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safetxt

PROJECT

A randomised controlled trial of an intervention delivered by mobile phone messaging to reduce sexually transmitted infections (STI) by increasing sexual health precaution behaviours in young people.

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Schistosoma mansoni protein and glycan epitopes (SmCHI Epitope)

PROJECT

The project aims to characterise global antibody targets during a controlled (and natural) human schistosomiasis infection among endemic populations.

Schistosomiasis life cycle
Uganda
Parasitology
Immunology

Schools Infection Survey

PROJECT

The Schools Infection Survey (SIS) is a flagship study investigating the role of schools in the spread of COVID-19 and how transmission within and from schools can be minimised. 

Covid-19
Schools
Adolescent health
Public health
Children
Epidemiology
England
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Immunoepidemiology
Population health
Health

SEARCH

PROJECT

The Sustainable Evaluation through Analysis of Routinely Collected HIV data (SEARCH) is a collaboration between the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the Ministries of Health in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia, and is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Eastern Africa
Southern Africa

SEFASI

PROJECT

Using participatory stakeholder elicitation, health economic modelling, and multi-criterion decision analysis to rank antimicrobial stewardship interventions from a One Health perspective in England, Senegal and Denmark.

AMR
Global health
Health economics
Planetary Health
Economic evaluation
Epidemiology
England
Senegal
Denmark
AMR
Global health
Health economics
Epidemiology
Mathematical modelling

Sexual Health in Older Adults Research

PROJECT

Our LSHTM team are conducting a multidisciplinary study using participatory, community-driven approaches to obtain evidence for improving sexual health services among older adults and informing relevant policy recommendations.

Sexually transmitted diseases and infection
Older people's health
Sexual behaviour
Sexual health
United Kingdom
China
Public health

SHARP

PROJECT

Working in partnership across five institutions, we conduct multi-disciplinary research in Ghana and Ethiopia to improve experiences of severe and stigmatising neglected tropical diseases of the skin.

Neglected Tropical Diseases
Dermatology
Complex interventions
Implementation science
Ghana
Ethiopia
Epidemiology
Economics
Anthropology
Clinical research

SORT

PROJECT

SORT will assess inequalities in receipt of cancer treatments and the relative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of curative surgery versus radiotherapy for three types of cancer (lung, oesophageal and bladder).

Cancer
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of surgery
Non-communicable diseases
Data analysis
Health inequalities
Economic evaluation
Electronic health records
England
Epidemiology
Health economics
Statistics
Data science

SPRING

PROJECT

SPRING for MDG’s (Sustainable Program Incorporating Nutrition and Games)  is a seven year research programme funded by the Wellcome Trust that brings together researchers from the UK, India and Pakistan.

South Asia

STOP-NCD

PROJECT

The NIHR Global Health Research Centre for Non-Communicable Disease Control in West Africa is part of the NIHR and hosted by LSHTM and the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons

NCDs
Non-communicable diseases
Global health
Chronic disease
Capacity Building
Public health
Evaluation
Social and structural determinants of health
Impact evaluation
Ghana
Burkina Faso
Low and Middle Income Countries
Sub-Saharan Africa
Research
Policy and Health Systems
Health Systems Research
Implementation research
Policy analysis

STRENGTHS

PROJECT

Stronger-SAFE: Eliminating trachoma in Ethiopia

PROJECT

200 million people still live in trachoma-endemic regions and are at risk of becoming blind despite concerted international effort to tackle the disease. With the clock ticking towards the 2020 elimination goal, novel strategies are urgently needed to accelerate and strengthen the SAFE strategy.

Trachoma
Eye diseases
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Infectious disease
Behaviour change
Clinical trials
Hygiene
Sanitation
Vector control
Ethiopia
Eastern Africa
Entomology
Epidemiology
Genomics
Mathematical modelling
Social science

SUCCEED: Support, Comprehensive Care and Empowerment of People with Psychosocial Disabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa

PROJECT

Recognising that people with psychosocial disabilities are best positioned to define their own needs, SUCCEED is co-producing the design and evaluation of community-based interventions for people with psychosis in Africa.

Co-production
Mental health
Inclusion
Africa
Psychosocial disabilities
Inclusive community development
Nigeria
Malawi
Sierra Leone
Zimbabwe
Mental Health

Sudan Research Group

PROJECT

Sudan Research Group is a collaboration between humanitarian and public health academics, and Sudanese youth researchers and volunteers.

Public health
Sudan
Africa
Public health
Population health
Health policy
Community empowerment
Development

SuNMaP 2 Longitudinal Study

PROJECT

We are assessing how UK funding to Support the National Malaria Programme in Nigeria is affecting change.

Surgical Care for Female Urinary Incontinence Project (UIP)

PROJECT

This research project aims to improve surgical services for women with urinary incontinence in England.

Europe
United Kingdom

Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems (SHEFS)

PROJECT

SHEFS is a programme aiming to provide policy makers with novel, interdisciplinary evidence to define future food systems policies that deliver nutritious and healthy foods in an environmentally sustainable and socially equitable manner.

Sustainable Development Goal: Health & Wellbeing (SDG-HaW) Research Consortium

PROJECT

We conduct formative research into the health and wellbeing needs and priorities of host communities in which around 30 Anglo-American mines are situated, in eight countries.

SWiFT

PROJECT

A five-year programme of research and evaluation funded by the UK Department of International Development (DFID). SWiFT assesses, evaluates and informs the International Labour Organisation’s DFID-funded “Work in Freedom” multi-country intervention to minimise women’s vulnerability to labour trafficking in South Asia and the Middle East.

Behaviour change
Implementation research
Missing data
Capacity Building
Migration
Gender
Behaviour change
South Asia
India
Public health
Health services
Social Sciences
Social Policy
Programme evaluation