Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM
@LSHTM_Crises
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We are a cross-faculty team of researchers @LSHTM focused on supporting and improving the health of everyone affected by #HumanitarianCrisis
London & worldwide
Joined November 2017
📢 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 👇 https://t.co/tPz65kaMAZ
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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.
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🚨 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: https://t.co/KGccTPbCgZ
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📰 @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 👇 https://t.co/VNu8jF37fZ
thelancet.com
Nigeria faces an epidemic of violence-related and criminally motivated deaths. Thousands of lives have been lost to acts of terror, with communities disrupted by village raids, student abductions,...
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🌟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 👉 https://t.co/Cr9JNOTheA
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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: https://t.co/AXnWfySOOp In-person in London + online
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🎉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👉 https://t.co/Cr9JNOTheA
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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 ⬇️
GOAL is a partnership between National Mental Health Programme Lebanon, @LSHTM, @AbaadMENA, @WarChildLebanon, @BeyondTextOrg & @USJLiban 🤝
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GOAL is a partnership between National Mental Health Programme Lebanon, @LSHTM, @AbaadMENA, @WarChildLebanon, @BeyondTextOrg & @USJLiban 🤝
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🌍 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. 👇 https://t.co/ITTGK6Rhzo
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Supporting refugee wellbeing: the GOAL project on mental health system strengthening in Lebanon | LSHTM
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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. https://t.co/bBS92w6gmb
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This blog reflects on the collective action required for data information systems in the context of community kitchens in Sudan
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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
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Say the “F” word: Famine and the Need for a Collective Voice in Sudan
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This blog reflects on the collective action required for data information systems in the context of community kitchens in Sudan
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🆕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 👇 https://t.co/wYZBYkqMVy
pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com
Background The war in Tigray Region, Ethiopia (November 2020 to November 2022) ended with formal commitments to accountability, but these have yet to produce publicly available accounts of the harms...
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Interested in developing service user participation in services, systems and policies? 👇🏽 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 👇
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: https://t.co/SYhrMn4ny8
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
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🌍 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 🔗 https://t.co/UOn27OceIV
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🚨 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 🔗
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📢 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: https://t.co/HYOyFXj8VO
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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
War, displacement and disaster: The mental health toll on girls in Myanmar | LSHTM
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