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📝 LSHTM & @ukhsa.bsky.social have renewed & expanded #UKPHRST academic partnership.

🤝LSHTM will lead a consortium from UK & 6 countries across Africa & SE Asia to co-produce research to protect global health security.

Funding: DHSC with UK ODA & NIHR

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LSHTM to lead research partnership in £18m outbreak response initiative | LSHTM
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has been selected to lead the research arm of the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) in an £18m initiative to continue to help
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June 16, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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🚨🧪 Our UK Public Health Rapid Support Team has deployed a fully functioning mobile laboratory to one of the world’s most remote locations to support the hantavirus outbreak response.

Read our blog post for the full story 🔗 https://bit.ly/4wxnlwo
People unload large equipment cases from the back of a vehicle on a roadside near an airport setting, with more cases nearby. Overlaid text reads “Lab in a bag lands in Saint Helena” and explains the challenge of transporting a full laboratory to a remote island, followed by the question “But why did we do it?” People at an airport stand beside multiple large black flight cases and luggage trolleys, preparing equipment for travel. Overlaid text explains that the government of Saint Helena requested help during the hantavirus outbreak and that UK-PHRST responded within 24 hours, with a prompt asking “Who are UK-PHRST?” Three team members stand outdoors for a group photo in front of buildings and trees. Overlaid text explains that the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team responds quickly to outbreaks worldwide and introduces team members, including two microbiologists and an infection prevention and control expert, with a prompt asking “What’s the impact?” A portable glovebox laboratory setup sits on a wooden desk in a clinical room. The unit has sealed arm ports, ventilation tubes, and protective gloves nearby, alongside control equipment and testing supplies. Overlaid text explains that deploying the team helps train laboratory and healthcare staff to manage hantavirus safely and reduce community spread, followed by “That is what rapid response looks like.”
May 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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CARPHA and UK-PHRST Deliver Outbreak Response Training for Caribbean Health Professionals Through Landmark Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network Workshop
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. August 20, 2025.  The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) and the World Health Organiz...
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August 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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In this article, Tanu Soni, Capacity Strengthening Officer in our UK-Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST), reflects on how a peer learning approach is equipping teams to handle outbreak responses 🌍

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond-technical-skills-how-peer-learning-transforming-m1ore/
Participants in a peer learning programme collaborate together. Inset, Tanu Soni
August 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Associate Professor in Epidemiology – UK-PHRST
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...
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May 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Associate Professor in Epidemiology – UK-PHRST
London, United Kingdom #Epijobs
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Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Associate Professor in Epidemiology – UK-PHRST
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...
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May 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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🎓#UKPHRST just delivered GOARN's Tier 1.5 Orientation to National & International Outbreak Response workshop to the Caribbean Public Health Agency.

This will help strengthen the region’s capacity to respond to disease outbreaks.

More info👉 bit.ly/3HwMvXv

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Ed Newman: Working alongside GOARN, we're proud that UK-PHRST has the expertise to deliver these workshops, sharing our learning and experience andthat of our partners - helping ensure CARPHA and its Members States are better equipped to respond to future public health emergencies.
August 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is deploying public health specialists from the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and across the region.
UK Public Health Rapid Support Team deploys in response to the Ebola outbreak
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is deploying public health specialists from the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and...
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June 16, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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UK Public Health Rapid Support Team deploys in response to the Ebola outbreak
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is deploying public health specialists from the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and...
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June 16, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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#UK-PHRST will be hosting a panel on the future of global outbreak response at #UKHSA25.
 
I’ll be joined by colleagues from WHO, Africa-CDC, MSF, ECDC and the FCDO.
 
Looking forward to discussions on effectiveness of international response, equity and partner coordination.

9am on Tues 25 March.
ukhsa.bsky.social UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · Mar 21
Next week we will be at UKHSA Conference 2025 in Manchester. 🐝📌
Keep your eyes peeled for an exclusive look at everything that is going on at #UKHSA25! 🎫
March 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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💬 Speaking on the event, Dr. Ed Newman, Director of the UK-PHRST and Co-Deputy Chair of the GOARN Steering Committee, said:
“We’re delighted to partner with CARPHA on this initiative in support of their vision to expand regional Public Health Emergency Response capacity and capability. Working alongside GOARN, we’re proud that UK-PHRST has the expertise to deliver these workshops, sharing our learning and experience.” “and that of our partners – helping ensure CARPHA and its Member States are better equipped to respond to future public health emergencies. This partnership demonstrates the power of international collaboration in building resilient public health response systems and reflects our shared commitment to strengthening global health security.”
August 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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🎉 In July last year, we celebrated the winners of our 2024 epidemic preparedness prizes🎉

Four prizes were awarded in recognition of the valuable contributions to pandemic preparedness made by researchers across @lshtm.bsky.social & partners.

