#AMR is a growing global threat that undermines decades of medical progress. In this blog, India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, emphasises the urgent need for action to curb misuse and strengthen health systems to tackle #AMR. Read more👉 bit.ly/464VZSY

🚨 Hiring: Research Fellow in Applied Machine Learning (NeoShield, LSHTM). Build ML systems deployed in clinical neonatal care: sepsis decision support + real-time outbreak detection. UK-based, global impact 🇿🇲 🇲🇼 @lshtm.bsky.social @neoshield.bsky.social #neosky #medsky #idsky #phd #episky #amr

Hello Bluesky! We're the Centre for Global Chronic Conditions at @lshtm.bsky.social, a group of multidisciplinary researchers seeking to improve understanding of and responses to chronic conditions in low, middle & high-income countries 📲Follow us for updates on our research, events, blogs & more

It’s International Day of Women & Girls in Science 🤗 Today, we celebrate Regina Ami Banu, who is advancing awareness, mentorship, and community engagement on #AMR in Ghana 🇬🇭 Read more 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

No evidence taking #paracetamol in pregnancy raises risk of autism, ADHD, developmental issues Ian Douglas says review "well-conducted" as excludes studies which don't take into account key differences between mothers who use or don't use paracetamol during #pregnancy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🌍 Global Lecture Series 👇 In this lecture, @gmknght.bsky.social and Saffiatou Darboe will discuss some of the major challenges and how researchers @lshtm.bsky.social tackle it within the European and Western African setting. 📅 Monday 19 Jan 📍LSHTM 🕠 17:30 GMT www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

🚼 New research by @lshtm.bsky.social researchers and global partners shows how a vaccine could prevent newborn sepsis 💉🌍 @shaunkeegan.bsky.social, @neleshg.bsky.social, @childrensphila.bsky.social, @ahmedmicrobes.bsky.social, @kemriwellcome.bsky.social Read more 👇 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

Kicking off the New Year with £850k funding from @ukri.org BBSRC to investigate how C. jejuni survives and causes disease The project will be led by @ozangundogdu11.bsky.social and his team @lshtm.bsky.social and colleagues from @qmul.bsky.social & IISER Read more👇 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

Very excited to take part in this BBC world service programme on the future of malaria elimination. My first ever radio interview. The editors worked wanders! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @lshtm-malaria.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social

New study led by Dr @efosternyarko.bsky.social in Microbial Genomics finds high antibiotic resistance in cholera bacteria across Africa. Sequencing by PulseNet Africa trainees shows need for stronger genomic surveillance. Read more: bit.ly/4aFMTyP @lshtm.bsky.social @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social

📢 Applications are open for the MRC London Intercollegiate DTP Studentships! @lshtm.bsky.social & @citystgeorges.bsky.social are offering PhD projects in Global Health, Health Data Science, Translational & Implementation Research, and Infectious Disease. 🗓️ Apply by 14 Jan 👉 mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk

A week yesterday, we marked #OneHealthDay. At this year’s New Scientist Live, our team brought that message to life - showing how AMR is everywhere, from hospitals and farms to rivers & train stations & how each of us can play a part in protecting antibiotics. www.digitalamr.org/blog/new-sci...

Join us for LSHTM’s Equity in AMR Action seminar, which explores how equity influences responses to AMR. Speakers will share their work from the WHO, LSE, and the Global Strategy Lab. 📅 12 Dec ⏲️ 13:00 GMT Check the event details 👇 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

From sewage to soil: More monitoring and evidence is needed to understand how environmental resistance is fueling antimicorbial restistance. Read about stakeholders' perspectives of the UK National Action Plan. 👉 tinyurl.com/588csxnc @oxonandrew.bsky.social @piru-lshtm.bsky.social

Join us on 26 Nov 2025 for the NeoNET AFRICA & KlebNET-GSP seminar on Klebsiella genomics and neonatal sepsis. Our Co-Director @katholt.bsky.social will speak on serotype prevalence & vaccine coverage ⏰ 15:00–16:00 SAST 🔗 bit.ly/klebs_seminar

Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week wraps up today and LSHTM is driving change. @rebeccaglover.bsky.social's research is transforming the AMR National Action Plan from strategy into real-world impact, targeting resistance where it matters most. Read more: tinyurl.com/3tah674h

