<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:rssdatehelper="urn:rssdatehelper"><channel><title>LSTM Press Releases</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk</link><pubDate></pubDate><description>This feed contains all press releases issued by LSTM</description><language>en</language><image><title>LSTM Press Releases</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk</link><url>/media/343/school_logo.jpg</url><width>144</width><height>100</height></image><item><title>Lstm to help save lives of mothers and babies in world’s poorest countries</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-to-help-save-lives-of-mothers-and-babies</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-to-help-save-lives-of-mothers-and-babies</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ MORE than 17,000 health workers in the world’s poorest countries will be trained to provide emergency care for millions of mothers and babies by experts from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine with the help of British aid.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM to help save lives of mothers and babies in world’s poorest countries</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-to-help-save-mothers-and-babies</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-to-help-save-mothers-and-babies</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ MORE than 17,000 health workers in the world’s poorest countries will be trained to provide emergency care for millions of mothers and babies by experts from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine with the help of British aid. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>UK Government pledges new support to LSTM to protect 100 million people</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/uk-government-pledges</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/uk-government-pledges</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Liverpool, 21 January 2012 – The Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases (CNTD) at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has received a major boost from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in its drive to eliminate elephantiasis globally. The new commitment of £22 million over the next four years will provide 400 million treatments to protect 100 million people in Africa and Asia from this painful and disfiguring disease.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Receives Additional Grand Challenges Explorations Funding</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-receives-additional-grand-challenges</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-receives-additional-grand-challenges</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was announced today that LSTM will receive additional funding through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enables researchers worldwide to test unorthodox ideas that address persistent health and development challenges.  Professor Stephen Gordon will continue to pursue an innovative global health research project, titled Experimental Human Carriage of Pneumococci.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Surviving premature babies in Malawi continue to have poor growth rates and development delay</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/surviving-premature-babies</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/surviving-premature-babies</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A detailed study from Malawi, published in this week’s PLoS Medicine, shows that during the first 2
years of life, infants who were born prematurely (before 37 weeks gestation) continue to have a higher
risk of death than infants born at term and are also more likely to have poorer growth and developmental
delay.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM and UoL secure £1.02m to develop a new drug against tuberculosis</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-and-uol-secure-102m</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-and-uol-secure-102m</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the University of Liverpool (UoL) have secured a £1.02 million project grant from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to develop a new drug to combat tuberculosis (TB).]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM embarks on a 3 million Euro research project to strengthen the health workforce in Africa</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-embarks-on-a-3-million-euro-research</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-embarks-on-a-3-million-euro-research</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The dire shortage of health staff is a key obstacle to improving health and saving lives in Africa.

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) launches PERFORM, a 3 mn Euro research project to support improved performance of health workers in Africa.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>T-REC: Building research capacity for blood transfusion services in Africa</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/t-rec-building-research</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/t-rec-building-research</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Blood transfusions are a critical part of modern healthcare everywhere in the world. Transfusions save millions of lives each year and in African countries, they are vital for women in childbirth and children and adults with severe anaemia. But the problem is this: in African countries blood transfusion policies and practice are mostly guided by evidence from Europe and America. What works in Western countries, does not always apply in Africa.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sexual Health and HIV: Translating Research into Policy for Positive Change</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/sexual-health-and-hiv</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/sexual-health-and-hiv</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ There are 7,000 new HIV infections every day, 99 per cent of maternal deaths happen in developing countries, and access to sexual and reproductive health services is woefully inadequate. Evidence can help to improve policies and health services but too often it doesn’t get used. Today a new report is published that provides crucial learning on translating research into policy and practice that has a lasting impact.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Royal Society Honours  the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/the-royal-society-honours--the-liverpool-school-of-tropical-medicine</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 15:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/the-royal-society-honours--the-liverpool-school-of-tropical-medicine</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Foundation-sponsored Innovative Vector Control Consortium is one of 44 new Fellows elected by The Royal Society. She joins the ranks of the UK and Commonwealth’s leading scientists, counting herself among early Fellows such as Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.  The Royal Society is the UK’s national academy of science.  Founded in 1660, the Society is a major provider of independent scientific advice, a learned society and a funding agency.  Election to the Fellowship is the highest national scientific honour in the UK.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Research Venture between Liverpool and Saudi Arabia Aims to Advance Global Response to Infectious Diseases</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/new-research-venture</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/new-research-venture</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ London, 5 April 2011 - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health (KSA MoH), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) have launched a new venture to significantly increase the global ability to control major infectious diseases such as malaria and dengue.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>€12 million project to develop new tools for malaria control </title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/12-million-project-to-develop</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/12-million-project-to-develop</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ LSTM has launched a collaborative project to develop and evaluate new tools to control the spread of malaria in Africa.  AvecNet is a five year, €12 million project involving sixteen partners in Africa and Europe, funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework programme.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Better TB control worldwide critical to controlling UK increase</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/better-tb-control-worldwide</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/better-tb-control-worldwide</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ LSTM’s Dr Bertie Squire marked World TB Day today by highlighting the work being taken forward in Liverpool and around the world to more effectively control a disease which kills nearly two million people every year.