The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: a new century of malaria research.

A Global Social Support System: What the International Community Could Learn From the United States’ National Basketball Association’s Scheme for Redistribution of New Talent

If global trade were fair, it is argued, then international aid would be unnecessary and inequalities inherent to the economic system would be justifiable. Here, we argue that while global trade is unfair, in part because richer countries set the rules, we believe that additional interventions must go beyond trade regulation and short-term aid to redress inequalities among countries that will p...

Towards a Global Social Support System: A Response to the Recent Commentaries

Pay for Performance: A Reflection on How a Global Perspective Could Enhance Policy and Research

Pay-for-performance (P4P) is the provision of financial incentives to healthcare providers based on pre-specified performance targets. P4P has been used as a policy tool to improve healthcare provision globally. However, researchers tend to cluster into those working on high or low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with still limited knowledge exchange, potentially ...

Travelers’ Reported Preventive Health Behavior in Jinja, Uganda

Introduction: Increasing international travel to low-income areas is confronting travelers with new health threats. This study investigated international travelers’ health advice, behavior, and information needs in a low-income setting.Methods: This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. Between October 27–31, 2014, 127 semi-structured surveys were c...

“Asymptomatic” Malaria: A Chronic and Debilitating Infection That Should Be Treated

1 Global Health Sciences, Malaria Elimination Initiative, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, 2 Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, 3 Ministry of Health, National Malaria Control Centre, Lusaka, Zambia, 4 Liverpool School of Trop...

National Health Service Principles as Experienced by Vulnerable London Migrants in “Austerity Britain”: A Qualitative Study of Rights, Entitlements, and Civil-Society Advocacy

Background Recent British National Health Service (NHS) reforms, in response to austerity and alleged ‘health tourism,’ could impose additional barriers to healthcare access for non-European Economic Area (EEA) migrants. This study explores policy reform challenges and implications, using excerpts from the perspectives of non-EEA migrants and health advocates in London.   Methods A qualitative ...