Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Downloads:
Group Report - 2005 - 06 (pdf)
Staff Profiles | Annals of Tropical Paediatrics | MIP Consortium | Malaria in Pregnancy library | Emma Kinderziekenhuis AMC (EKZ)
Publications: 2006 | 2005 | 2004
Archived Projects: PREMA-EU | Adolescent Girls Literacy Project In Malawi (Aglit)
| Unit Heads: | Child and Adolescent Health – Bernard Brabin |
| Clinical Infectious Disease Epidemiology – Luis Cuevas | |
| Malaria Epidemiology – Feiko ter Kuile | |
| Sexual and Reproductive Health – Nynke van den Broek |
The Child and Reproductive Health Group has developed from the former Department of Tropical Paediatrics which was founded by Professor RG Hendrickse.
Children form a substantial proportion (between 35 and 50%) of the population of most developing countries and together with their mothers they form the majority. For this reason child health is the best indicator of a community’s well being and in terms of LSTM’s activities it is also central to our teaching and research. It has been exciting to witness the growth of community child health in our work and within the Child and Reproductive Health Group over the last few years. The role of carers, especially mothers as effective health providers is increasingly being recognised in developing countries, where the infants’ survival depends primarily on the mother’s care. Evidence to support this concept is found in the exceptionally and unacceptably high perinatal and child mortality rates in developing countries. It is important that LSTM has a Group whose aim relates solely to these maternal and child health problems.
Our goals are to initiate, collaborate in and disseminate international recognised child and reproductive health research, related to the burden of disease in the poorest and most vulnerable communities in the world. The group focuses on four strategic themes headed by different staff: Malaria Epidemiology (Dr Feiko ter Kuile); Clinical Infectious Disease Epidemiology (Dr Luis Cuevas); Sexual and Reproductive Health (Dr Nynke van den Broek); and Child and Adolescent Health (Professor Bernard Brabin).
We convene the following courses:
MSc in Tropical Paediatrics (M Trop Paed research degree)
Diploma in Reproductive Health for Developing Countries (DRH, run jointly with the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, UK)
MSc in Tropical and Infectious Diseasese (M Trop Med research degree)
There is an average of 12 PhD students assigned to the group and between 15-20 Masters degree students.