Local Health Global Profits researchers address commercial determinants of health at major European conference
LHGP team to present innovative approaches for tackling corporate power and health harms at community level in Helsinki.
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LHGP members expose corporate tactics in Deadly Industry podcast
LHGP researcher Dr Amber van den Akker and deputy director Dr Nason Maani discuss the risks of giving health-harming industries a seat at the policy-making table.
LHGP Director to speak at WHO’s Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health
Professor Anna Gilmore joins global experts to explore how evidence can drive climate-health action and build resilient, equitable health systems.
Experts urge health community to confront the global arms industry
Health researchers including Local Health and Global Profits Deputy Director Dr Nason Maani uncover the role of the arms trade in health, and call for more scrutiny of its health-harming activities and its unhealthy relationship with governments.
Prevention Research 2026 - Abstract submission deadline extended to 1 October
Abstract submission for Prevention Research 26, 4-5 March. Abstracts are invited from all corners of the prevention research community, for oral/poster presentations, Symposia and Workshops.
LHGP Director takes on big tobacco, fossil fuels, UPFs, and alcohol in new podcast
Professor Anna Gilmore features in an episode of the leading public health podcast ‘Why Should I Trust You?’ to discuss how corporations harm public health.
Local Health and Global Profits guest blog: Big Food in schools
Chris Booth, Policy & Engagement Executive at Bite Back, writes a guest blog for PHI UK following the launch of Bite Back's investigation into how food and drink companies are selling and marketing to children and young people through schools.
Researchers warn of risks to maternal health from commercial activities
Local Health and Global Profits researchers warn that the health of mothers and children is being put at risk by the commercial activities of large multinational corporations.
New research highlights private health industry using marketing strategies similar to 'Big Tobacco' tactics
Researchers including Local Health and Global Profits director Dr Nason Maani studied social media campaigns by a US private health industry lobby group and found striking similarities to tactics used by unhealthy commodity industry groups.
Watch now: webinar on town planning, the National Planning Policy Framework and local health
Local Health and Global Profits took part in this webinar, hosted by the Association of Directors of Public Health exploring town planning, the National Planning Policy Framework, and what this means for local health.
Local Health and Global Profits researchers respond to release of Government's 10 Year Health Plan for England
Public health experts from the Local Health and Global Profits research consortium welcome focus on prevention in new 10-Year Health Plan but caution that bold reforms are needed to address structural determinants of poor health.
Local Health and Global Profits researchers highlight need to tackle conflicts of interest
Without tackling conflicts of interest with harmful industries, efforts to prevent disease and protect public health will fail, warn researchers.