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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Also Known As LSHTM · London School of Tropical Medicine
School of Public Health
A school of public and global health founded in 1899 at the London Docks, today occupying two sites in the Bloomsbury area of London, at Keppel Street and Tavistock Place, with units in The Gambia and Uganda. Its mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide, working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice. Originally set up to serve a colonial mission, it now describes itself as a global network of specialist centres and partners, with around 3,500 staff conducting research in more than 100 countries.
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineIntroducing LSHTM page, history
Founded in 1899 at the London Docks, LSHTM has two UK sites in the Bloomsbury area of London at Keppel Street and Tavistock Place, and units in The Gambia and Uganda. Originally set up to serve a colonial mission, today we are a global network of specialist centres and partners, working together to improve health worldwide.
Introducing LSHTM page, mission
Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.
Introducing LSHTM, 1899 founding
Founded in 1899 at the London Docks, LSHTM has two UK sites in the Bloomsbury area of London at Keppel Street and Tavistock Place, and units in The Gambia and Uganda.
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT
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A school of public and global health founded in 1899 at the London Docks, today occupying two sites in the Bloomsbury area of London, at Keppel Street and Tavistock Place, with units in The Gambia and Uganda.
- In Branch: Public Health, Introducing LSHTM, public health mission
- Associated With: Global Health, Introducing LSHTM, global health research
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1899 (as London School of Tropical Medicine)
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