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Newer Antimalarials More Effective Than Quinine Against Severe Malaria</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/newer-antimalarials-more</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/newer-antimalarials-more</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Quinine should no longer be the drug of choice for treating severe malaria, according to an updated systematic review produced by the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM). It is now evident that the antimalarial drug artesunate, which is derived from herbs used in Chinese medicine, is more effective at preventing death in patients with severe malaria.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM and SITA UK plan for an environmentally sustainable future</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-and-sita</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-and-sita</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine’s (LSTM) commitment to improving its environmental sustainability has taken a step forward with the introduction of a new partnership with SITA UK. The new waste management contract will see no more waste going to landfill, with SITA UK sorting and recycling as much of the collected waste as possible.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Protection of pregnant women against malaria still inadequate</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/protection-of-pregnant</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/protection-of-pregnant</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A study published today in The Lancet Infectious Diseases finds that methods to protect pregnant women from malaria are still underutilised in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).  A review of national control strategies by a team of international researchers, led by the Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium and funded by the Consortium and the Wellcome Trust, has concluded that despite major efforts, coverage is still inadequate in many areas and needs to be scaled up.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM leads new £6 million health systems knowledge consortium</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-leads-new-6-million</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-leads-new-6-million</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ LSTM is leading a six year, £6 million international research consortium to strengthen knowledge of how health systems which have been damaged in conflict situations are most effectively rebuilt.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM Chairman and Vice President recognised in New Year Honours</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-chairman-and-vice-president</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-chairman-and-vice-president</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ LSTM’s Chairman, James Ross, was awarded an OBE for voluntary service to higher education in the New Year Honours list.  James was the Inaugural Chair of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education from December 2003 until October last year.  He was elected Chairman of LSTM in December 2007.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Continuing achievement and record research funding </title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/continuing-achievement-and-record</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/continuing-achievement-and-record</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ LSTM Director Professor Janet Hemingway today commended the individuals and organisations that have helped to make 2010 a year of great achievement for LSTM in the midst of challenging economic conditions:]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Second cohort graduate from Syrian CSHS </title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/second-cohort-graduate</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/second-cohort-graduate</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The second cohort of Masters students graduated from the Centre for Strategic Health Studies (CSHS) yesterday.  The Centre was established in 2006 with technical assistance provided by a team from LSTM led by Dr Amir Hassan.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM’s 111th Annual General Meeting </title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstms-111th-annual-general-meeting</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstms-111th-annual-general-meeting</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ LSTM’s Annual General Meeting took place at 12 noon on Friday 10 December 2010.Trustees, Vice-Presidents, Members and staff heard how LSTM remains at the forefront of the fight against some of the world’s most devastating diseases, more than a century after its foundation in 1898.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Reducing maternal and newborn deaths globally </title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/reducing-maternal-and-newborn</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/reducing-maternal-and-newborn</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ On Tuesday 7 December 2010, maternal health professionals from Africa and Asia will be attending a workshop in Liverpool to discuss the effects of ‘Making It Happen’, a programme with a life-saving training package for health care providers at its heart. Participants will share successes and lessons learned from this maternal and newborn health intervention, to better determine how the programme can be scaled-up.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Liverpool gets tested for World AIDS Day 2010</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/liverpool-gets-tested</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/liverpool-gets-tested</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is leading a partnership with the Primary Care Trust and local clinical services to offer a free, while you wait HIV testing service to anyone in Liverpool between 30 November and 2 December.  No appointment is necessary and the result is available in just 20 minutes.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>IVCC develops new Public Health Insecticides</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/ivcc-develops-new</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/ivcc-develops-new</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) has received $50 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to continue its work to develop new insecticides for the improved control of mosquitoes and other insects which transmit malaria, dengue and other neglected tropical diseases.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM expands Parasitology Research Portfolio</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-expands-parasitology-research-portfolio</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-expands-parasitology-research-portfolio</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Key appointments have significantly boosted the parasitology research portfolio of LSTM, particularly in the area of neglected tropical diseases.  Professor Richard Pleass, Professor Phil Cooper and Dr Joe Turner have joined the Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology (MBP) Group, bringing new areas of expertise to the existing portfolio of parasitologists working on malaria and filariasis.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM scientists help to decode third mosquito species</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-scientists-help</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-scientists-help</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Scientists at LSTM have played an important role in an international research project which has successfully sequenced the genome of the Culex mosquito, which transmits West Nile virus, encephalitis and lymphatic filariasis.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New technique uncovers hidden insecticide resistance</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/new-technique-uncovers</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/new-technique-uncovers</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A new technique pioneered at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is improving the detection and monitoring of insecticide resistance in field populations of an important malaria-carrying mosquito.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A Wellcome revamp of LSTM facilities</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/a-wellcome-revamp</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/a-wellcome-revamp</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The fit-out of LSTM's Centre for Tropical and Infectious Diseases (CTID) and the refurbishment of the Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit have now been completed.  The work was funded by a £2 million grant from the Wellcome Trust.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Help! I caught it abroad 2</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/help-i-caught-it-abroad-2</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/help-i-caught-it-abroad-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ An observational TV documentary following the care and treatment of tropical disease patients in Liverpool airs next Tuesday on ITV1.  