Webinar: Mosquitoes, malaria and health segregation in Freetown Sierra Leone
The LSHTM is hosting a hybrid webinar on Mosquitoes, malaria and health segregation in Freetown Sierra Leone.
This event combines film and historical discussion by filmmaker Edward Lawrenson and architect Killian O’ Dochartaigh. They will talk about the research they undertook in Sierra Leone and the UK on the legacy of ‘health segregation’ in Freetown. Their focus is on Hill Station, a ‘European-only’ enclave of elevated prefabricated bungalows built on the remote heights of the city away from its congested historic centre.The construction of Hill Station was a recommendation in an 1899 report by Dr Ronald Ross (commissioned by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) on the link between the mosquito and malaria transmission. The key audience is students and staff with an interest in the history of malaria, of tropical medicine, and the history of LSHTM, where Ross’s archive is held.
Date:
30 October 2024
Time:
12:45 – 14:00 UK time.
Location:
- On-line
- In- person: LSHTM, Keppel Street, London
Speakers:
- Edward Lawrenson, Film maker/Lecturer, UCL Anthropology
- Dr Killian O’ Dochartaigh, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA)
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