🚨#PhD studentship opportunity! Plasmids provide bacteria with antimicrobial resistance, but do they have more fundamental effects on behaviour? 🧫🦠💫🧟‍♂️ Apply for a 4y funded MRC DiMeN position with me and Jamie Wheeler @livuni-ives.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

#Klebsiella infections are a serious & growing #PublicHealth threat For #AntimicrobialAwarenessWeek, @josebengoechea.bsky.social discusses the dangers of bacterial infections, antimicrobial resistance & the global efforts to tackle it. @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Every hour counts in sepsis. Assistant Professor @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social and @lshtm.bsky.social UduakOkomo explains why timely care is key to saving lives. Learn more with @jhenryc.bsky.social on the facts and actions to tackle sepsis. Read more: bit.ly/3XBaTeS

#AMR #Klebsiella cause >100,000 neonatal deaths globally each year. Our new preprint shows more than half of #Klebsiella pneumoniae neonatal sepsis cases in African and South Asian are nosocomial, acquired through transmission in neonatal units. #WAAW doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Building local expertise is key to fighting AMR. Our short course trains scientists and healthcare professionals from around the world. Register your interest for 2026👉 bit.ly/4i4pokG

Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week starts today. Our research themes show how we tackle AMR from every angle, from biological and clinical sciences to modelling, social science, and more. Learn more: 👉 bit.ly/4i5Uf0v

The @klebnet.bsky.social team are pleased to share slides from our “Klebsiella pneumoniae Genomic Epidemiology & Antimicrobial Resistance” lecture series! Topics include Kleb diversity, lineages, AMR, hypervirulence, how to use Kaptive & Kleborate for typing, and more! klebnet.org/2025/11/18/k...

Ahead of #WAAW2025, learn how our researchers are tackling AMR across 30 countries globally, spanning biology, clinical science, policy, modelling, and social sciences. Stay updated on our research, insights, & AMR action. Sign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/3X0SvvO

For #FollowFriday: Follow LSHTM's centres, projects & groups for more on work to tackle some of the biggest challenges in #PublicHealth 🎉Welcome to new addition @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social! go.bsky.app/4FczAGW

As Europe ages, antibiotic resistance rises ! In @mm-lastampa-bot.bsky.social , our Co-Director @gmknght.bsky.social explains how ageing whole is fueling antibiotic resistance infections. Read more 👉 www.lastampa.it/salute/dossi...

Rate of drug-resistant bloodstream infections expected to climb in Europe. In @euronews.com @gmknght.bsky.social explains age & sex thought to have significant impact on those most affected by rise in antimicrobial resistance. @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social www.euronews.com/health/2025/...

Agata Pacho and I published an article on self care and UTIs/AMR this week! In Sociology of Health and Illness: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social

£700k to evaluate the 2024–2029 AMR National Action Plan 💊 @lshtm.bsky.social and partners will evaluate its implementation from January. Co-led by @rebeccaglover.bsky.social & Dr Mirza Lalani with experts from @royalvetcollege.bsky.social and @uniofexeternews.bsky.social Read 👉 bit.ly/43eVTXv

#WHO report shows rising #antibiotic resistance in common bacteria @katholt.bsky.social & @josebengoechea.bsky.social explain resistance worryingly high in #Klebsiella & E.coli as 1 in 6 lab-confirmed #bacterial infections in 2023 shown resistant to antibiotics. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

🌍🧼 Today on #CleanHospitalDay we shine a spotlight on what’s often unseen: hospital cleanliness and the unsung heroes who keep it safe. 👉Surfaces matter. 💁‍♂️Cleaners matter. 🤝Patient safety matters. Let’s make the invisible visible👍 Read more 👉 bit.ly/3L3ILhn

💬 Should NICE increase the cost-effectiveness threshold for new NHS medicines? @francisjruizhe.bsky.social & Andy Briggs discuss the history of NICE’s price threshold and arguments around its increase #healtheconomics #publichealth Read more 🔽 occamresearch.substack.com/p/the-20000-...