Read how the winners felt 👉 bit.ly/CEPRAwardWinners2024
Haddijatou Allen - Research Degree Student prize winner: I am inspired by the prize which drives me to continue with my project, knowing that it has the potential to meaningfully impact global health security. Sophie Mylan - Research Degree Student Prize highly commended: The prize motivates me to keep exploring how we can pay greater attention to the perspectives of those people actually living through emergencies like disease outbreaks and displacements. Joseph Akoi Bore - Collaboration prize winner alongside UK-PHRST and external collaborators: This is my team's first prize and we are really happy because it comes after we have done so much work and it will allow us to further invest in the lab. Greg Barnsley - Resource prize winner alongside Francesco Checchi, Carmen Tamayo Cuartero and Pratik Gupte: We are delighted that the prize allows us to shine a light on the need to develop epidemic modelling approaches and sofrware tools for humanitarian crises.
March 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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UK Public Health Rapid Support Team deploys in response to the Ebola outbreak
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is deploying public health specialists from the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and...
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June 17, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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UK-PHRST Project Coordinator
London, United Kingdom #Epijobs
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Job Opportunity at LSHTM: UK-PHRST Project Coordinator (0.8-1.0 FTE)
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...
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August 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Associate Professor in Epidemiology
London, United Kingdom #Epijobs
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Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Associate Professor in Epidemiology – UK-PHRST
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...
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May 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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UK sends rapid response mobile lab after hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship - as 10 Britons are brought home 'as a precaution' trib.al/jvBf8pA
UK sends rapid response mobile lab to hantavirus outbreak cruise ship
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced that a three-person team from the the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) was sent to St Helena.
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May 15, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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Job ID: EPH-EPED-2026-03
Extract: The role involves leading the UK-LMIC Research Partnership team at LSHTM, supporting strategic leadership for UK-PHRST, and representing the program with various stakeholders. Candidates should have substantial experience in outbreak response and applied research.
June 26, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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UK Public Health Rapid Support Team deploys in response to the Ebola outbreak
UK Public Health Rapid Support Team deploys in response to the Ebola outbreak
<img src="https://www.govwire.co.uk/og/cache/news/1958878.png"/>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is deploying public health specialists from the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and across the region. | UK Health Security Agency.
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June 16, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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We're part of a £18m international research programme led by LSHTM as part of the UKHSA and LSHTM-led UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UKPHRST).

The programme brings together institutions from the UK, Africa and Asia to strengthen epidemic response.

Read more: bit.ly/4vvJA59
LSTM joins £18m partnership to boost epidemic preparedness
LSTM joins a £18m UK-PHRST consortium led by LSHTM, leading mental health support work to strengthen epidemic preparedness across Africa, Asia and beyond.
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June 24, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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Lab in a Bag: How we took diagnostics to the other side of the world during the hantavirus outbreak
Last week, 3 of our colleagues packed a fully functioning laboratory into a set of flight cases and boarded a plane to one of the most remote islands on Earth. Saint Helena, a UK Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic had become part of the hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship. When the island's government asked for help, the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST), funded with UK aid by the Department of Health and Social Care, was ready. Within 24 hours, UKHSA microbiologists Clara Milroy and Kimberley Steeds, along with infection prevention and control expert Anthony Twyman, departed for Saint Helena carrying with them a mobile laboratory capable of running PCR tests to detect the Andes hantavirus strain. They will be on the island for the next 8 weeks. This marks the first time the UK-PHRST's rapid response mobile laboratory has been deployed for use during an active outbreak and is the culmination of years of investment in preparedness. Deploying the mobile lab means those affected who live on Saint Helena will not have to wait for samples to travel thousands of miles for analysis. Faster results mean a clearer picture of the outbreak allowing for faster and better protection for the island's community. Alongside the laboratory work, Anthony is working directly with Jamestown General Hospital, to help them prepare ahead of any confirmed cases. This means training clinical staff in hantavirus case management so that healthcare workers are well protected while providing care, and reducing the risk of onward spread in the wider community. This is exactly the kind of specialised diagnostic capability that the mobile laboratory was designed to provide - deployable to wherever an emerging infectious disease outbreak occurs, however remote. This is what rapid response looks like. We are grateful to colleagues in Saint Helena and Tenerife for working with us and sharing their expertise.
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May 16, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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Study Validates Impact of International Teams in Africa’s Outbreak Response
  A new study carried out by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) confirms the critical role international health teams have played in strengthening outbreak response across the African continent. The study also highlights the need for [...] The post Study Validates Impact of International Teams in Africa’s Outbreak Response first appeared on Future Media News. The post Study Validates Impact of International Teams in Africa’s Outbreak Response appeared first on Future Media News.
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July 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM