Group of 30+ researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) working on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and other aspects of environmental health.
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/ehg
Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM
Congratulations on a well deserved promotion @jackieknee.bsky.social!
🦆🌾🐌 Ducks In Rice
Presenting the first year of my PhD research with @laurabraun.bsky.social in Cardiff.
@lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social @lshtm-malaria.bsky.social
Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM
Excited to share our new research exploring gender and environmental health in four flood-prone communities in Salvador, Brazil. The study examines exposure pathways to leptospirosis through perceptions of disease and high-risk behaviours, using a sex-disaggregated and causally informed approach.
Nina Finley
Pools are a great way to cool off and get exercise.
While the benefits often outweigh the risks, pools have been linked to outbreaks of GI illness. Crypto is a common culprit given how long it can hang out in chlorinated water. Read more below!
@lshtm-ehg.bsky.social @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social
Ellie Delight
Jackie Knee
New paper out in @plosglobalpublichealth.org from EHG PhD student @elliedelight.bsky.social exploring how gender, perceptions of disease severity, and behaviours shape zoonotic spillover risk in urban Brazil.
See below! 👇
This work was a collaborative work with @oficialfiocruz.bsky.social and the Institute of Collective Health at the Federal University of Bahia (Brazil)
Meet Lara @laramoussa.bsky.social, a new EHG PhD student! Her work focuses on the links between climate change and acute malnutrition in the Sahel region. She aims to support and empower women in Senegal to mitigate the impacts of climate change on caregiving capacity and nutrition provision.
Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM
Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM
Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM
Our paper on the incubation periods of mpox clade Ib is out, with Javier-Perez Saez, @andrewazman.bsky.social @justinlessler.bsky.social Elizabeth Lee, @jackieknee.bsky.social @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
🚰 Our paper is out in PLOS Water!
“Understanding end-user preferences for hand hygiene enabling technologies: A mixed-methods study in peri-urban Lusaka, Zambia”
📄 Read here:
journals.plos.org/water/articl...
Results 👇
