
Liz Corbett
@lizcorbett17
Prof in Global Health, London School Hyg Trop Med. Back in Uk in 2020 after 20 yrs working in Africa (TB and HIV interventions). Funders: Wellcome and Unitaid
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https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/corbett.liz 31-10-2019 08:45:56
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Had there been additional efforts to reach & maintain men in ART services with HIV suppression - at levels equal to that of female counterparts - 50% of new infections in AGYW could have been averted AVAC UNAIDS Global Meg Doherty aidsmap.com/news/jun-2023/…



Big shout out and congratulations to Helena Feasey for passing her PhD viva with *No Corrections*!!! 🍾 Thanks so much for all the #TB active case finding #ACF pearls of wisdom and R code! All the best in your next career step!

Yes - very very happy to have passed my viva yesterday. Couldn’t have done it without my supervisors Liz Corbett @helen_burchett and @petermacp. Support from other PhDs like Rachael Burke, McEwen Khundi Mphatso D.S. Phiri & Emily Nightingale also made the difference. Thank you all so much!


It's a pleasure meeting #MajorGeneral Timothy Hodgetts, #SurgeonGeneral of Defense Medical Services UK, at the 51st #AnnualGeneralMeeting of #UnitedKingdom's #FacultyofPublicHealth (Faculty of Public Health), & truly honoured at our election as #Fellows ('through Distinction') of Faculty of Public Health.


So excited about these recommendations and look forward to seeing more countries start to scale up HIV self-testing & social network testing approaches! who.int/news/item/22-0… rachel baggaley Meg Doherty Andy Seale Yannis Mameletzis (він/його) 🇺🇦🍉🕊🦠🧬 🎾



Impressive! This paper should have had a title “80% decline in TB incidence in 6 years in urban Blantyre, Malawi - results from a prevalence survey.” Congratulations! Stop TB Partnership Lucica Ditiu Salmaan Keshavjee journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…





Prof Moffat Nyirenda has been announced as the new Director of MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit. With a wealth of experience in research and research capacity building, he will officially take over from Prof Pontiano Kaleebu in April 2024. Read more: lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/new….


👍 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine LSHTM Nutrition Group MARCH Centre, LSHTM LSTM Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme Kamuzu University of Health Sciences Wellcome Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health for highlighting this important issue of child malnutrition. The journey with this wonderful cohort of families in #Malawi began in 2006/7 doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…🧵

Delighted to say I'll be giving a keynote International Union against STIs 2024. There has been a global resurgence of syphilis & the burden of congenital syphilis remains unacceptable. I'll be discussing major challenges facing syphilis control worldwide & new tools & approaches to tackling this.