A film crew were given exclusive access to follow doctors and nurses at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), Well Travelled Clinics (WTC) and The Royal Liverpool University Hospital this summer.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Eradication will require greater understanding of mosquito ecology</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/eradication-will-require</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/eradication-will-require</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A team of researchers including LSTM’s Dr Gerry Killeen have authored a paper arguing that the goal of malaria eradication will require urgent strategic investment into a greater understanding of the ecology and evolution of mosquitoes.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Wirral pupil's POW Garden at RHS Show</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/wirral-pupils-pow</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/wirral-pupils-pow</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Participation in a social history project to educate people about the experiences of Far Eastern Prisoners of War (FEPOW) has inspired students at Pensby High School for Girls to collaborate in the creation of a  garden at the RHS Show Tatton Park.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM named World Health Organization Collaborating Centre</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-named-who-collaborating-centre</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-named-who-collaborating-centre</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The World Health Organization (WHO), in consultation with the government of the United Kingdom, has designated the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence Synthesis for Infectious and Tropical Diseases.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM at Women Deliver 2010</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-at-women-deliver-2010</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-at-women-deliver-2010</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Head of LSTM’s Maternal and Newborn Health Unit, Dr Nynke van den Broek, is presenting a session at Women Deliver 2010, a global conference against maternal death, which opens today in Washington DC.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Play it safe at the World Cup</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/play-it-safe</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/play-it-safe</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ If you are about to travel to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa you may not have all the protection you need.  Many UK travellers do not seek expert health advice before travelling to countries that pose health risks.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Tropical Tales</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/tropical-tales</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 12:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/tropical-tales</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Following in the footsteps of Ronald Ross, who was known as an artist and poet as well as a scientist, LSTM’s Dr Rod Dillon brought together a group of 45 artists, performers, writers, musicians, LSTM staff and students for an evening of storytelling and dance.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM launches €2.75 million African reproductive health programme</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-launches-275m</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 11:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-launches-275m</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ LSTM has launched a four year programme to improve the delivery of reproductive health services in Tanzania and Niger.  The programme, funded by the European Union, has been designed by LSTM and the seven project partners to highlight and address the cultural barriers which reduce the reach and effectiveness of existing adolescent reproductive health (ARH) services in partner countries.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The World Needs Midwives Now More Than Ever</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/the-world-needs-midwives</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 16:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/the-world-needs-midwives</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Staff in the Maternal and Newborn Health Unit (MNHU) of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) are raising awareness about morbidity and mortality in pregnancy and childbirth across the developing world, through celebrating International Day of the Midwife (IDM) on 5th May 2010. The MNHU staff at LSTM are raising funds through the sale of pin badges and cakes to help mothers and newborns in developing countries, and to help provide skilled midwifery care to women.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Award of John Holt Medal marks distinguished career of Dr Adrian Hopkins</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/award-of-john-holt</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 09:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/award-of-john-holt</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Dr Adrian Hopkins yesterday received the John Holt Medal, awarded to distinguished alumni of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine’s (LSTM) Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. Dr Hopkins distinguished career has taken him from a Mission Society in Zaire to the Directorship of the Mectizan Donation Program.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM Director elected to US National Academy of Sciences</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-director-elected</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-director-elected</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ LSTM’s Director, Professor Janet Hemingway, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the highest scientific honours in the United States.  The NAS was signed into being by President Abraham Lincoln on March 3, 1863.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>One hundred strong show of support for World Malaria Day</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/one-hundred-strong</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/one-hundred-strong</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ One hundred staff and students joined hands outside Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) to mark World Malaria Day, each person symbolising 10,000 of the lives lost every year to malaria.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LATH Adopts New Logo</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lath-adopts-new-logo</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lath-adopts-new-logo</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH) has announced that as of the 1st April 2010, it will have a new logo. LATH’s unique partnership with LSTM is fundamental to the work undertaken in Liverpool and across the developing world. The rebrand emphasises and reinforces the link between LATH and LSTM and aligns LATH within the LSTM group identity. The new logo will be phased in for use by LATH’s country offices throughout April 2010.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>World TB Day</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/world-tb-day-2010</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/world-tb-day-2010</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Wednesday 24 March is World TB Day, organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and dedicated to raising awareness and generating action to combat tuberculosis, and is themed ‘innovate to accelerate action’.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Campaign to end sale of electronic mosquito repellents</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/campaign-to-end-sale</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/campaign-to-end-sale</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A campaign to stop the sale of electronic mosquito repellents by major airlines is beginning to bear fruit with the immediate withdrawal of the products from KLM flights. The issue being that these electronic repellents, sold to airline passengers, many on their way to malaria endemic countries, just don’t work.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>PoWs reunited to record testimony for future generations</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/pows-reunited-to-record</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/pows-reunited-to-record</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Sixty six years after their incarceration as Far Eastern Prisoners of War (FEPOW), eight veterans have been reunited at LSTM to discuss their experiences and contribute to a unique education project. The veterans, aged between 86 and95, are among the last remaining survivors from over three and a half years captivity under Japanese forces during WWII.