsky.social
@lshtmalumni.bsky.social
👇 go.bsky.app/4FczAGW
If current trends continue, 1 in 3 children will be living with obesity by 2050.
On #WorldObesityDay, the Research Consortium for School Health & Nutrition explore the untapped potential of #SchoolMeals for reducing diet-related illness
Read more & get involved 👇 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Join the next Gender Violence & Health Centre webinar @lshtm.bsky.social to learn about intimate partner violence in South Africa's urban informal settlements from Dr Andy Gibbs, @exeter.ac.uk.
🗓️4 March 2026
⏰12:30-13:15 GMT
📍Online
More👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Left hand side has a pink background with MARCH 4 MARCH, 16-23 March 2026 and MARCH Centre Fundraiser written in black text. The LSHTM and MARCH logos sit in the bottom left hand corner. On the right hand side is an image of a girl smiling towards the camera, two other women sit beside and behind her.
Join MARCH 4 MARCH 🏃♀️
A student-led challenge supporting the MARCH Centre's work to improve the health of women, children & adolescents worldwide.
Run, walk or move, anywhere, anytime during the week. Share your progress & win fun awards!
Register (£5 suggested): www.justgiving.com/page/march-4...
Looking to further your public health career?
@lshtm.bsky.social has a range of in-person & distance learning programmes to help health professionals gain the knowledge, skills & networks to improve health worldwide.
Learn more at our Virtual Open Days, 3-5 March
www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/visit-...
Changes to #SEND support for children & young people.
Mark Carew comments on planned changes to #EHCPs for #SEN pupils, & explains commitments need to be matched by sustainable funding & 'robust framework' focused on 'effective accountability & delivery mechanisms.'
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Looking to further your public health career?
@lshtm.bsky.social has a range of in-person & distance learning programmes to help health professionals gain the knowledge, skills & networks to improve health worldwide.
Learn more at our Virtual Open Days, 3-5 March
www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/visit-...
🆕study, led by @lshtm.bsky.social & @unil.bsky.social, develops a simple tool to predict which women are most at risk of death or near-miss from bleeding in childbirth.
Using admission data, including #anaemia as a risk factor, it could help clinicians intervene earlier & save lives
bit.ly/3Okg1ms
Welcome to the official Health Policy & Planning Bluesky account, published by @oupprimary.bsky.social in partnership with the @lshtm.bsky.social.
Follow us for share research, insights, and debate on health systems, policy, and planning from across the globe.
Four adolescents sit with electronic tablets and headphones completing questionnaires. A man stands beside one of the boys, supporting them on the tablet.
Could school health check-ups improve #adolescent health in Zimbabwe?
@lshtm.bsky.social's Dr Doyle & Dr Nzvere discuss learnings from the Y-Check programme, a multi-country study led by the @who.int, which strives to address gaps between adolescents & healthcare.
🔗 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
Applications are open for the 2026-27 MSc Sexual & Reproductive Health Policy & Programming #Scholarships!
Looking for the knowledge and skills required to design, implement & evaluate evidence-based SRH policies? This course could be for you.
🚨Apply by 22 March
🔗 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
UK continues to see #measles outbreaks, the latest in North London schools
This follows year-on-year decline in measles #vaccine uptake.
@benk-d.bsky.social talks to @theguardian.com about the complex factors behind rise of measles in UK:
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
#PublicHealth
How can we include learners with disabilities in mainstream education?
We're looking forward to a dialogue that brings together leading experts to share evidence on how to include children with disabilities in education systems.
Read more about this event: www.wiltonpark.org.uk/event/disabi...
Happy #FollowFriday!
Want the latest scoop on #PublicHealth advice, research & events? 😀
Then follow LSHTM's centres, projects & groups! 👇
Welcoming new additions 🎉
@iceh-lshtm.bsky.social
@lshtm-laors.bsky.social
@anhacademy.bsky.social
@lshtm-cgcc.bsky.social
bsky.app/starter-pack...
Calling @lshtm.bsky.social alumni interested in health equity, advocacy, medical humanities or the history of public health 👇
🎨 Enough is Enough! The Politics of Health in Cartoons
📅 18 Feb 2026 | 17:30–19:00
📍 @rcn.org.uk, 20 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0RN
🎟️ Free (in person)
Hello Bluesky!
We're the Centre for Global Chronic Conditions at
@lshtm.bsky.social, a group of multidisciplinary researchers seeking to improve understanding of and responses to chronic conditions in low, middle & high-income countries
📲Follow us for updates on our research, events, blogs & more
The next Ubuntu hub webinar will showcase how implementation partners successfully integrate Baby Ubuntu into their work, sharing experiences & lessons from diverse locations & settings.
Join to learn more about the evidence-based disability support for communities.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Four adolescents sit with electronic tablets and headphones completing questionnaires. A man stands beside one of the boys, supporting them on the tablet.
Could school health check-ups improve #adolescent health in Zimbabwe?
@lshtm.bsky.social's Dr Doyle & Dr Nzvere discuss learnings from the Y-Check programme, a multi-country study led by the @who.int, which strives to address gaps between adolescents & healthcare.
🔗 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
Come and join our NeoShield team!
Research Fellow in Applied Machine Learning - build practical tools for neonatal sepsis care, outbreak detection and AMR response across Malawi and Zambia.
If you enjoy turning messy clinical data into deployable systems, this is for you!
#Hiring #DataScience
An event card with the following text: Webinar Launching OPD survey for the Lancet Commission on Health Equity for Persons with Disabilities. 5 and 6 February Logos for LSHTM, ICED and IDA are at the bottom and a photo of two people sitting inside a room is on the right.
Are you part of an organisation of persons with disabilities?
To inform the ongoing @thelancet.com Commission on Disability & Health, the International Disability Alliance is launching a survey to gather information on OPD health priorities.
Join a webinar to learn how you can engage- more below⬇️
BREAKING NEWS: UK loses its #measles elimination status
@benk-d.bsky.social highlights failure to reach 95% measles #vaccine coverage target in UK
+ need for secure funding for vaccine outreach efforts & joined-up #PublicHealth response
Read more: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
🚨 Hiring: Research Fellow in Applied Machine Learning (NeoShield, LSHTM).
Build ML systems deployed in clinical neonatal care: sepsis decision support + real-time outbreak detection.
UK-based, global impact 🇿🇲 🇲🇼
@lshtm.bsky.social @neoshield.bsky.social
#neosky #medsky #idsky #phd #episky #amr
