Launch of REACHOUT consortium held at LSTM
24 May 2013

LSTM yesterday hosted the launch of REACHOUT, a consortium of eight partners supported by a 5 year EU FP7 grant, coordinated by LSTM. The consortium aims to maximize the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of close-to-community (CTC) health workers in preventing, diagnosing, and treating major health problems in rural areas and urban slums in Mozambique, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Ethiopia and Bangladesh.

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LSTM and University of Warwick: "Catalysing Applied Health Research"
23 May 2013

LSTM Professor Bertie Squire (pictured) gave a lecture today at the Medical School of the University of Warwick on 'Catalysing Applied Health Research'. The seminar started by outlining CAHRD, the Centre for Applied Health Research & Delivery.  It is a virtual centre which focusses on the full spectrum of Applied Health Research, including operational, implementation, and health systems research.  It seeks to bring a broad range of disciplines to bear, in collaboration with ministries of health and non-governmental organisations in developing countries, to improve the health of poor and vulnerable populations.  A strategic link with the University of Warwick is an essential part of CAHRD's strategy.

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lobal recommendations on child medicines should show supporting evidence
22 May 2013

Transparent information on the evidence supporting global recommendations on paediatric medicines should be easily accessible in order to help policy groups make decisions about what drugs to include in their national drug lists, according to international experts from Ghana and the UK writing in this week’s PLOS Medicine.

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