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM begins £0.5 million malaria study in Burkina Faso</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-begins-05m</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-begins-05m</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A new study led by LSTM will investigate whether long-term weekly iron and folic acid supplementation can reduce anaemia without increasing the risk of contracting malaria. The information provided by the study, based in Burkina Faso and running until 2014, will strengthen adolescent health services and develop effective preventative programmes for anaemia control in young women.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New study finds 125 million pregnancies globally at risk from malaria every year</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/new-study-finds</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/new-study-finds</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A new study has estimated that more than 125 million pregnancies around the world are at risk from malaria every year. The study, published in PLoS by the LSTM-led Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium, is the first reliable estimate of the numbers at risk globally from malaria in pregnancy and is an important first step towards a spatial map which should help policy makers allocate resources more effectively.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Royal meeting seals twelve months of achievement</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/royal-meeting-seals</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/royal-meeting-seals</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ HRH The Princess Royal was guest of honour at LSTM’s Annual Vice Presidents meeting held in London earlier this month.  The Princess, Patron of LSTM since 1990, heard Director Janet Hemingway report on a year of consistent progress and delivery against strategic objectives. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>£10m funding boost to eliminate elephantiasis globally</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/10m-funding-boost</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/10m-funding-boost</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases (CNTD) at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has been awarded £10 million by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to support endemic countries in tackling lymphatic filariasis (LF) – a crippling disease more commonly known as elephantiasis.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Study Shows Antibiotic Unsuccessful In Preventing Preterm Labour</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/study-shows-antibiotic</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/study-shows-antibiotic</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Scientists at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the University of Liverpool have found that an antibiotic, currently used to treat infections linked to incidences of premature births, does not help reduce the risk of preterm labour.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Rapid HIV Testing first for Liverpool on World AIDS day</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/rapid-hiv-testing</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/rapid-hiv-testing</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is leading a partnership with NHS Liverpool Community Health, the Health Protection Agency, Royal Liverpool University Hospital and Liverpool John Moores University, to offer a free, while you wait HIV testing service to anyone in Liverpool on 1, 2 and 3 December, on a drop-in basis with a result in 20 minutes.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>IVCC announces monitoring and evaluation system at MIM</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/ivcc-announces-monitoring</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/ivcc-announces-monitoring</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ IVCC is hosting a symposium to disseminate the latest advances in monitoring and evaluation of vector control programmes at the 5th Pan-African Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) conference in Nairobi, Kenya, 1-6 November 2009.  Advanced tools for monitoring and evaluation will also be showcased, including live demonstrations of the new Malaria Decision Support System (MDSS).]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New tool promises more accurate antimalarial drug dosing</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/new-tool-promises</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/new-tool-promises</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Scientists at LSTM have developed a tool to support the development of appropriate age-based dosing regimens for malaria drugs. Drug doses in endemic countries are often calculated using age to estimate body weight, potentially resulting in poor, but widely-used regimens.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Laughter the best medicine as comic opens new travel clinic</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/laughter-the-best-medicine</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/laughter-the-best-medicine</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ken Dodd OBE has officially opened the new LSTM Well Travelled Clinic in Anson Street. The new clinic replaces the existing facility within LSTM’s main buildings and represents a long term commitment by LSTM to WTC and the travel heath of the north west region.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>First Graduates Mark a New Dawn for Syrian Health</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/first-graduates-mark</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/first-graduates-mark</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ On 12 November 2009 LSTM's Professor Janet Hemingway will attend the graduation ceremony for the first group of 19 Master students from the Centre for Strategic Heath Studies (CSHS) in Damascus, with the Syrian Minister of Health, Dr. Rida Said. There are now four International level Master degrees in 'Health Systems Management', 'Hospital Management', 'Public Health' and Health Economics Finance & Policy at the CSHS.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>IHLC - Creation of International Health Links Centre</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/ihlc---creation</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/ihlc---creation</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH) have received a £560,000 grant from the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) to set up and deliver a UK International Health Links Centre (IHLC).]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>CRIMALDDI - European co-ordination of antimalarial drug discovery</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/crimalddi---european-co-ordination</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/crimalddi---european-co-ordination</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The CRIMALDDI project (Coordination, Rationalisation and Integration of Antimalarial Drug Discovery and Development Initiatives) is being led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and brings together key players in the antimalarial drug discovery fields including the World Health Organisation, the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) and leading research organisations across Europe.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>World Mosquito Day and the legacy of Sir Ronald Ross</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/world-mosquito-day</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/world-mosquito-day</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ This Thursday marks the anniversary of one of the most important scientific discoveries in the battle against malaria. On 20th August 1897, the transmission of malaria by mosquitoes was established by Ronald Ross, a British doctor working in India who became LSTM’s first senior lecturer. He was awarded the Nobel prize for medicine in 1902 for his discovery.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>VJ Day marked with launch of POW project on Merseyside</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-far-eastern-pow</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-far-eastern-pow</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ LSTM has been awarded £48,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund as part of its ongoing work with ex-Far Eastern Prisoners of War (FEPOW) to create an archive of oral histories from surviving prisoners. The project will expand this work through a website and interaction project that will allow many more of their stories to be told and preserved for future generations. The two year project is led by LSTM’s Professor Geoff Gill with partners including the Imperial War Museum, Wirral’s Learning Lighthouse and Pensby High School for Girls.