LSHTM Audio News - August 2008

Published: Feb. 6, 2009, 2:21 p.m.

b'Derek Thorne and Peter Goodwin talk with Bayard Roberts, Si\\xe2n Clarke, Sandy Cairncross, Claire Bertschinger and Virginia Berridge of The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine about:\\n- depression and post traumatic stress disorder in war-torn northern Uganda and the lessons to be drawn from a research project there;\\n\\n- the unexpected additional value of using malaria drugs at regular intervals among school children in Kenya;\\n\\n- the key role of sanitation in preventing infant deaths all over the world and what is being done to improve it;\\n\\n- the life and work of the nurse who inspired Band Aid and Live Aid, as she receives an honorary doctorate;\\n\\n- the \\u201cmarketing\\u201d of health to the British public, as illustrated by the way attitudes to smoking have changed over the years.'