Organisation
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Research and teaching centre on tropical medicine and public health
Research and teaching centre on tropical medicine and public health. School includes the Centre for Population Studies (CPS: see separate entry), Tropical Health Epidemiology Unit, Maternal and Child Epidemiology Unit.
Information services include:
(a) Library catalogue: available as part of the University College London catalogue (see separate entry).
(b) WWW server: includes information on the School, its departments, research, teaching, publications, meetings/conferences and LSHTM, links to related sites.
Published Documents
- Open access nutrition training module
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2013
- Chronic undernutrition affects nearly 200 million children in low and middle income countries, with vitamin and mineral deficiencies affecting many more, and there is strong evidence that undernutrition is associated with up to 35% of...
- What works to prevent partner violence? An evidence overview
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2011
- This evidence overview, which was funded by DFID, reviews existing empirical evidence on what works in low and middle income countries to prevent violence against women by their husbands or other male partners. It focuses on efforts t...
- Improved resource allocation through successful health care reform: the case of Uganda
- F. Ssengooba (ed) / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2006
- One of the claims of the sector-wide approach in the health sector is that improved coordination mechanisms should lead to a better allocation of resources within the sector. In particular, it is argued that the pooling of financial r...
- HIV and AIDS awareness in Pakistan
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2009
- Very low levels of HIV and AIDS awareness and condom use, together with high-risk sexual behaviours in vulnerable groups such as injecting drug-users and sex workers, make Pakistan a potentially high-risk country for HIV spr...
- Arguments for and against cost sharing in developing countries
- T. Poletti / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2003
- There is considerable interest in the introduction of cost-sharing as an element of health care financing in emergency and post-emergency situations, but many questions remain. This paper from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical...
- The International Health Partnership is a relevant response for addressing constraints to the health Millennium Development Goals
- S Conway; A Harmer; N Spicer / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2008
- This Short-term review of the International Health Partnership (IHP+) was commissioned by the IHP+ Scaling-up Reference Group to assess whether programme partners are adhering to their commitments and to review what progress has been ...
- First data on the health consequences of women who have been trafficked
- C Zimmerman; M Hossain; K Yun / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2007
- Trafficking is a severe form of violence against women and a serious violation of human rights. Women and adolescents who are trafficked often suffer serious abuse, exploitation and degradation. The damage to their health and wel...
- The benefits and problems of NGOs providing health services in Afghanistan
- N. Palmer; L. Strong; A. Wali; E. Sondorp / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2006
- This paper, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine, discusses the benefits and challenges to contracting out health services to NGOs (non-governmental organisations) in fragile states. Fragile states are defined as co...
- A review of factors that jeopardise healthcare equity in fragile states
- K. Ransom; T. Poletti; O. Bornemisza; E. Sondorp / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2007
- This paper, by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, looks at the factors that threaten health equity and health care equity in conflict and post-conflict fragile states, and identifies strategies to reduce the impact of...
- The relationship of trafficking women to the EU and health
- C. Zimmermann; B. Adams / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2003
- This report presents the findings of a two-year multi-country study on women's health and trafficking to the European Union. It is an initial inquiry into an area about which little research has previously been conducted. Interviews w...
