IntHEC: Improving reproductive health in Tanzania and Niger

IntHEC is a four year programme of research to develop evidence-based strategies to increase equity, integration and effectiveness of reproductive health services for poor communities in sub-Saharan Africa.

The areas of focus are Maradi and Tillabéri in Niger and Mwanza and Iringa in Tanzania.

REACHOUT: Improving close-to-community health services

REACHOUT is an EU-funded partnership aiming to maximise the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of close-to-community health services in rural areas and urban slums.

T-REC: Building research capacity of blood transfusion services in Africa

T-REC is an international consortium of academics and health practitioners who want to improve blood transfusion services across Africa. T-REC is a four-year, EU-funded project working in Ghana and Zimbabwe.

AVECNET: Developing new tools for malaria control

AvecNet is a consortium of African and European researchers committed to ensuring the sustainability of malaria vector control in Africa. The team includes 16 different partners working in five European and five African countries, plus two international agrochemical companies as associate partners.

PERFORM

Coordinated by LSTM, The PERFORM consortium aims for improved health staff performance through innovative human resource strategies

World Health Organization Collaborating Centres

LSTM currently hosts two WHO Collaborating Centres, one for Evidence Synthesis for Infectious and Tropical Diseases and one for the Prevention of Deafness and Hearing Impairment.


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ReBUILD

The ReBUILD Consortium is a research partnership funded by the UK Department for International Development. ReBUILD works in Cambodia, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zimbabwe to explore how it can strengthen policy and practice related to health financing and human resources.

Malaria in Pregnancy (MiP) Consortium

Led by LSTM, the MiP Consortium is a partnership of 47 partner institutions from 32 countries committed to improving the control of malaria in pregnancy in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific

Maternal and Newborn Health Unit

Each year, approximately 358,000 women worldwide die from complications arising from pregnancy and childbirth; there are four million neonatal deaths and three million stillbirths. Find out more about how LSTM’s Maternal and Newborn Health Unit is leading the way in reducing these heartbreaking statistics.

Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases (CNTD)
The CNTD is the leading coordination centre for the global lymphatic filariasis elimination campaign. The centre helps countries to develop and implement interventions for lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis, and soil transmitted helminths as well as supporting operational research to inform decision making. The centre is based at the LSTM, and collaborates with institutions and governments across the globe.

Health and Education Advice and Resource Team

Linking DFID staff and other development actors to health, nutrition and education knowledge from around the world.

Providing DFID staff and other development actors with health, education and nutrition knowledge and expertise from around the world.

Cochrane Infectious Disease Group

The Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (CIDG) prepares systematic reviews on the benefits and harms of healthcare interventions for infectious diseases, particularly malaria, tuberculosis, diarrhoea, and tropical diseases. The editorial base is located at LSTM.

Developing drugs against river blindness and elephantiasis

Both infections affect tens of millions of people worldwide. The A•WOL Consortium aims to develop new drugs against river blindness and elephantiasis to provide alternative treatment for individuals and communities where current treatments are compromised by the risk of drug resistance or adverse events with co-infections.