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A National HIV/AIDS Strategy for Libya</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/a-national-hivaids</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/a-national-hivaids</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ LSTM is leading a project to provide technical assistance to the Government of Libya to Finalise the Development of a National HIV Strategy and Programme of Support. Funded by a 1m Euro Grant from the Delegation of the European Commission to Libya. Over the next year, LSTM in partnership with Libyan institutions and the Harvard University’s Biostatistics Department will produce updated and comprehensive information on the current epidemiology of HIV infection in the country to be able to produce an effective National HIV Strategy.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Continued Vigilance Against Drug-Resistance Malaria Is Needed</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/continued-vigilance</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/continued-vigilance</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ LSTM is home to the editorial base of The Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group, which contributes reviews to The Cochrane Library, a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.   Issue 3 published this week features a highlighted review of current combination malaria therapies by LSTM’s Dave Sinclair.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Liverpool to strengthen health research in Africa</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/liverpool-to-strengthen</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/liverpool-to-strengthen</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Researchers at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the University of Liverpool will work with universities across Africa as part of a £30 million initiative to strengthen research into science and health on the continent.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM Photo Competition Winner</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-photo-competition-winner</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-photo-competition-winner</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Professor Mark Taylor has won the 2009 LSTM Photo Competition with this stunning image taken in Cameroon of a line of patients waiting to participate in a field trial of antibiotics against Onchocerciasis.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Scientists turn deadly Mosquitoes against their own offspring</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/scientists-turn-deadly-mosquitoes</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/scientists-turn-deadly-mosquitoes</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A new field demonstration from Peru suggests that we might be able to co-opt adult mosquitoes into applying insecticides for us, and that they are far more efficient at doing this than humans are. LSTM's Dr Gerry Killeen (seconded to the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania) created a simple model that helps interpret the technique and suggests that it might have applications for the control of malaria vectors.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Well Travelled expands to new clinic</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/well-travelled-expands</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/well-travelled-expands</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ LSTM's Well Travelled Clinic in Pembroke Place has relocated to bigger premises in Anson House, opposite LSTM.  The new clinic opened for business today and represents a long term commitment by LSTM and WTC to the area.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>£1.1m grant to lead development of resistance-detecting field kit</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/11m-grant-to-lead</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 15:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/11m-grant-to-lead</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has been awarded a £1.1m grant by the US National Institutes of Health to lead a five year project to develop a Field Applicable Screening Tool (FAST) kit to detect resistance to public health insecticides in mosquitoes.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Diploma in Humanitarian Studies (Africa)</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/dipl-in-dha-africa</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/dipl-in-dha-africa</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Africa is constantly plagued by humanitarian emergencies. Disaster prevention, preparedness and response will be effective only if trained personnel are available to develop appropriate plans and implement them in a timely manner.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>£2.8 million grant to raise standards in maternal and newborn health</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/28-million-grant</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/28-million-grant</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have been awarded £2.8m to improve maternal and newborn health in five target countries - Zimbabwe, Kenya, Bangladesh, India and Sierra Leone.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Tanzania study re-opens debate on targeting mosquito larvae to control malaria</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/tanzania-study-re-opens-debate</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/tanzania-study-re-opens-debate</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Targeting mosquito larval populations may be an effective intervention to help control malaria in urban situations, a study supported by a team of researchers from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) suggests.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM launches new travel clinic in Chester</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-launches-new-clinic</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-launches-new-clinic</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well Travelled Clinics Ltd (WTC) opens its first travel clinic outside Liverpool in Chester city centre this week. WTC, a business of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) already operates a busy clinic in Liverpool, adjacent to the world-renowned centre of excellence in tropical medicine.  The Chester clinic is the first in a series of planned expansions across the North West.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>James Ross becomes new Chair of LATH</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/james-ross-becomes</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/james-ross-becomes</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ LSTM Chairman and international industrialist James Ross has been appointed as the new Chairman of Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH), the consultancy arm of LSTM which provides quality programme management, consultancy and training in international health. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>World TB Day</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/world-tb-day</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/world-tb-day</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ World TB Day, 24 March 2009, is a day to celebrate the lives of the women, men and children affected by TB, and to acknowledge the work of doctors, nurses, community workers and researchers who are involved in the fight against this disease.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Dr Islam delivers 2009 LSTM Leverhulme Lecture</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/dr-islam-delivers-2009</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/dr-islam-delivers-2009</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The 2009 LSTM Leverhulme Lecture was delivered on 16 March 2009 by Dr Quazi Monirul Islam MD MPH FRCOG, Director of the Department of Making Pregnancy Safer, at the World Health Organisation (WHO). Dr Islam’s lecture was entitled “Saving mothers and newborn lives. It is no more development of new technology but scaling up access, coverage and quality of services to improve maternal and newborn health and survival”.  Dr Islam spoke to a gathering of LSTM staff, students, alumni and invited guests about the problems that face some developing countries, highlighting what is needed to reduce maternal mortality rates and improve the quality of care at health centres and hospitals.  WHO figures show that 600,000 women globally die each year in childbirth and three million babies are born dead.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM and MiP Consortium awarded further €3.6 million</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-and-mip-consortium</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-and-mip-consortium</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium, led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, has been awarded €3.6 million by the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) to undertake research aimed at optimising the use of an antimalarial drug given to prevent malaria in pregnancy in Africa.