Royal opening of CTID 2008-2009 issue Director’s Update

LSTM Director Professor Janet Hemingway example being the Malaria in Pregnancy (MiP) Consortium, established in March 2008 with an initial grant of $30 million.

LATH has also generated major new business in Malawi, with an exciting initiative funded by the UK’s Department for International Development that will allow us to help Malawi realise the benefits of applied research occurring in-country and integrate these, where appropriate, into its policy and planning activities within the Ministry of Health.

In an otherwise upbeat year the only cloud on our horizon is our ability to continue to access HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) funding. Changes in HEFCE’s accounting requirements mean that the affiliation with the University of Liverpool, which has benefitted both In March 2008 we moved around already made three new senior Institutions for over one hundred years, no 120 staff into our new building. The appointments. Sue Assinder has joined us longer appears viable in its current format. state of the art Category III space in as our Director of Education, while Joe HEFCE is currently funding a consultant to the Centre for Tropical and Valadez and Moses Bockarie have joined look at this issue. Infectious Diseases (CTID) building us to strengthen our International Health allows us to safely handle a number and Disease Control Strategy Groups We look forward to your continued support of pathogens and infected insects respectively. Stewart Tyson has been throughout the coming year as we continue in a way that was not possible in appointed as new Managing Director of to expand and develop the ways in which our old facilities, allowing us to Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health we can improve the health and wellbeing of expand the breadth of our work in (LATH Ltd), our technical assistance those most in need. search of new treatments and company, and we look forward to solutions to some of the world’s welcoming him to Liverpool in the autumn. most devastating tropical diseases. Our research programme continues to build CTID was officially opened by our The space freed up by moving with several major programmes funded Patron, HRH The Princess Royal approximately a third of our staff to CTID is recently by the Wellcome Trust. One of on 18 July. now scheduled for much needed these will allow us to validate a novel target You can read more about this renovation, and provides us with the site for drug development. Our successful landmark occasion in the centre opportunity to expand our existing activities relationship with the Bill and Melinda Gates pages. and bring in new senior staff. We have Foundation continues to develop, the latest

tropical 2008/09 New Developments in Education

New Director of Education Short Course in International Health Dr Sue Assinder has been appointed to the Consultancy new post of Director of Education. Sue’s Stemming from the work of LSTM’s previous role was as Director of the consultancy arm LATH, this short course Academic Development Unit at Bangor is designed to equip those intending to University, where she was responsible for pursue national, regional and delivering professional development in international health consultancy. The teaching and learning. Prior to this, she aims of the course are to enhance was a senior lecturer in the University’s knowledge and skills in the provision and School of Biological Sciences, before management of consultancy services becoming Head in 2003. Sue has within the context of international health extensive experience of quality assurance and deliver work that is robust, and curriculum development both at evidence-based and grounded in the Bangor and with the Quality Assurance reality of resource-poor settings. Agency and sits on the Advisory Board of Travel Expedition Medicine Course the Higher Education Academy Centre for Bioscience. One of her special interests is Building upon LSTM’s long history in the promoting public engagement with science field of travel medicine, a short course and she won the Biotechnology and has been developed focusing on travel Biological Sciences Research Council health and expedition medicine. The Science Communicator award in 1995 and course is particularly relevant to health is currently Education Officer of the Society professionals who may be advising for General Microbiology and Chair of the travellers or those who may be Education Committee of the Biosciences considering working as Federation. expedition medics. Fundraising for Humanitarian and Commenting on the appointment, LSTM’s & Infectious Diseases which replaces the Development Organisations Director Professor Janet Hemingway, said: Masters in Tropical Medicine. (new module) "Sue joins us at a very exciting time for learning and teaching. Her wide experience Masters in International Public Health With increasing competition for scarce and obvious passion for delivering a Introduced in September 2007, the resources and growing demands for student experience of the highest quality Masters in International Public Health agencies to respond to the changing will take our learning offer to the next level." replaced the Masters of Community Health priorities of donors, it has never been and has already proved extremely popular. more vital for those working in NGOs to Anticipating the challenge of her new role, The programme’s key aim is to enable develop and enhance their fundraising Sue said: "I am delighted to be joining graduates to provide leadership in public skills. ‘Fundraising for Humanitarian and such an internationally renowned health in middle and low income countries. Development Organisations’ is designed organisation and look forward to playing my to meet these challenges and equip part in establishing LSTM as an Masters in International Sexual & participants with both the theory and international leader in education. The Reproductive Health practical skills required to generate vital successful introduction of modular courses, Running from September 2008, this one income for their organisations. This the growth in demand for short courses and year Masters programme is being module, which is offered as part of the the possibilities for external teaching show delivered in partnership with the Division of MSc in Humanitarian Programme LSTM's strengths in quality academic Perinatal and Reproductive Medicine in the Management, is also available as a provision. I am very much looking forward School of Reproductive and ‘stand alone’ module. It will be run on to working with colleagues to develop and Developmental Medicine of the University selected Fridays in Semester 2, making it implement a new Learning, Teaching and of Liverpool and the Royal College of readily accessible to external participants Assessment strategy which will guide our Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. The who are working with UK based NGOs. learning and teaching portfolio over the programme explores Maternal and next decade." Neonatal Health, Family Planning, Details of these new education prevention, diagnosis and management of programmes and the range of Masters, New Modular Programmes STIs and HIV infection, adolescent health, Certificates, Diploma and short courses gender and gender-based violence. available at LSTM can be found on our In September 2007, LSTM introduced a website at www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/learning new modular framework for all Masters Masters in Health Care Management _teaching/index.htm programmes. This provides students with a We intend to introduce this Masters wider choice from a greater variety of programme in September 2009, please modules on offer. As part of this process visit the website for updates on the status we have created a new Masters in Tropical of this programme.

page 2 | 3 Working Together to Save Lives...

LSTM’s success as a centre of together to achieve progress and deliver proving increasingly attractive to grant excellence in tropical medicine and results which would be impossible funders keen to see results as quickly international health is based around working in isolation. LSTM’s integrated as possible. creating and sustaining successful and seamless ‘full service’ proposition partnerships which bring unique encompassing research, project expertise, technology and resources management and support services is

...in partnership with global industry Vector borne diseases are one of the major causes of death in developing countries and keep poor people poor through disability, death of principal earners and missed educational opportunities. LSTM is one of five leading institutions in the field of vector control products and information systems which make up the Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC). The IVCC is developing new and better ways to control

insect carriers of disease, including new a t n

insecticides and indoor residual sprays, e g and is currently partnering in projects with n y

Bayer and Syngenta. Commenting on the S f emerging partnerships with the o y s e

agrochemical industry, Dr Tom McLean, t r

IVCC’s Senior Executive Officer said: “It u o seems we have touched a deep vein of c e g desire to put their profound expertise to a m good use in the cause of public health.” I

Malaria in pregnancy is a major cause of ...in partnership with academic and severe maternal anaemia and preventable low birth weight in infants, which greatly international health organisations increases the risk of death. In Africa its complications are responsible for as many as 100,000 infants dying needlessly every year.

The Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium is led by LSTM and is comprised of 40 partner institutions in 28 countries around the world, joined in the fight against malaria in pregnancy and committed to improving its control and treatment. This five year programme of research will evaluate new and existing interventions for the prevention and treatment of malaria in pregnancy. It is funded by an initial $30 miilion grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and is also supported by the European Union.

Ntcheu Health Centre. Photo credit: University of North Carolina

tropical 2008/09 ...in partnership with Ministries of Health and NGOs

The ‘Addressing the Balance of Burden in to improve use of evidence by policy AIDS’ Research Programme Consortium makers, local programme implementers, (ABBA RPC) is helping the UK’s representatives of vulnerable groups and Department for International Development researchers so that better policies and drive forward its strategy for assisting programmes can be implemented for countries to tackle HIV and AIDS. The improving benefit to the poor and the consortium is managed by LSTM from vulnerable. ABBA RPC currently covers Liverpool and its goal is to improve the Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, effectiveness of efforts to reduce poverty Malawi, Swaziland and Uganda. and to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by reducing Left: Children take time for play at an vulnerability from HIV status. The RPC HIV/AIDS Project in KwaZulu Natal, works with Ministries of Health and NGOs Durban, South Africa.

...in partnerships to deliver humanitarian training

LSTM runs three programmes and a short humanitarian workers engaged in MANGO provides practical financial course aimed at developing the skills of emergency relief and development. The management training for NGO staff working people working in or intending to work in University of Liverpool’s School of Politics in development and humanitarian aid. humanitarian situations. and Communication Studies brings expertise on the political aspects of Experts from Merlin, MSF, Oxfam, Save the The Masters in Humanitarian Programme complex emergencies, sustainable Children (UK) and other leading NGOs and Management investigates current development, political and ethnic violence international organisations also contribute approaches to humanitarian programme and the role and responsibilities of the to the DHA faculty. management and developing models of media in humanitarian interventions. good practice. The programme is delivered in partnership with Bioforce Development The School of Law has an international Institute and MANGO (Management reputation in providing specialist training in Accounting for Non Governmental the Law of War and International Organisations). Bioforce, based in France, Humanitarian Law. Bioforce bring specialist is an international centre of excellence for training in international aid particularly professional training and human resources adapted to the needs of professionals in management, specialising in logistics, the field including logistics, administration, administration and project management. project management, vehicle fleet Former DHA student Ivor Morgan, MANGO is a UK charity established to management, water and sanitation. working with MedAir strengthen the financial management of NGOs and is a partner in the delivery of the Masters in Humanitarian Studies. This course reviews policies and practice in humanitarian assistance and analyses the effect of war, natural disasters and the international economy on social dislocation. The programme investigates the evidence base for current operational guidelines and explores novel approaches in responding to today’s humanitarian challenges.

Fundraising for Humanitarian and Development Organisations is a module designed to enhance the fundraising skills of NGO workers. Offered as part of the Humanitarian Programme Management MSc, it is also available as a ‘stand alone’ module accessible to external participants working with UK based NGOs.

LSTM’s Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance (DHA) is an innovative, multidisciplinary training programme for

page 4 | 5 LFSC becomes Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases

WHAT IS A ‘NEGLECTED’ WHAT ROLE DOES LSTM PLAY Much of the work of the Centre will TROPICAL DISEASE? IN ADDRESSING NTDs? continue to have a focus on LF, particularly as it continues to act as the Secretariat of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are The Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre Filariasis. The Centre received a medically diverse. Typically, a neglected (LFSC) was established in 2000 with unanimous vote of confidence to continue tropical disease is a chronic parasitic funding from the Department for at the Global Alliance’s recent bi-annual infection that is symptomatic of poverty and International Development and global meeting held in Arusha, Tanzania. neglect. According to the World Health GlaxoSmithKline. Its primary focus was to Organization, a neglected tropical disease work with partners of the Global Alliance to Successes to date prove that the affects the poorest of populations often Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis to progress interventions are technically feasible, living in remote, rural areas, urban slums or the goal of elimination of the disease by immediate, visibly powerful and highly cost- in conflict zones. With little political voice, 2020. In 2005 when the Centre’s contract effective. They demonstrate that NTD sufferers have a low profile and status was renewed, one of the goals for the next programmes to tackle NTDs can and must in public health priorities. Lack of reliable five years was advocacy to prioritise the be rapidly scaled up and this is what the statistics and unpronounceable names of integration of parasitic disease control Centre, together with partners, will work diseases have all hampered efforts to bring interventions into national health plans, towards achieving. them out of the shadows. NTDs, in recognising the benefits of treating a comparison to malaria, HIV/AIDS and TB, package of diseases together. NTDs have receive less attention and less funding to become a ‘brand name’ and now have a The WHO list of 14 NTDs: address their needs. Some NTDs could, momentum in terms of an increased priority with minimal funding (sometimes as low as on the global health agenda. • Buruli ulcer 1p per tablet), be either eliminated or • Leishmaniasis controlled and thereby have a major impact In recognition of its expanding role and the • Chagas disease on the health and wellbeing of opportunity of the arrival of Dr Moses • Leprosy communities. Bockarie in July 2008 as the new Director, • Cholera/Epidemic diarrhoeal diseases LFSC has been renamed the Centre for • Lymphatic filariasis Below: Queue for Doxycyclene treatment in Neglected Tropical Diseases (incorporating • Dengue/dengue haemorrhagic fever Cameroon. the Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre). • Onchocerciasis The new title is appropriate and timely • Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) Below right: LSTM PhD student Khalfan especially as the World Health • Schistosomiasis Mohammed, Program Manager for the Organisation, with whom the Centre works • Yaws Integrated Program of Lymphatic Filariasis, closely, has established its own Schistosomiasis and Soil Transmitted • Soil-transmitted helminthiasis Helminthiasis at the Ministry of Health and Department for Neglected Tropical Disease • Trachoma Social Welfare, Zanzibar, with individuals Control which has received strong support • Human African trypanosomiasis who have been successfully treated from the Director General, Dr Margaret (sleeping sickness). against LF. Chan.

tropical 2008/09 In conversation with Professor David Molyneux and Dr Moses Bockarie

Professor Molyneux’s career has resulted in a number of honours and awards, culminating in his appointment as President of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Most recently he has been awarded The Donald MacKay Medal in recognition of outstanding work in tropical health, especially relating to improvements in the health of rural or urban workers in the tropics. Commenting on the award Professor Peter Hotez, of The George Washington University, said “For this 2007 MacKay Medal, I can honestly think of no one more deserving than Professor Molyneux.”