🚀 Exciting news! Our Centre Director @katholt.bsky.social will be speaking at #AMR2026 on “AMRrules: Interpretive Standards for AMR Genotypes.” Don’t miss her insights🧬✨ 📅 23–25 March 2026 🔗 bit.ly/3SWzJUm #MicroSky #AMR #Genomics

The rise of ‘nightmare bacteria’: antimicrobial resistance charts Our co-directors @gmknght.bsky.social and @katholt.bsky.social were quoted in @nature.com highlighting the data gaps on how antibiotic use in humans vs. livestock drives antimicrobial resistance. Read more 👉 bit.ly/48nB3si

Sepsis claims a life every 3 seconds. Ahead of #WorldSepsisDay, @jhenryc.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social shares 5 Facts × 5 Actions to tackle sepsis 🩺 & AMR 🦠—from empowering frontline workers 👩‍⚕️ to strengthening diagnostics 🔍 & integrating national response plans 🌍 👉 bit.ly/3Vh4NiG

Reminding to join this space to mark World Sepsis Day!

📢 Join us for our upcoming webinar to mark World Sepsis Day! 🔎 “Babies and bugs in hospitals: Time to Act on Infections and AMR” 💭 with live French translation! 📆 9th Sept 2025 🕐 3pm EAT, 1pm WAT/BST, 8am EST 👉 buff.ly/K8kRKt0

🚨 We’re hiring! The IMPACT AMR Network is looking for a Network Manager (0.5 FTE, 3 years) at LSHTM, starting 1 Oct 2025. Help build and grow a vibrant global AMR community. 🔗 Apply here: bit.ly/45UROcK ⏰ Deadline: 10 Sept 2025

#Vaping at a young age may act as a gateway to smoking, study suggests @rebeccaglover.bsky.social explains that young people globally face a serious range of physical & psychological harms from vaping, as evidence indicates higher risk of transitioning to #smoking. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

Today, we joined the global malaria community to mark #WorldMosquitoDay2025. From India to The Gambia, malaria continues to pose a serious threat. @malaria-sam.bsky.social & Annette emphasise the importance of ongoing research in driving malaria control & bringing us closer to elimination. 📽️👀

Behind every breakthrough is a dedicated face in the lab Meet the scientists & technicians @lshtm.bsky.social & @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social working to understand 🦟 & fight malaria, dengue, Zika, & more. This #WorldMosquitoDay2025, let’s shine a light on their vital work. 👉 bit.ly/45qtn6F

On #WorldHumanitarianDay we recognise the importance of access to #healthcare for those in crisis-affected communities🌍 Our course focuses on real life examples of health in humanitarian crises & how to identify & address needs in times of emergency. www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...

Ahead of #WorldMosquitoDay2025, we celebrate the brilliant scientists and technicians 👩🏽‍🔬🔬 at @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social and @lshtm.bsky.social whose dedication helps us better understand mosquitoes 🦟

Hello Bluesky We're the #REACH project, an interdisciplinary team conducting research to understand and strengthen #systems that deliver care to mothers and children in #Brazil and #Zambia, during #floods and extreme #heat. Funded by the #ESRC and #AHRC. Follow us for updates & more!

Don't miss our corporate group discount for #DistanceLearning! Help support staff development & skills with a 30% bursary available for groups of 3 or more sponsored employees enrolling onto any distance learning programme. Apply by 23 Sept 2025 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

In this blog, Assistant Professor at @lshtm.bsky.social, Dr @jackieknee.bsky.social highlights how a One Health approach is driving coordinated efforts across Europe to monitor, understand, and tackle antimicrobial resistance 🌍💉 Read more: www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

#Chikungunya spreads from Indian Ocean islands🌏 Robert Jones explains #ClimateChange & transmission from people travelling unaware they're infected may be factors behind a recent surge in cases. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

#Famine in #Gaza already occurring, LSHTM experts warn Francesco Checchi & Marko Kerac say immediate opening of land borders for safe food deliveries vital as acute starvation risks disease, death, & long-term effects of #malnutrition. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

Congratulations to Jody Phelan for receiving the prestigious @esmyco.bsky.social Gertrud Meissner Award for his groundbreaking work on drug resistant tuberculosis 👏🌍 Read more 👉 bit.ly/4mfGDjW

Find out more about LSHTM research, events and people by following our centres, projects & groups 👇 Welcoming @icon-lshtm.bsky.social & @piru-lshtm.bsky.social to BlueSky! 🎉👏 #PublicHealth go.bsky.app/4FczAGW