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM and UoL  secure £1.4m to develop new 'magic bullet' antimalarial drug</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-and-uol-secure-14m</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-and-uol-secure-14m</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the University of Liverpool (UoL) have secured a £1.4 million	project grant to begin the development of new drugs to combat malaria.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>World leading Biomedical Research Centre opens in Liverpool</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/world-leading-biomedical</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/world-leading-biomedical</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ An international centre for research into the diagnosis and treatment of some of the world’s most serious infections, has been launched in Liverpool.  The Biomedical Research Centre has been officially opened by Sir William Stewart, chairman of the Health Protection Agency.  The pioneering centre has been set up by the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, the University of Liverpool and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Genetic marker for resistance identified</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/genetic-marker-for-resistance</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/genetic-marker-for-resistance</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Research led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has identified the genetic basis for resistance to commonly-used insecticides in one of the major malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Neglected Tropical Diseases and the Global Fund</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/neglected-tropical-diseases</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/neglected-tropical-diseases</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The latest edition of The Lancet carries a letter written by Professor David Molyneux (LSTM) and colleagues, entitled ‘Neglected Tropical Diseases and the Global Fund’. Click here to read the article abstract or click here for related coverage.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Thai Ambassador visits LSTM</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/thai-ambassador-visits-lstm</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/thai-ambassador-visits-lstm</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ His Excellency the Ambassador to Thailand, H E Kitti Wasinondh, visited LSTM on Tuesday 20th January 2009 as part of a two-day visit to Liverpool, hosted by Mr Nicholas Wainwright, Honorary Consul for Thailand. His Excellency met LSTM’s Director of Education Sue Assinder, before proceeding to a presentation on postgraduate teaching, followed by a glimpse at some of the laboratories used by PhD students. His Excellency also had the opportunity to speak to Kwannan Nantavisai and Kamolnat Muangyim, PhD students at LSTM and Sant Muangnoicharoen, Postdoctoral Research Assistant within LSTM’s Molecular Biochemical Parasitology Group.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Year of progress ends on £10 million high note</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/year-of-progress</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/year-of-progress</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ LSTM’s Director, Professor Janet Hemingway, today commended the individuals and organisations that have helped to make 2008 a year of great progress for LSTM.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LATH wins contract to boost health research capacity in Malawi</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lath-wins-contract</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lath-wins-contract</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH), a consulting arm of LSTM, has been awarded a £10 million contract to manage a programme of work supporting a new Health Research Capacity Strengthening (HCRS) initiative in Malawi.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Dr Bertie Squire elected President of IUATLD</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/dr-bertie-squire-elected</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/dr-bertie-squire-elected</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Dr Bertie Squire, Reader in Clinical Tropical Medicine and co-manager of the Centre for Research on Equity and Systems 	for TB and HIV/AIDS (CRESTHA) at LSTM, has been elected President of The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Well Travelled Clinics supporting World Rabies Day</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/wtc-rabies-day</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/wtc-rabies-day</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ World Rabies Day takes place this year on 28 September.  Led by the Alliance for Rabies Control and supported by 	numerous organisations worldwide, including the Well Travelled Clinic at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, it aims to 	reinforce the message that rabies is a totally preventable disease and to raise money for local rabies control programmes.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sustaining Life, How Human Health Depends Upon Biodiversity</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/sustaining-life</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/sustaining-life</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Former Director of LSTM, Professor David Molyneux in a Liverpool Daily Post feature examining the book Sustaining 	Life, How Human Health Depends Upon Biodiversity. Edited by Professor Molyneux and Professor David Newman.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Festival of science highlights continuing threat from tropical diseases</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/festival-of-science-highlights</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/festival-of-science-highlights</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ LSTM is hosting a series of lectures in association with the BA Medical Sciences section which will examine the current state of play in the fight against tropical diseases, entitled ‘Tropical Medicine: Present and Future’.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Director welcomes new students in Syria</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/director-welcomes</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/director-welcomes</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ LSTM Director Professor Janet Hemingway today sent a welcome message to new students beginning Masters courses at the 	Syria Centre for Strategic Health Studies (CSHS) in Health Systems Management, Hospital Management, Public Health and Health 	Economics.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Director of Education appointed</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/director-of-education-appointed</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/director-of-education-appointed</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ LSTM has appointed Dr Sue Assinder as its first Director of Education. This new post is a key strategic appointment 	which will shape the future development of learning and teaching at LSTM as it strives to become an international leader in education.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM graduate returns as Director</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-graduate-returns-as-director</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-graduate-returns-as-director</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Moses Bockarie has joined the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, succeeding David Molyneux as Director of the 	Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases.  A graduate of LSTM in 1988 and 1992, his career in neglected tropical diseases has taken 	him all over the world.  He joins LSTM from the Center for Global Health and Diseases at Case Western Reserve University in 	Cleveland, USA.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Princess Royal opens new research centre</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/princess-royal-opens</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/princess-royal-opens</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ HRH The Princess Royal today officially opened the new £23 million Centre for Tropical and Infectious Diseases (CTID) at the 	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

The state of the art facility will help to save thousands of lives around the world by generating and trialling drugs, vaccines and insecticides that will directly improve health.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM to lead $30 million research programme into malaria in pregnancy</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-to-lead-$30m</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-to-lead-$30m</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has received a $30 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve the control and treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Africa, Asia and Latin America.  The five year programme will directly benefit the 50 million women who face exposure to malaria whilst pregnant every year.

