We are a cross-faculty team of researchers @LSHTM focused on supporting and improving the health of everyone affected by #HumanitarianCrisis
London & worldwide
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📢 We're moving to Bluesky!
Join us over there for the latest updates on work across @LSHTM to improve the health of populations affected by humanitarian crises ⛑
Follow our new account 👇
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Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM retweeted
Amidst complex crises, #aid cuts and polarising #politics, how should researchers confront injustice and oppression? How can they amplify people's voices and experiences?
Explore these questions @LSHTM_Crises annual event in #London on 25 November.
ALT Flyer for an annual event hosted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre on Tuesday 25 November 2025.
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM retweeted
🚨 New @WHO guidance for malaria in crisis settings 🌍 🦟
@drbhargavirao, co-author, highlights the significance of the manual for frontline workers and the need to integrate malaria control into broader emergency response.
Read more: bit.ly/469Q1kd
📰 @LSHTM MSc Reproductive and Sexual Health Research students write in @TheLancet on the crisis of violence-related deaths in #Nigeria
With 1000s of deaths each year, the authors argue this constitutes a security threat & a public health emergency 👇
thelancet.com/journals/lance…
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM retweeted
🌟SHOWCASE EVENT🌟
Celebrate our 2025 Centre prize winners and hear about their award-winning research!
🗓️ 21 July 2025
⏰12:30 – 14:00
📍 LSHTM/Online
Full details 👉bit.ly/CEPRAwards2025
ALT Epidemic Preparedness Prize Winners Showcase 2025. Friday 21 July, 12:30 - 14:00, London/Online
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM retweeted
We need to talk about health #misinformation🤔
Join our flagship event on 15 Sept 2025 for ideas on how to defend yourself & your organisation from dangerous misinformation
Info/book tickets: lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/event…
In-person in London + online
ALT Health Misinformation UNPACKED: Monday 15 September 2025 13:00-17:00, LSHTM, Online
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM retweeted
🎉Meet our 2025 epidemic preparedness prize winners!🎉
They won prizes for research ranging from exploring health worker experiences in refugee settings, understanding neglected diseases to listening to communities during outbreaks.
Hear more👉bit.ly/CEPRAwards2025
ALT Epidemic Preparedness and Response Prize Winner 2025 - Research Degree Student Prize: Georgia Venner
ALT Epidemic Preparedness and Response Prize Winner 2025 - Resource Prize: Nadine Beckmann, Sophie Everest, Olive Leonard, Yang Zhao (UK-Public Health Rapid Support Team)
ALT Epidemic Preparedness and Response Prize Winner 2025 - Resource Prize: Rania Al Mukhtar
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM retweeted
For #RefugeeDay, read about our GOAL partnership's health system research and the stories and participation tools we created with @WarChildLebanon for it...
#coproduction #participatoryresearch #Lebanon
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GOAL is a partnership between National Mental Health Programme Lebanon, @LSHTM, @AbaadMENA, @WarChildLebanon, @BeyondTextOrg & @USJLiban 🤝
🌍 On #WorldRefugeeDay, discover how the GOAL project is strengthening mental health systems in Lebanon for displaced Syrians & host communities—through inclusive research, sustainable financing & creative tools.
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lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres…
GOAL is a partnership between National Mental Health Programme Lebanon, @LSHTM, @AbaadMENA, @WarChildLebanon, @BeyondTextOrg & @USJLiban 🤝
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM retweeted
Famine and the Need for a Collective Voice in Sudan
In @bmj_latest, Samantha Olson & Maysoon Dahab discuss how data gaps in conflicts such as #Sudan can make hunger invisible & deepen the crisis, but new collaborative approaches can help fight #famine.
blogs.bmj.com/bmjgh/2025/05/…
Samantha Olson, Research Coordinator in Infectious Disease Epidemiology @LSHTM, writes about the severe & unmet challenge of famine in Sudan amid the latest conflict 👇
Say the “F” word: Famine and the Need for a Collective Voice in Sudan bit.ly/4jvbGXs
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM retweeted
Say the “F” word: Famine and the Need for a Collective Voice in Sudan bit.ly/4jvbGXs
🆕Tigray, Ethiopia | Estimation of mortality caused by the 2020-2022 conflict
New survey of Tigrayan diaspora estimates conflict resulted in 100,000 deaths, suggests many casualties are women and older adults
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pophealthmetrics.biomedcentr…
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM retweeted
Interested in developing service user participation in services, systems and policies?
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Check out our @GcrfGoal @LSHTM Participation Toolkit made with, by and for mental health researchers and people with LX of using #mentalhealth services together with @jmh_lb
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Mental health is a universal human right. But it can’t be achieved without service users participating in all matters related to their mental health, including services, systems & policies.
📖 Use the toolkit: tinyurl.com/3mk3zkb5
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
🌍 As extreme weather events surge due to climate change, communities are leading the way in response & adaptation
New blog by @LSHTM MSc student @virafita explores how local responses to floods in Nigeria & Spain offer vital lessons for risk reduction
🔗buff.ly/0GpUTR4
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM retweeted
🚨 Don’t miss the final session of #MSFScientificDays 2025! 🚨
Session 4: Vaccination: a humanitarian lifeline under threat
🕦15:40–17:10 BST
🗓️ Thursday, 22 May 2025
📍 Royal Society of Medicine, London & 💻 Online
✨ Featuring keynote from Dr Sania Nishtar, CEO @gavi
🔗 Register: registration.crowdcomms.com/…
#GlobalHealth #Vaccines #ZeroDose #MSF
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM retweeted
📢 BREAKING NEWS: @WHO member states formally adopt pandemic treaty
But what more needs to be done to prepare for the next #pandemic? 😷
LSHTM experts give their views: lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/…
ALT “Without clear financial provisions, LMICs may face increased debt or be forced to divert funding from other essential health services to meet treaty obligations.” Daniela Manno, Clinical Assistant Professor, LSHTM
Since Myanmar's 2021 coup, young people have faced threats to their safety, separation from family, displacement & many other stressors
A new mental health survey has revealed the impacts of the conflict on young women & girls 👩👩👧👧
Read here ⬇ lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres…
