Report uncovers London well being analysis institute’s colonial previous

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Report uncovers London health research institute’s colonial past

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The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine “benefited from and contributed to British colonialism”.

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has vowed to “face up” to its past after a report uncovered its links to colonialism in its first 60 years of existence.

According to the report, which was commissioned by the institution to understand the implications of its engagement for the British Empire, “between 1899 and 1960 the LSHTM benefited from and contributed to British colonialism in many ways”.

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