Category archives: News
2025 Pumphandle lecture
Join us for the 2025 Pumphandle Lecture this Tuesday, 07th October 2025, in the John Snow Lecture Theatre of LSHTM in London, or Online
2025 Broadsheet now available to read
From Broad Street to global health, the 2025 Broad Sheet celebrates Professor Cesar Victora, world-leading epidemiologist and our 2025 Pumphandle Lecturer, announces GTFCC’s new Chair Ilesh Jani, and spotlights thriving chapters worldwide. Dive into science, climate and cholera insights, history, culture, and community, evidence, stories, and action that remind us why epidemiology matters urgently everywhere …
2024 Dr Soumya Swaminathan – Pandemics, Climate Change and the role of Science
The John Snow Society 2024 Annual Pumphandle Lecture was given by Dr Soumya Swaminathan, former Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization and Principal Advisor to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. You can watch the lecture recording here.
2024 Broadsheet now available to read
This edition of the Broadsheet features our 2024 Pumphandle Lecturer, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, former Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization, previously Deputy Director of WHO, Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research, and Coordinator of the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases. She will deliver the 32nd …
Winners of the John Snow 210th Birthday Map Competition Announced
To mark the 210th anniversary of John Snow’s birth, the John Snow Society launched a competition in September 2023 challenging enthusiasts to use creativity and modern methods to recreate his 1854 Soho map (pictured, updated). You can find out more about the original competition here. The winners and highly commended maps are now available to …
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2023 Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – Global health equity and the role of trade
The John Snow Society 2023 Annual Pumphandle Lecture was given by Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. You can watch the lecture recording here. A summary of her talk is also available in our 2024 Broadsheet.
1854 Cholera Map Competition
To mark the 210th anniversary of John Snow’s birth, we’ve launched a new competition for the month of September: Can you use creativity and modern methods to recreate his 1854 Soho map? Further details here.
2023 Broadsheet now available to read
This year’s Broadsheet introduces our 2023 Pumphandle Lecture speaker Dr Okonjo-Iweala of the WTO – we are very pleased she will join us on the 3rd of October. You can access the Broadsheet at this link for more news and updates from our global community: https://johnsnowsociety.org/files/2023/08/John-Snow-BroadSheet-2023.pdf
2022 Andy Haines – The imperative of climate action for health
28th September5:30 pm London time Please note that you can join this event in person in the John Snow lecture theatre or you can watch the live broadcast. More information is available on the LSHTM webpage.