In July 2008, as Professor David Molyneux was handing over Directorship (2000-2008) of the LFSC to Dr Moses Bockarie, Programme Coordinator Joan Fahy interviewed them both to give us a better understanding of the changes underway. Left: Professor David Molyneux and Right: Dr Moses Bockarie DAVID What are you enjoying most about your several discussions with other NTD Of all your many achievements with the retirement? support groups and organizations funding Centre is there one which stands out NTD activities as a package and I feel you are particularly proud of? I don’t yet feel I have retired! There are too excited about the opportunities ahead and many ongoing projects - the Presidency of very welcomed by all those I have spoken I think there are two major ones. The first is the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & with. that NTDs are now very high on the Hygiene for instance as well as too many international agenda: there is no likelihood requests to travel. I think the most And your longer term goals? that the Millennium Development Goals can enjoyable thing is not having to access be reached if we do not tackle these emails, although it is a habit I am finding To incorporate other neglected diseases diseases which affect the poorest billion extremely difficult to break. Perhaps this is like soil transmitted helminths into the people and we have contributed to the a question you should ask in another year! activities of the Centre and engage more recognition that this can be done. The in NTD activities in the Asia Pacific region second is that the LF programme has MOSES where I have 15 years experience of expanded more rapidly than any other working with NTDs. I also plan to expand global programme to date in terms of the With its official expansion to a our involvement in operational research. numbers reached. Since we started in 2000 Neglected Tropical Disease Control over one billion people have received Centre this is an exciting time to join the Has LSTM changed since your time treatments. There are active programmes Centre - what has been your initial here as a student? in 44 countries and we have strong focus? evidence that transmission of the disease It has expanded so much that it is hardly has stopped in Egypt, Sri Lanka, Vanuatu To reflect our commitment to the new recognizable from the structure I left when and Zanzibar. Also through our Bill and expanded portfolio, my initial focus is the I returned home after my PhD in 1992. Melinda Gates Foundation grant we have engagement of the other filariasis I was not aware of the existence of a PCR trained several people who with Liverpool community, working to alleviate the impact machine during my student days which is PhDs are now making a major contribution of river blindness (onchocerciasis) in Africa. now at the forefront of hi-tech science in the many diverse areas of NTDs. Professor Molyneux and I have long using state of the art equipment. experience working on onchocerciasis in The transitions in the physical, funding What will your focus be for the next two Africa and LSTM has a very strong and research environments are years? research group focusing on this infection. phenomenal. I am delighted to have the Professor Mark Taylor recently invited me opportunity to be part of this success Assisting the Centre to evolve under to participate in a meeting in Ghana story. Moses’ leadership and remaining active defining research priorities, training and with our partners in countries with WHO capacity building necessary to tackle this and undertaking advocacy work to ensure other neglected disease. Current trainees that the required resources flow to further in the Centre are involved in onchocerciasis reach the populations in need. control. Since my appointment, I have had

page 6 | 7 The United Republic of Tanzania is home to a variety of projects to Focus on: improve health and eradicate poverty in which LSTM has a major role. Working closely with the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and international development organisations, LSTM is helping to fight disease and improve health systems. These are just some of the major projects, partnerships and activities ongoing in Tanzania in which LSTM has a Tanzania leading role.

Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC)

Led by LSTM, the A-WOL Consortium The Problem consists of both academic and industrial partners and is funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The aim of the Consortium is to develop a new chemotherapy treatment against Wolbachia - a bacterial endosymbiont of filarial nematodes responsible for onchocerciasis (river blindness) and lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis). River blindness - 37 million This will be achieved through the Elephantiasis - 120 million development of technologies and tools to identify and evaluate novel drugs and targets, and to develop and refine existing drugs and regimes. The Reason

Back in 2005 LSTM’s Professor Mark Taylor recruited people infected with Wuchereria bancrofti from Kimanga village, Pangani, Tanzania. Half were assigned to placebo and half to an 8-week course of doxycycline. They found that doxycycline treatment resulted in almost complete elimination of adult worms 14 months after treatment and a sustained loss of Symbiotic bacteria (Wolbachia) microfilaraemia (the larval offspring) from at in the worm least 8 to 14 months after treatment.

Following this research Professor Taylor and the consortium applied for and The Solution received a $23 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to establish A-WOL. This early fieldwork by Professor Taylor and his team in Tanzania and other African countries was instrumental to establishing A-WOL and moving closer to the long-term goal of eliminating human filariasis.

Antibiotics clear the worm of bacteria

tropical 2008/09 Malaria is a major public health problem in Tanzania, being the leading Maternal and Newborn Health cause of outpatient and inpatient health service attendance and the in Tanzania leading cause of death in both children Left: Mama Salma and adults. In the last year for which Kikwete, first lady figures are available, there were nearly of the United 11 million probable or clinically Participants Republic diagnosed cases in a country with an of Tanzania and Mrs estimated population of 36 million. Sarah Brown, on a visit to Muhimbili National Hospital, Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) is one Dar es Salaam, of the primary vector control Tanzania. techniques where insecticide formulations are applied directly to interior walls, reducing the number of mosquitoes in the home, where most malaria transmission takes place. IRS would be more effective and cheaper to use if the products lasted longer and did not need to be reapplied as The Royal College of Obstetricians and maternal and newborn morbidity and frequently. Gynaecologists International Office (RCOG mortality in Tanzania. IO) is a partnership between the RCOG, IVCC, a consortium of five academic Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine The RCOG IO is currently working with institutions including LSTM, is working (LSTM) and Liverpool Associates in WHO Tanzania to develop a plan which to develop new and better ways to Tropical Health (LATH) and was will result in improved skilled birth control insect carriers of disease and is established in 2005. attendance and greater overall quality of currently partnering in projects with maternal and newborn care in Tanzania. Bayer and Syngenta respectively to Tanzania has one of the highest maternal The RCOG IO Life Saving Skills develop new long lasting IRS mortality ratio (950/100,000 live births) and neonatal mortality rates (43/1000) in the Emergency Obstetric Care course has also formulations. Both projects are making world. The key strategy to reducing been delivered in Kenya, South Africa, good progress and have identified lead maternal and newborn mortality is to Swaziland, Somaliland, Zimbabwe, Malawi formulations which are being tested at ensure good quality, skilled birth and Malaysia. field sites in Tanzania and other attendance and essential obstetric care are countries in Africa. Test huts are available and accessible for women. In mocked up as typical homes so that many countries, there are insufficient the effectiveness of formulations can numbers of skilled nurse-midwives and be tested under controlled conditions. doctors to deliver these health services.

The RCOG IO in collaboration with the Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Tanzania (AGOTA) conducted the first course in essential obstetric and newborn care for health care providers in Tanzania in September 2007. A programme has been developed to scale up in three further regions in Tanzania. Above: Participants upgrade their skills in an RCOG IO training In November 2007 the RCOG IO Director course Dr van den Broek accompanied Mrs Sarah Brown, wife of the Prime Minister and member of the RCOG International Advisory Group, on a tour of Mhumbili National Hospital in Dar es Salam Tanzania, to highlight the burden of high Pesticide field testing site in Tanzania

page 8 | 9 Eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis in Tanzania

Left: Professor David Molyneux (front row, far left) with former LSTM students reunited at the 5th GAELF meeting in Tanzania.

Below: Example of Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis) of the leg.

Tanzania has had a national Lymphatic results suggest that transmission has been Filariasis (LF) Elimination Programme dramatically reduced. The same applies in since 2000 and was the first country to Zanzibar where the programme is now begin a treatment programme. LSTM’s LF evaluating the results with support from the Support Centre provided the start up funds Gates Foundation. The impressive results to support Mass Drug Distribution in Mafia in transmission have also been seen in Island in 2000. This was the first LF treatment using limb washing and programme in sub saharan Africa and the hydrocele surgery where LF sufferers have Centre has continued to support the shown remarkable improvement in their Tanzania programme as well as the condition, reduced limb swelling and no Zanzibar programme. The Tanzanian fevers associated with filarial infection. Ministry of Health has up scaled with government funds and external donor The 5th Meeting of the Global Alliance to support to cover nearly ten million people Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF) in 2007. The Mafia Island programme has was held on 1st – 3rd April 2008, in Arusha, completed six rounds of treatment and the Tanzania.

Rotarians Eliminating Malaria in Tanzania

Rotarians Eliminating Malaria in Tanzania They distribute the nets along with the (REMIT) and LSTM work together to Rotaract and Interact clubs in Arusha. combat malaria in Tanzania. REMIT aims to raise funds to provide insecticide treated LSTM’s Dr Guy Barnish was recently nets, insecticides and medicines as well as awarded a Fellowship Award from REMIT HaemaCue machines to test for malaria. for his work in helping to eliminate malaria, see page 17. Funding is also being provided for greater education and awareness programmes which aim to increase the level of local knowledge on the symptoms and treatment of malaria and the often simple steps that everyone can take to increase their level of personal protection against the disease.

Through fundraising, REMIT supplies insecticide treated nets to the two Rotary clubs in Arusha, in northern Tanzania, who are the local partners in the programme.

tropical 2008/09 New horizons: LSTM’s key role in the growth of the Centre for Strategic Health

Studies, Damascus A teaching review meeting at the Centre for Strategic Health Studies.

The Centre for Strategic Health Studies Systems Management concludes next year, (CSHS) is an integral part of the during which students will carry out a European Union’s Health Sector research project submitted as a Modernisation Programme in Syria. The dissertation. The students have been project commenced in November 2006 exposed to a wide range of approaches to as a collaboration between the health teaching, many very different to the didactic sector and the Liverpool School of and rote learning methods they have Tropical Medicine. The Centre aims to previously experienced. Several of the train health professionals to Masters teaching staff are based at LSTM and are and PhD level in public health, health able to give the students the benefit of their systems management and health enormous collective international economics, to commission and experience within their fields. undertake appropriate research and provide consultancy, with the aim of Using the lessons learned in the first becoming the region’s most advanced academic year should enable all staff to hub of health studies. confirm major progress toward the aim of running training programmes to a standard Although much remains to be done, great and quality that is taken for granted in progress is being made, particularly in western Europe. Institutional, research and CSHS Project learning and teaching. The first Masters consultancy service development are also Director, programmes in Public Health and Health well underway. Amir Hassan

Organisational, institutional and national staff capacity building were addressed from the outset by LSTM as key to ensuring the development and sustainability of the Centre’s core work areas of education, research and consultancy services. Several LSTM staff have visited the Centre as Short Term Experts to advise on programme, policy and strategy development and implementation in their respective areas:

Hazel Howden-Leach, Educational Alan Hughes, Communications Technologist: “Part of the capacity Manager: “I was asked to advise the development arm of the programme in Syria CSHS on PR and communications, and is to enhance the learning and teaching specifically to develop a strategy which skills within the Centre. My role is to design could be used to address the identified and run a structured teacher training needs. I was able to use my experience of programme that offers certification to the the HE environment at LSTM to plan in the recognised UK standard and to work with strategy how communications could help the the staff to develop a Management Centre’s ambitious aims to be delivered.” Information System.”

Julia Martin, Information Systems Sian Roberts, Research Manager: Manager: “The CSHS had a requirement “During my visit to Damascus, I worked with to establish suitable IT and Library facilities. my Syrian counterpart on setting up My role was to carry out an overview of research management systems. these, drawing on current UK best practice The Centre aims to develop an active research base capable of attracting and advise how these could be competitive international funding and implemented. Martin Chapman from the I provided advice and assistance in setting Donald Mason Library has also assisted up the systems to support this. ” with the development of the Library Management System, staff training and library policy implementation.”

page 10 | 11 Liverpool. She was introduced to HRH Princess President Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Chairman James Ross and Director Janet Royal opens Hemingway before touring the building. Several research projects underway in the Centre for new building were showcased, from the multi million pound programmes funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to Tropical and research projects looking at indoor air pollution, safe motherhood and anti Infectious malarial drug development.

