The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is Britain’s national school of public health and a leading postgraduate institution in Europe for public health and tropical medicine. Part of the University of London, the London School is an internationally recognized centre of excellence in public health, international health and tropical medicine with a remarkable depth and breadth of expertise. It is one of the highest-rated research institutions in the UK.

Its mission is to improve the health worldwide through the pursuit of excellence in research, postgraduate teaching and advanced training in national and international public health and tropical medicine, and through informing policy and practice in these areas.

Contact details:

• Address: Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK

• Switchboard: +44 (0)20 7636 8636

• Fax: +44 (0)20 7436 5389

• http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/