The grant will fund research at Liverpool and at 38 partner institutions in 27 countries around the world.  The research consortium is also supported by the European Union, and is seeking additional funding from other donors.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New building helps LSTM scientists see the light</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/new-building-helps</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/new-building-helps</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Centre for Tropical and Infectious Diseases changes the skyline
21 December 2007

Scientists at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine are preparing for a historic New Year handover of the magnificent new Centre for Tropical and Infectious Diseases (CTID). 

The environmentally friendly building has been designed to make as much use of natural daylight as possible, with many of the internal walls made from glass to allow daylight to penetrate to the heart of the building.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Global Industrialist Elected as Chairman of LSTM</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/global-industrialist-elected</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/global-industrialist-elected</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ James Ross was formally elected Chairman of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine at its Annual General Meeting today.  Having joined the world of industry with BP after graduating in the early 1960s, he became Managing Director of BP and Chairman and Chief Executive of BP America.  After leaving in 1992 he led other sectors of industry, including Littlewoods in Liverpool as Chairman from 1996 until 2002.  During that time he developed a lasting friendship with the City and its people]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>RSTMH Presidential Address to Highlight Disease Disparity</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/rstmh-presidential-address</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/rstmh-presidential-address</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ David Molyneux, Professor of Tropical Health Sciences at LSTM and President of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) will use the occasion of his inaugural Presidential address to conclude that diseases afflicting the vast majority of the poorest populations in Africa and Asia are controllable but are largely ignored by policy makers and funding agencies.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>IOTA NanoSolutions and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Announce Collaboration for Next Generation Anti-Malarial Treatments</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/iota-nanosolutions</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/iota-nanosolutions</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ IOTA NanoSolutions Limited and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have today entered into an Agreement for the joint development of products for the more effective treatment and prevention of malaria.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Liverpool Biomedical Research Centre</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/new-liverpool-biomedical</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/new-liverpool-biomedical</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A new, national research centre set-up to tackle infections is to be launched on Thursday, August 23, in Liverpool.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Holidaymakers warned of deadly 'tick' danger in Europe</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/holidaymakers-warned</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/holidaymakers-warned</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Thousands of North West outdoor enthusiasts may be heading for European holidays without realising that they could be in danger of a deadly tick disease.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM to lead multi million dollar fight against filariasis</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-to-lead-multi-million</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-to-lead-multi-million</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has received a $23 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help victims of human filariasis - a worm infection which causes some of the world’s most debilitating and distressing diseases.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Centre Tops Out to Start Science Week</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/new-centre-tops-out</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/new-centre-tops-out</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Lord Sainsbury of Turville today ‘topped out’ a Liverpool building that is destined to be one the world’s leading research centres into tropical and emerging diseases – at the start of National Science and Engineering Week.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>$4 million to Take on Killer Sleeping Sickness Fly</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/$4-million-to-take-on-killer</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 14:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/$4-million-to-take-on-killer</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Scientists at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have received a $4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to outwit the deadly tsetse fly.  The fly is responsible for transmitting human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), better known as sleeping sickness, a disease which kills 60,000 people every year..]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM in Husband and Wife New Year’s Honours</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-in-husband-and-wife</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-in-husband-and-wife</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A leading physician from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has received the OBE in the Queen's New Year's Honours in recognition of his work in the field of childhood malaria in Malawi]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LSTM Ends Year of Achievement With International Breakthrough</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-ends-year-of-achievement</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-ends-year-of-achievement</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has won a major European contract to act as consultant to the Syrian Ministry of Health in modernising its health sector, beating off competition from all over the world.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>School’s key role in $150 million malaria programme</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/schools-key-role-in-150m</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/schools-key-role-in-150m</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH), the consultancy arm of The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), is a partner in the delivery of a new $150 million insecticide spraying programme in Africa.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Scientist Receives Prestigious Award For Malaria Breakthrough</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/scientist-receives-prestigious-award</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/scientist-receives-prestigious-award</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine scientist has received a prestigious award from the Royal Society this week in recognition of the advances his research has made into drug resistance and new treatments for malaria.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>School's key role in $100 million disease treatment programme</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/school's-key-role-in-100m</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/school's-key-role-in-100m</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH), the consultancy arm of The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, is a partner in a new programme to reduce the impact of neglected tropical diseases. Funded by the United States.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Trial with Antibiotics Brings Hope to Elephantiasis Sufferers</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/new-trial-with-antibiotics</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/new-trial-with-antibiotics</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A leading scientist at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Dr Mark Taylor, has helped identify a new drug treatment for the disfiguring disease lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Manual Could Be a Life Saver</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/manual-could-be-a-life-saver</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2006 11:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/manual-could-be-a-life-saver</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ More than 500,000 women worldwide die every year from complications of pregnancy and childbirth - one every minute. But next week a unique course will be launched at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine which could save the lives of thousands of women in the developing world.