Diseases The Princess then joined groups of invited guests to learn more about their work and involvement with LSTM before calling the The biggest ever expansion in LSTM’s proceedings to a close with some words to research facilities was declared open for mark the occasion and the unveiling of a business on Friday 18 July when HRH The plaque. Princess Royal officially opened the new £23 million Centre for Tropical and The Princess commented that the new Infectious Diseases (CTID). building had given an enormous boost to research activities, enabling LSTM to make The state of the art facility, some ten years an even bigger impact, adding that in the planning, will help to save thousands because “the Liverpool School of Tropical of lives around the world by generating Medicine already punches well above its and trialling drugs, vaccines and weight in terms of numbers and impact on insecticides that will directly improve tropical diseases, that bodes very well for health. the future.”

The Princess Royal, LSTM’s Patron, was The Princess paid tribute to LSTM’s accompanied by the Lord Lieutenant of “astonishing workforce” and referred to the Merseyside, Dame Lorna Muirhead, and ongoing effort against fatal and debilitating the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of diseases before she performed the

tropical 2008/09 opening ceremony, saying: “Some of them Agency (NWDA) and the European I suspect will never go away but this Objective One Programme each gave £9 building has to be at the edge of how you million towards the project. There has also deal with those issues and you’ve given been substantial support from Liverpool yourself a very good chance of doing City Council and the Wolfson Foundation that.” among others.

Thanking her, Chairman James Ross Steven Broomhead, Chief Executive of the acknowledged the keen interest that the NWDA, said: “The new Centre cements Princess takes in LSTM. He said: “You’ve the Northwest's growing reputation as an been our Patron for eighteen years since international leader in medical and you took over from your father in 1990, scientific research and development.” and have always been an enormous supporter, and a very informed one.” Commenting on the new building, Chris Musson, Head of European Programmes Commenting on the new facilities, at Government Office for the North West, Professor Janet Hemingway, said: “In our said: “The CTID will enhance LSTM’s 110 year history, we have made significant position as an international centre of contributions to health from our existing excellence in tropical medicine and facilities. This fantastic new building gives support the creation of hundreds of highly us the potential to make an even greater skilled jobs for local people.” impact on the diseases affecting the world’s poorest people. The Centre provides some 7,800 square metres of laboratory, write up and office “It brings together, under one roof for the space on four levels, including Category III first time, a multidisciplinary team of laboratories and will further augment scientists capable of taking a scientific idea LSTM’s capability as the only organisation from ‘molecule to man’ and is at the very able to take drug research from molecule heart of our long term plans to generate design to first studies in man through to products to directly improve health in the large scale clinical trials. CTID will also developing world.” provide training for biotech graduates and build further links with the international The Northwest Regional Development pharmaceutical industry.

page 12 | 13 Malaria in Pregnancy (MiP) Consortium Update

The Malaria in Pregnancy (MiP) The Consortium’s research projects are committees in day-to-day management. Consortium was established in March 2008 aiming to find new drugs for the prevention The Secretariat also maintains a resource with a $30 million grant from the Bill and and treatment of MiP, to define the burden centre including an online library dedicated Melinda Gates Foundation. Led by LSTM, of, and determine the most effective to malaria in pregnancy, containing the Consortium consists of more than 40 prevention strategies for malaria in areas published and unpublished literature partner institutions in 28 countries, joined in outside of Africa and to identify the barriers relating to MiP, including a trial registry of the fight against MiP, which threatens more to scaling up new and existing interventions planned and ongoing trials, for use by than 80 million pregnancies a year globally. to achieve maximum public health impact. scientists, policy makers, funding agencies, Malaria in pregnancy is a major cause of These projects are now underway, with industry and other interested parties. The severe maternal anaemia and preventable some expected to generate initial results by MiP library can be found at www.update- low birth weight in infants, which greatly spring 2009 which will inform a second software.com/publications/malaria. The increases the risk of death. In Africa its phase. Consortium has also established a brand complications are responsible for as many identity and a website, which can be found as 100,000 infants dying needlessly every The secretariat of the Consortium is based at www.mip-consortium.org year. at LSTM and acts as the main source of information and communication. It provides Mothers and newborns at the Kingasani Current strategies to control MiP include assistance to the Chief Executive Officer maternity hospital, Kinshasa, Democratic preventing infection with insecticide treated and the chairs of the governance Republic of Congo. nets and preventative medication, and treating malaria and consequent anaemia promptly and effectively. Unfortunately, these strategies are not widely applied for a number of reasons and where they are, there is growing resistance to the most commonly used drugs. There is also a lack of knowledge and consequent policy k initiatives regarding prevention in Asia and i n h s Latin America, where malaria transmission e M e v e is low but the effects are proportionately t S t i d

more severe. e r c o t o h p

TB Under the Microscope

The diagnosis of pulmonary TB is based on microscopes have the potential to replace the examination of sputum samples using conventional FM or light microscopes at light microscopy in most high burden reference and peripheral laboratories of countries. This process is time consuming high TB burden countries, but need to be and has low sensitivity. Fluorescent properly evaluated. LSTM’s Dr Luis Cuevas microscopes (FM) have a higher sensitivity and Dr Mohammed Yassin are evaluating and save time, because the slides are the sensitivity, specificity and acceptability examined at lower magnification. These of LED-FM in a multicentre study in Nigeria, microscopes are expensive, require dark Nepal, Yemen and Ethiopia. rooms and frequent replacement of the lightbulb. There are thus hundreds of The study is funded by the World Health unused microscopes in developing Organisation and builds on a series of countries. studies conducted to optimise smear microscopy. If all goes well, these studies Recent advances in Light Emitting Diode are likely to change global policies for the (LED) technology have led to the diagnosis of TB in 2009-10. development of LED-based fluorescent microscopes. These microscopes cost a fraction of conventional microscopes, do Dr Yassin demonstrating the new LED-FM not require a dark room and the LEDs last microscope to staff in Ethiopia for more than 50,000 hours. These

