
Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health, LSHTM
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Pioneering public health for our human planet
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🚨 New The Lancet commentary warns that the US administration's moves to dismantle climate action are endangering decades of progress. What must we do now? 🔎 Advance climate science 🤝 Promote knowledge sharing 🌎 Strengthen international collaboration thelancet.com/journals/lance…


🖥️Data is key to nearly every aspect of health. Gain confidence and new tools to understand and analyse #HealthData with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 3-week introduction to epidemiology and medical statistics course. Application deadline: 1 June 2025 🔗 lshtm.ac.uk/study/courses/…



🌍Interested in an MSc in Climate Change & Planetary Health? 🎓Join our Spring Open Evening on Tuesday 13 May to find out more about all our master's degrees, distance learning programmes and short courses offered London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 🎟️Book now👉bit.ly/42yC8Ji



👋Don't miss our Spring Open Evening next week! If you're passionate about improving #health worldwide & are considering studying London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in 2025, come & discover our programmes. #PublicHealth 🗓️Tues 13 May 2025, 17:30-19:30 📍LSHTM, Keppel Street lshtm.ac.uk/study/visit-us…


🌳Increasing greenness by 30% could prevent up to 1.16 million heat-related deaths globally Study in The Lancet Planetary Health co-authored by Antonio Gasparrini & Malcolm Mistry London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine finds expanding urban green spaces would cool cities and reduce heat impacts 👉bit.ly/3R3LiZY


Climate change increasing risk of pregnancy problems: study In The Hindu, Ana Bonell discusses evidence of growing risks of exposure to extreme #heat during #pregnancy as new Climate Central study examines link to climate change. Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health, LSHTM thehindu.com/sci-tech/healt…

Sir Andy Haines, Professor of Environmental Change & Health London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine will be joining the new WHO/Europe Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health as Chief Scientific Advisor The Commission aims to raise awareness and support for stronger climate action that protects health ⬇️

How are rural & Indigenous Peruvian women responding and adapting to climate change? 🆕research, led by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine with partners across Peru, revealed women experience disproportionate burdens but remain excluded from climate decision-making spaces. More 👉 bit.ly/44FmZbI


"We should be quite concerned, as climate change is having an effect from before birth right the way through our lives, and this risk is only increasing." 🌡️Chloe Brimicombe from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine comments in Sky News on the impact of heat on pregnant women and newborns 👇news.sky.com/story/i-felt-i…

👏👏👏Congratulations to Brian Greenwood on receiving a World Health Organization (WHO) Lifetime Achievement Award Professor Greenwood has been honoured for his outstanding contribution to #GlobalHealth over 60+ years & transformative work in #malaria & #PublicHealth in Africa. lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/new…


Climate change and women’s leadership in Peru: A story of resilience and challenge New research led by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine with partners across Peru provides insight into how rural and Indigenous women experience and respond to climate change in their communities 👉bit.ly/43DQVns


🌍 As extreme weather events surge due to climate change, communities are leading the way in response & adaptation New blog by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine MSc student Elvira Parafita explores how local responses to floods in Nigeria & Spain offer vital lessons for risk reduction 🔗buff.ly/0GpUTR4




❗️Over 10 million infants under six month old may currently be underweight. New research from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Emergency Nutrition Network estimated the burden of malnutrition among infants using survey data collected across 56 countries. 🌍 👉 lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/new…
