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PROJECT

Looking into existing data from ongoing cohort to explore how social norms and attitudes towards violent experiences affect the relationships between violence and various health, education, labour and biomarker outcomes. 

Violence
Children
Violence

Capacity Sharing for AntiMicrobial Stewardship (CaSAMS)

PROJECT

Cardiovascular disease risk reduction in sub-Saharan Africa Africa (CARisSA)

PROJECT

An NIHR research project for Cardiovascular disease risk reduction in sub–Saharan Africa (CARisSA)

Cardiovascular disease
Non-communicable diseases
Global health
Cardiovascular system
Disease burden
Complex interventions
The Gambia
Kenya
West Africa
East Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa

Care & prevent: skin infections and kidney disease

PROJECT

Promoting skin & soft tissue infection care and preventing AA amyloidosis among people who inject drugs in the UK.

Addiction
Hygiene
Bacteria
London
United Kingdom
Public health
Social Sciences

Catch-up Screen

PROJECT

The Catch-up Screen project offers Human Papillomavirus (HPV) urine testing as a tool for cervical screening among women aged 60-79 who ceased from the NHS Cervical Screening Programme without a primary HPV test.

Cancer
Epidemiology
Human papillomavirus
UK
Epidemiology

Causes And MEchanisms foR non-atopic Asthma in children (CAMERA)

PROJECT

The Causes And MEchanisms foR non-atopic Asthma in children (CAMERA) study will investigate the causes of non-atopic asthma and also investigate three possible mechanisms of non-atopic asthma in four settings.

Asthma
Adolescent health
Child health
Brazil
Uganda
Epidemiology

CHAMNHA

PROJECT

The CHAMNHA project investigates the effects of heatwaves and climate change on maternal and neonatal health in sub-Saharan Africa.

Maternal and newborn health
Climate Change
Burkina Faso
Kenya
Sub-Saharan Africa
Europe
Epidemiology
Social science
Evaluation
Risk Assessment
Climate science

CHANGE

PROJECT

CHANGE seeks to develop a transdiagnostic intervention addressing mental health comorbidities (alcohol misuse, depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders) among conflict-affected populations in Uganda and Ukraine.

Chikungunya

PROJECT

Stakeholder engagement, chikungunya burden estimation, and vaccine impact modelling.

Vector-borne disease
Vaccines
Global

Child-friendly Catholic Schools Study in Zimbabwe (CCSS-Z)

PROJECT

CCSS-Z is a mixed-methods study that works with partners in Zimbabwe to support the design and intervention of a child safeguarding intervention in Catholic Primary schools. The study consists of qualitative research being conducted alongside the development of the intervention, a process evaluation, and an impact evaluation.

Violence
Schools
Child protection
Zimbabwe
Child protection
Behaviour change
Zimbabwe
Sub-Saharan Africa
Social Epidemiology
Social Sciences

Children, Cities and Climate

PROJECT

This project explores the intersection between Children, Cities and Climate Change and has three primary aims:

  1. To model the potential co-benefits to child and adolescent health that could arise from changes to the construction and design of cities
  2. To understand young people’s views about their cities and
  3. To collate and share through a diverse range of channels our research findings and young peoples’ visions for healthy cities of the future.
Adolescent health
Child health
Climate Change
Environment
Planetary Health
Adolescent health
Child health
Climate change
Community empowerment
Global health
Health
Public health
Research

CHIP-BCIS3

PROJECT

CHIP-BCIS3 (Controlled trial of High-risk coronary Intervention with Percutaneous left ventricular unloading) is a research study investigating whether a heart pump improves the safety and effectiveness of high-risk coronary artery stenting procedures.

United Kingdom
England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Clinical trials

Climate/MentalHealth

PROJECT

The Climate/MentalHealth project brings together international collaborators undertaking an ambitious programme of study of the impacts of climate change on wellbeing in women, adolescents and children.

Climate Change
Mental health
Adolescent health
Child health
Qualitative research
Sub-Saharan Africa
Ghana
Ethiopia
LMICs

Combating drug resistance through better governance of informal antibiotic sellers in Cambodia

PROJECT
Health policy
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
Phnom Penh

Commercial Determinants Research Group

PROJECT

The CDRG conducts research on the effects of unhealthy commodities, and on the tactics used by their manufacturers. It also researches the misinformation strategies used by harmful industries.

Misinformation
NCDs
Policy analysis
Social determinants of health

Community-based cohort studies of CKDu

PROJECT

There is a mystery epidemic of Chronic kidney disease of unknown cause (CKDu) affecting agricultural and non-agricultural communities in Mesoamerica. This disease has reduced the life expectancy of thousands and caused the deaths of tens of thousands young males and females.

Central America

Comprehensive sexuality education for partner violence prevention: a school-based evaluation in Mexico City

PROJECT

Exploring pathways to intimate partner violence prevention and developing methodology to evaluate gender transformative programmes.

Methodological development
Intimate partner violence
Schools
Adolescent health
Co-production
Evaluation
Complex interventions
Gender
Mexico
Programme evaluation
Social Sciences
Global health
Health services

CONTAGIO - Cohorts Network To be Activated Globally In Outbreaks

PROJECT

CONTAGIO is a global consortium of researchers working to develop rapid response tools for future disease outbreaks. The project consists of five work packages (WP), two of which feature LSHTM research: WP1 (cohort preparedness platform) and WP2 (harmonized approaches to data collection and analysis). 

Emerging and Pandemic diseases
Vector-borne disease
Global
LMICs
Low and Middle Income Countries
South America

Contexts of Violence in Adolescence Cohort Study (CoVAC)

PROJECT

Understanding how family, peer, school and community contexts affect children’s experience of violence in adolescence and early adulthood.

Adolescent health
Child health
Gender
Eastern Africa
Epidemiology

CoSine – Co-benefits in health from Sustainable housing

PROJECT

Homes are upgraded in response to climate change with consequences for people’s health. We establish best practice for scaling up our knowledge about health impacts by using anonymised, administrative data.

Asthma
Cardiovascular disease
Climate Change
Data analysis
Social determinants of health
Electronic health records
Housing
Environment
Impact evaluation
Inequalities
UK

COSMIC: Using Computer Modelling to Optimise the Design of Health System Programmes

PROJECT

The COSMIC project uses system dynamic and agent-based modelling to better understand how health systems function and respond to health programmes, such as payment for performance schemes. 

Payment for performance
Health systems
Tanzania
Zambia
Health economics
System dynamics and agent-based modelling
Social Sciences

Covid Made Long

PROJECT

UK-wide study explores how Covid is impacting young people (aged 15-25) over time. We are investigating how Covid experiences, including Long Covid, intersect with health, wellbeing, inequalities, and futures.

Social sciences
Covid-19
Equity
UK

COVID-19 Surveillance Intensification Ghana Network

PROJECT

The COVID-19 Surveillance Intensification Ghana Network is a multidisciplinary team working to improve tracking of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ghana and support response efforts.

Covid-19
Ghana
United Kingdom
Epidemiology
Genomics