tropical 2008/09 Teamwork shows the way forward for LATH

Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health systems work in Kenya. Funders who have (LATH), LSTM’s consultancy and technical never shortlisted us before have begun to assistance arm, has faced some respond to our new approach. Danida challenges recently. Two valuable (Danish aid) are now positioning us at the programmes in Nigeria and Malawi funded final stage of the selection process for work by the Department for International in Kenya, whilst our commercial scores with Development (DFID) came to an end and it our traditional funders such as DFID have was imperative to win new contracts. begun to increase, with the recent Malawi However, LATH’s recent track record was project win earning us our highest disappointing. Interim CEO Phil Gould commercial score ever. takes up the story: The new project work necessitated “Our recent bid success for projects had restructuring our programme arm into a been below the norm. The LSTM linkages programmes delivery team. This team, led meant that we generally scored highly on by Stephen Cooper, is presently recruiting the technical component of our bid, but it in the UK and overseas for a number of Dr Phil Gould, LSTM’s Chief Business Officer seemed we were losing out because of new positions to support these projects. In poor commercial scores. LATH needed to Liverpool we are also recruiting for a new Short term technical assistance is an area step up its game and become more Programmes Operations manager for our that LATH is now re-organising, and has competitive to win new work. DFID programmes and strengthening our developed the concept of a business programmes team for the USAID projects. centre for TA, around a TA team, which we We looked at the organisation and formed will be briefing LSTM and other partners a bid team, led by Stephen Collens, head The winning of this new work has also on shortly. of business development and supported by meant that we have begun to change our Dougal Freeman, our finance director. The regional office network. We have opened a Finally, with LATH now positioned to win whole bid process was overhauled, new office in Malawi and formed a new and deliver more important health responsibilities clearly defined and a new Company for our work – LATH Umoyo Ltd programmes around the world, I will be process devised which reconfigured how (the Chichewa word for health). We have handing over to the new CEO, Dr Stewart we compiled and costed our bids. also opened an office in Washington DC to Tyson, in early September 2008. Stewart help with our USAID work. This has helped is a medical graduate of Liverpool and I’m delighted to say that the new approach us to resolve some difficulties with the start joins us from DFID where he was head of is working – we have won an important new up of residual spraying projects in a heath policy. We look forward to health research capacity strengthening number of African countries and has welcoming Stewart to LATH and wish him consultancy project in Malawi, an continued our involvement in the USAID well in his new role. immunisation project in Nigeria, a health capacity project, stimulating a number of systems strengthening project in South USAID funded supportive technical Sudan and a major extension to our health assistance (TA) projects.

Above: The New LATH USA office in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington DC. Left: Mr Fisher, Margaret Caffrey, Paul Marsden and Cecilia Cruz outside the LATH Umoyo Ltd Malawi office.

page 14 | 15 LSTM branding rollout

LSTM’s new brand identity was officially launched on 2 January 2008 with an introductory quick start leaflet, redesigned website, intranet, letterhead paper and compliment slips. Since then, the new brand has been applied to business cards, internal and external signage, posters, presentations, exhibitions, leaflets, screen displays, merchandise – even a mini superlambanana!

Approval for a brand review was authorised in late 2006 and an external design agency was selected to assist with the process. A series of workshops, a further review and a final period of external testing produced a design with overwhelming support, a simple and sympathetic evolution of the old identity into a fresh, modern forward-looking image which supports LSTM’s future aspirations.

An extensive guidelines document with full technical specifications and worked examples of how to use the brand across different media was produced to help with the transition. Despite the comprehensive approach, there were instances where some further interpretation was needed. Alan Hughes, Communications Manager, said: “We tried to cover as many scenarios as possible but within a document that would be manageable. We’ve developed a new template for using the brand within poster presentations as a result of some of the feedback we’ve received.”

Feedback on the new brand has been overwhelmingly positive, with staff and students alike keen to start using the new logo. Sue Cain, Administrator in Child and Reproductive Health group, said: “I took part in one of the initial workshops and chose an early version of the new logo as one of my favourites but in a different colour. Six months down the line, I like it more rather than less - I think it is modern, clear and very recognisable. It presents an image of an institution with a purpose and a mission without being pretentious. I’ve even become more reconciled to the colour!”

Sarah Lewis-Newton, Library Manager, said: “The Library recently took over provision of LSTM merchandise which happily coincided with the rebranding, giving us freedom to launch a new range of items. I believe that the new logo has been very well received, especially if the merchandise sales are anything to go by.”

tropical 2008/09 Dissemination capacity building workshop for researchers from China and Vietnam

Writing academic papers for publication in but need varying degrees of mentoring and plenary discussions, small group work international journals is a key method of input to use the data they have collected to and one-to-one mentoring. disseminating research findings, and a develop academic papers for international critical capacity which researchers must publication. The workshop was organised by develop to enable them to influence Dr Rachel Tolhurst, Lecturer in Social international health policy and strategies. The main aim of the workshop, funded by Science in International Health, Researchers working on health systems the China Medical Board, was to build their Dr Xiaoyun Liu, Lecturer in International development in the International Health capacity to develop papers for submission Health and Mrs Joanna Raven, Group at LSTM are collaborating with to international journals, but the workshop Research Assistant in International colleagues in China and Vietnam on a large focused on the development of specific Health. EU-funded project aiming to develop papers as a practical exercise. equitable and sustainable rural health insurance in these countries. Researchers Senior researchers from LSTM, European, and particularly junior staff in partner Chinese and Vietnamese partners institutions spend a great deal of effort collaborated to support the development of organising and conducting data collection, these papers through presentations,

REMIT Award for Guy Barnish

Dr Guy Barnish, Senior Lecturer in Parisitology at LSTM was presented with a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellowship Award, for his work in helping to eliminate malaria in Tanzania. Professor Barnish is a sponsor of REMIT (Rotarians Eliminating Malaria in Tanzania) which aims to raise funds for equipment, education and research into malaria and is working with LSTM and other institutions to combat malaria in Tanzania.

Dr Barnish, second from left, receiving the Rotarian award

page 16 | 17 LSTM is proud to be celebrating the Capital of Culture accolade alongside so many of the City’s institutions and community groups. Staff and students have been working with partners across the City and beyond to place our own unique mark on a year to remember.

Extraordinary Journey

In September 2007 Liverpool Culture Company joined forces with LSTM and a host of other partners to celebrate the impressive and pioneering contribution made by Merseyside’s health & social care community to the culture of the City and the effect on the rest of the world. Extraordinary Journey encapsulated those contributions and charted the role that LSTM and other institutions have played, from the 19th century to present day. The festival launched at Liverpool’s St George ’s Hall and told this extraordinary story through visual art, photography, drama, dance and poetry. Poster for Extraordinary Journey, courtesy of A creative health network has been established Liverpool Culture to facilitate future collaborations . Company

