Welcome to the Towards 4+5 consortium online press pages, where you will find links to press releases and information about us in the press.
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Towards 4+5 in the news
In October 2009, The Guardian newspaper featured a publication in the Lancet co-authored by Anthony Costello, director of the Towards 4+5 RPC. The article highlights a mathematical model which shows that basic drugs (antibiotics - stop deaths from sepsis, and misoprostol - which prevents haemorrhage) can save lives during childbirth in Africa. Read the article.
In September 2009 The New York Times has featured a publication involving LSHTM students and staff on improving birthing practices in Peru. Read the article.
A research dissemination event, organised by GREFSaD in Burkina Faso and funded by the Towards 4+5 Research Programme Consortium, has received extensive coverage in the national media in Burkina Faso, including articles in articles in Le Pays, L’ Express du Faso, and L’ Evenement.
In September 2008, Towards 4+5 was featured in a special supplement in the Guardian newspaper that focused on the Millennium Development Goals and was produced in collaboration with DFID. The article entitled 'Simple things that can make a difference' highlights some of the research that Consortium members have been involved in as well as efforts to link research as closely as possible with policymaking and practice on the ground. Read the article.