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>International office to improve female health</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/international-office-to-improve</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/international-office-to-improve</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Two of the world's leading medical organisations - the oldest medical school dedicated to fighting tropical diseases in the world and a royal college - are teaming up to reduce the tragic toll of maternal and infant deaths in resource poor countries.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Genetically-engineered antivenom to improve the treatment of snake bite</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/genetically-engineered-antivenom</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 10:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/genetically-engineered-antivenom</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ As reported in the latest issue of the prestigious medical journal, Public Library of Science: Medicine, researchers at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have made an important breakthrough in using DNA sequencing rather than actual snake venom as the means to generate antivenom.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Students bring a tropical touch to London Road</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/students-bring-a-tropical-touch</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 14:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/students-bring-a-tropical-touch</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The construction site for the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's new £23 million research centre became a showcase for artistic talent today. Colourful interpretations of tropical health research produced by art students from Liverpool Community College have been installed onto the hoarding surrounding the site on the corner of London Road and Great Newton Street .]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>D-Day Marks Milestone in School's History</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/d-day-marks-milestone</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/d-day-marks-milestone</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has embarked on an exciting new phase in its 107 year old history with the demolition of buildings on an adjoining site to  make way for a state of the art Centre for Tropical and Infectious Diseases. This will link via a bridge with the existing school building in Pembroke Place.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Europe backs School Scientist in Malaria Drugs Quest</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/europe-backs-school-scientist</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 10:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/europe-backs-school-scientist</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A Liverpool scientist is to lead a new European initiative in the search for drugs which could save millions of lives. 

Professor Steve Ward, deputy director of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, has been awarded 17.5million Euros (just over £10m) by the EU Commission to undertake a five year programme of research specifically aimed at discovering and developing new drugs for poor people with malaria in developing countries.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Warning issued by tropical disease experts as North West tourists fight malaria</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/warning-issued-by</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2005 10:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/warning-issued-by</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Doctors at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have today issued an urgent warning against the dangers of travelling to malaria-endemic countries without protection.

The alert comes after four North West tourists contracted malaria while on holiday in the Gambia, West Africa. All four had contracted the potentially fatal falciparum form of malaria.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Prestigious award for Financial Director</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/prestigious-award-for-financial-director</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/prestigious-award-for-financial-director</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mr Dougal Freeman, Financial Director of LATH (Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health) has won the prestigious International Charitable Development Award from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>City visitor hears of school's Role in global fight against HIV/AIDS</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/city-visitor-hears</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/city-visitor-hears</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mr Paul Kasimu, Barclays¹ Regional HR Business Partner for the East African Region has visited the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to hear of the many HIV/Aids initiatives in which the School is involved around the world.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine receives $50.7 million from Gates Foundation for malaria research</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-receives-$507-million-from-gates</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/lstm-receives-$507-million-from-gates</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has received a $50.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for new research into malaria. The grant will put the School at the forefront of the global fight to defeat malaria which kills 2,000 African children every day.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>School receives £18million funding boost for new Centre for Tropical and Infectious Diseases</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/school-receives-£18million</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/school-receives-£18million</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ “This state of the art facility will ensure that the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine remains at the cutting edge of scientific endeavour”

The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has received a huge boost for its future with the news that it has secured £18 million of public sector funding to build a new international institute to develop treatments and vaccines for some of the world's most deadly diseases.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Controlling Neglected Tropical Diseases Could Help Make Poverty History, say scientists</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/controlling-ntds</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 09:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/controlling-ntds</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ LIVERPOOL , October 11, 2005: "The big three" infections 'AIDS, TB and malaria' have caught the world¹s attention but other disabling and fatal infectious diseases in Africa, which affect millions of people a year, are being ignored, say three eminent tropical disease researchers in the international health journal PLoS Medicine.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Double success for School in the fight against Elephantiasis brings hope to millions of sufferers worldwide</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/double-success</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2005 09:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/double-success</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Antibiotics hold key to cure for disfiguring disease Scientists at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have proved that a single course of one antibiotic may hold the key to curing the parasitic worm disease Elephantiasis (lymphatic filariasis) that has been one of the most common causes of global disability since Biblical times. The discovery offers the first new treatment for this distressing disease for decades.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Medal Awarded To A 'Giant In Tropical Medicine'</title><link>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/medal-awarded</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2005 09:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm/news-and-media/press-releases/medal-awarded</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[ One of Britain's most eminent clinicians and scientists in the field of tropical medicine has been presented with a prestigious award at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine for his outstanding contribution. He is Professor David Warrell, Professor of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Oxford University and founding director of Oxford’s Centre for Tropical Medicine.]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>
