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C19economics

PROJECT

A platform to support policymakers and researchers working on the economics of COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). 

Covid-19
Infectious disease policy
LMICs
Economics
Economics and statistics

Capacity Sharing for AntiMicrobial Stewardship (CaSAMS)

PROJECT

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

Centre for Global Health Discovery

PROJECT

The J&J Satellite Centre for Global Health Discovery at LSHTM is focused on advancing the development of drug regimens for the treatment of tuberculosis to counter the threat from AMR.

AMR
Tuberculosis
Bacteria
Drug discovery and development
Drug resistance
Low and Middle Income Countries
United Kingdom
Worldwide
AMR
Bacteriology
Tuberculosis

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

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

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

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

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

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