Prof Stephen Allen and Dr Benjamin Kadia were guest editors and contributors to an issue on childhood stunting published by the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B which brings together international evidence on the biological, biomedical and environmental factors that contribute (1/3)
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Three fully funded PhD opportunities available.
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) continues to threaten efforts to end the global TB epidemic. A new study in Sierra Leone led by LSTM has highlighted a high mortality rate amongst people with MDR-TB, with around 1 in 10 dying within 12 months after successfully completing treatment. (1/3)
The study, published in The Lancet Regional Health – Africa, found that these were associated with a range of medical and social factors, including HIV, smoking and chronic lung disease. (2/3)