Discover India Dr Gibby Koshy, a Paediatrician and as it has opened up a unique opportunity to Postgraduate Research Student with the indulge in the diverse and rich cultural Child and Reproductive Health Group at heritage and culinary experience of India. LSTM, and his wife Dr Navya Grace Paul Gibby is just one of many students at LSTM were among the participants in the ‘Mil Sur organising cultural events for the benefit of Mera thumara’ cultural event conducted as fellow students and the wider community. part of the Discover India programme 2008. LIMCA is a non-profit, non-political, A festival of Indian dance, music and food non-religious cultural organisation with a was organised and conducted by the constitution and by-laws. LIMCA provides a Liverpool Malayalee Cultural Association forum for Malayalees residing in Liverpool (LIMCA) on 26th April 2008 at Liverpool’s and neighbouring areas to meet and Broadgreen High School as part of the exchange views, foster friendship and Capital of Culture celebrations, with the share social, educational, literary, artistic support of Liverpool City Council. This and cultural heritage. event has generated widespread interest among the local communities in Liverpool,

tropical 2008/09 Alexei Sayle Super’kalazar’banana

visits LSTM LSTM joined the Go Superlambananas The design is an artistic interpretation of ‘Alexei Sayle’s Liverpool’ follows the City’s event which saw more than 100 mini the life cycle of the Leishmania parasite cultural identity and history, as revisited by replicas of the original SuperLamBanana as it moves between the insect and the Liverpool born comedian and writer Alexei Sayle. Paying tribute to Capital of Culture sited across Liverpool this summer. The human. The disease is also called ‘Kala status, BBC 2 commissioned Oxford Film original was commissioned by Liverpool Azar’ (Hindi for Black Fever) hence the and Television to produce a three part City Council and designed by Japanese name of the sculpture, series screened in June 2008. Alexei artist Taro Chiezo, whose sculpture quickly Super’kalazar’banana. Funded by the interviewed Professor Steve Ward and with the help of Rick Young examined some became an iconic symbol of Liverpool. Wellcome Trust, the group at LSTM are rather exciting specimens in the Dagnall Inspiration was drawn from Liverpool’s role working on diverse aspects of the parasite Laboratory before joining Rob Harrison and as a world port, importing and exporting and sand flies; trying to understand how Paul Rowley in the Venom Research Unit. bananas and lambs wool. As part of the the insect transmits the parasites, • Alexei Sayle with LSTM’s Rick Young Capital of Culture celebrations , sequencing the genome of the sand fly organisations in Liverpool were invited to Lutzomyia longipalpis from South America, bring something of their own character to researching vaccines and also the new designs. studying the epidemiology of the LSTM scientists Rod Dillon and Hektor disease with colleagues in Brazil. Diaz wanted to communicate how blood sucking sandflies spread parasites called Leishmania causing the disease Leishmaniasis which kills thousands of people each year.

LSTM Hosts Humanitarian Photography Exhibition

From September to October 2008 LSTM hosts the 11th Luis Valtuena International Humanitarian Photography Award Exhibition. The award is a tribute to four humanitarian workers who were murdered in the field. The exhibition serves to promote the work of those committed to working wherever humanitarian emergencies arise, a commitment shared by LSTM through the Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance, the MSc in Humanitarian Programme Management and the MSc in Humanitarian Studies. The exhibition is organised by Médecins du Monde UK, an international humanitarian aid organisation that recruits medical and non-medical volunteers, who provide healthcare for vulnerable populations. K U e d n o M u d s n i c e d é M f o y s e t r u o c e g a m I Superkalazarbanana outside LSTM • Southern Sudan: the Fight against www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/lambanana Sleeping Sickness 2 – Miguel Cuenca Candel (Spain) 2007

page 18 | 19 Education and Training Programmes 2007-2008 Masters Programmes Diploma & Certificate Programmes Masters in Tropical & Infectious Diseases Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Certificate in Tropical Community 15 students attended this programme from 65 students attended this programme Medicine & Health September 20 07, from 11 countries: which began in September 2007 from 1 9 8 students attended this programme which Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Ireland (1), countries: ran from February to May 200 8, from Kuwait (1), Libya (2), Nigeria (2), Spain (1), Australia (1), Austria (1), Canada (1), 7 different countries: Sudan (2), Tanzania (1), UK (2), China (1), Germany ( 5), Ghana (1), China (1), Ethiopia (1), Japan (1) Zimbabwe (1). Greece (1), India ( 1), Italy ( 3), Libya (1), Norway (2), Spain (1), Taiwan (1), Netherlands (1), Nigeria (4), Norway ( 2), and UK ( 1). Masters Medical Microbiology New Zealand (1), Singapore (1), 11 students attended this programme from Sri Lanka (1), Sudan (1), UK ( 36 ) Research students September 2007 from 8 different countries : and USA (2). 97 students from 28 countries were Ethiopia (1), India (1), Ireland (1), registered as research students in May Guatemala (1), Nigeria (1), Malawi (1), Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 2008: Belgium (1), Botswana (1), Saudi Arabia (1), UK (4). 87 students attended this programme Canada (1), China (2), Egypt (1), which began in February 2008 from 25 Ghana (2), Ireland (2), Kenya (4), Libya (1), Masters Biology & Control of Parasites countries: Malawi (1 1), Malaysia (1), Maldives (1), & Disease Vectors Afghanistan (1), Australia ( 5), Canada ( 2), Mexico (2), Netherlands (1), Nigeria ( 2), 14 students attended this programme Denmark (1), Egypt (1), Germany ( 7), Pakistan (1), Palestine (1), Peru (1), which started in September 2007 from 6 India ( 3), Ireland (1), Italy ( 2), Japan (2), Portugal ( 3), Saudi Arabia ( 3), Sri Lanka different countries: Malaysia (1), Myanmar (Burma ) (1), (1), Syria ( 2), Tanzania (2), Thailand (5), Canada (1), Germany (1), India (1), New Zealand (1), Nigeria ( 3), Norway ( 4), Uganda (1), United Kingdom (3 5), Malaysia (1), UK (9), Zimbabwe (1). Pakistan (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Venezuela (1), Yemen ( 6) Singapore (1) , South Korea (1), Spain (1), Masters Molecular Biology of Parasites & Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), Sudan (3), In addition, 163 people attended LSTM & Disease Vectors UK (3 6) and USA ( 6). LATH short courses during 2007/2008. 2 students attended this course which started in September 2007 from Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance 2 countries: UK (1), USA (1). 12 students attended this course which ran from February - April 2008 . Students came Medals and Prizes Masters in Veterinary Parasitology from 1 0 different countries: 5 students attended this course, which Australia (1), Germany (1), Ireland (1 ), Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene started in September 2007: Netherlands (1), Madagascar (1), Milne Medal in Tropical Medicine UK (4), Ireland (1). Malawi (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), Matthew Kelly , 2008, UK ( 3) , USA (1). Rosemary Fok , 2007 Masters in International Public Health 7 students attended this programme which Diploma in International Public Health Blacklock Medal in Parasitology and ran from September 2007 3 students from 3 countries: Gambia (1), Medical Entomology Afghanistan (1), France (1), Germany (1), Malawi (1), Sudan (1). Patrick Avery , 2008, Ireland (1), Japan (1), Netherlands (1), Susan Morpeth , 2008 Tanzania (1). Diploma in Reproductive Health Warrington Yorke Medal in International 7 students attended this programme which Community Health Masters In Humanitarian Studies ran from April July 2008 from 4 countries: Denise Wild , 2008, 11 students attended this programme which Ghana (2), Nigeria (3), Malawi (1), Richard Maude , 2007 began in September 2007. Tanzania (1) Students came from 5 countries: Masters in Applied Parasitology Spain (2), Nigeria (1), UK (3), USA (3), Certificate in International Public Health Jervis Prize Zimbabwe (1) . 1 ( UK ) student attended this programme Gemma Smith , 2008 which ran from September 2007 to January Masters in Humanitarian Programme 2008 . Management Andrew Campbell Memorial Prize Jennifer Holden , 2008 7 students attended this programme which Certificate in Tropical Community began in September 2007 from 4 countries: Medicine & Health Most improved student France ( 2), Netherlands (1), 11 students attended this programme which Colin Bullough Prize Switzerland (2), UK (2). ran from September to December 200 7 Sadiya Nasir , 2008 from 4 different countries : Australia (1), Masters in Tropical Paediatrics Norway (6), Sweden (1), and UK ( 3). Nine students attended this course which began in September 20 07, from 7 countries: Iran (1), Japan (2), Kuwait (1), Libya (1), Spain (1), Sudan (2), Uganda (1).

