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Study at LSTM Themes that guide our work

A female researcher in a white lab coat and bright orange protective gloves leans over a laboratory bench to examine samples through a microscope. She is focused on the microscope’s eyepiece, adjusting the equipment with one hand while holding a sample tray with the other. The laboratory environment around her includes scientific equipment, storage units, and waste containers, emphasising a professional setting for detailed sample analysis.

Shaping global health since 1898

When it was established in 1898, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine was the first institution in the world dedicated to research and teaching in tropical medicine.

Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
Community Health and Resilient Health Systems
Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases
Equity and Capacity Research
Innovation to Impact: Therapeutics, Diagnostics, Vaccines
Maternal, Neonatal, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Tuberculosis and Anti-microbial Resistance
Vector Control and Resistance Management
Climate Health

Since then, our mission has been to positively impact the health and wellbeing of the most disadvantaged populations across the globe ; working in partnership to build capacity and deliver resilient health systems.

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