tropical 2008/09 New Professor of International Health appointed

Joe Valadez joined LSTM’s International cluster sampling for applications in large Health group in July from the World Bank, countries. Currently, he is developing new where he was the Senior Monitoring and approaches for rapid mapping of disease Evaluation Specialist on the Global prevalence to support community treatment HIV/AIDS Programme and the Malaria programmes of schistosomiasis and Booster Program for Africa. A community school-based intermittent preventive epidemiologist, he earned his Doctorate in treatment of malaria. He is also working to Science at Harvard, joining the Harvard assess the relative effectiveness of diverse faculty in 1986. He has since worked in service delivery strategies on covering more than 45 countries, including Kenya, community populations with pubic health where he was Director of Projects for the programmes. African Medical and Research Foundation and in Rwanda where he served as Senior Listing his priorities on joining, Joe said: Health Officer for UNICEF immediately “I’m developing a six-month workplan to after the genocide, helping the new guide my efforts while I settle into LSTM. Rwandan government develop a Ministry of Firstly, I intend to learn about the work that Health. Much of his research has focused colleagues are carrying out so that I can on the development of rapid and practical link my own research with them whenever programme monitoring and evaluation possible. Secondly, I am studying the techniques that adapt quality control priorities of likely donors and preparing statistics as used in industry for application concept notes which I can use to begin a Professor Joe Valadez in community health programmes. He dialogue with them - in my opinion, the best developed a state of the art Lot Quality recipe for successful development of Assurance Sampling method during the funding proposals is to include donors as partner agencies so that I can establish a mid-1980s which is used internationally and participants early in the design stage. network of institutions with whom I and recently integrated this approach with Finally, I’m consolidating my contacts with LSTM can collaborate.”

Monday 2nd February - Friday 6th February 2009 Travel Medicine & Expedition Medicine Course

The 5 day course is aimed at interested health professionals advising travellers or those planning to work as expedition medics.

This course will cover the fundamentals of travel health and expedition medicine.

Venue: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA To enquire about the course please contact:

Laura Hand Postgraduate Programme Administrator £525 for full week Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine or £115 per day Pembroke Place Liverpool, L3 5QA Telephone: 0151-705-3208 Email: [email protected]

page 20 | 21 Fundraising Appeals

As a registered charity LSTM relies heavily upon private donations of all sizes to undertake existing work and to react to new developments. Funding comes from a mixture of public and private sector supporters. Further support is particularly required to continue a refurbishment programme and provide further support for students. r e t n e C

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Refurbishment Appeal Support for Students Neglected Tropical Diseases Refurbishment of LSTM’s three older LSTM needs extra funds to provide new (NTDs) building is a priority. The success of scholarships and basic hardship funding for The newly established Neglected Tropical establishing CTID is closely followed by the students who have poor resources of their Disease Control Centre (incorporating the demand for new and improved teaching own. Donations of any amount can Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre) areas and office accommodation to provide contribute to training the doctors, scientists expands the work of the LF Centre and will a full range of facilities for staff, students and health professionals who are fighting to be pushing forward more programmes to and visitors. Donations of any amount will control diseases of poverty and to develop tackle NTDs. Further information on NTD contribute to the overall programme of more effective systems for health care. Control Centre and an interview with Dr development. Moses Bockarie and Professor David Molyneux can be found on pages 6 & 7.

Foreign Currency Appeal Business Support LSTM accept donations of foreign currency If your business is interested in supporting If you are a former LSTM (coins or notes) of any amount. Please LSTM by making a donation, sponsorship student or member of staff and have a look at home and in work to see if or providing goods or services in-kind, or if would like to be kept informed you have foreign currency that you have your business would like to place an advert of developments at LSTM please left over from an overseas trip. Even if the in the next addition of this publication, email the Development Office currency is no longer in circulation we can please contact the Development Office to with your latest contact details still exchange it for funds that will improve discuss how supporting LSTM is good and we will send you tropical people’s lives. business. either by email or post.

If you would like to support any of Billy Dean, Development Officer, these appeals or another aspect of LSTM, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK work at LSTM please contact Email: [email protected] Development Officer Billy Dean via Tel: +44 (0)151 705 3272 Fax:+44 (0)151 705 3743 the details right. www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/about/fundraising_alumni/index.htm

tropical 2008/09 researching and educating to save lives

LSTM Mission Statement

As a centre of excellence, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, through the creation of effective links with governments, organisations and institutions and by responding to the health needs of communities, aims to promote improved health, particularly for people of the less developed countries in the tropics and sub-tropics by:

1. providing and promoting high quality education and training;

2. conducting first-class research and dis seminating the result of that research;

3. developing systems and technologies for health care and assisting in their transfer and management;

4. providing appropriate consultancy services; in fulfilling this mission the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine also provides a clinical service of acknowledged excellence.

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