Abstract
P rofessor Andy Haines, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), received a knighthood in this year's New Year's honours. He has played a leading part in the development of the NHS research and development programme and made a major contribution to thinking about how to address the health needs of disadvantaged populations. His research interests include primary care and the study of environmental influences on health. I received a letter from 10 Downing Street when I returned from a trip abroad some weeks before Christmas. I was asked to keep it confidential until the New Year's honours list was published. I regard the knighthood largely as recognition of the outstanding work of colleagues at the LSHTM in advancing public health nationally and internationally. After my house jobs in London, I spent five months in Jamaica. I undertook further hospital training in the United Kingdom and subsequently worked in Nepal for a year with the Britain Nepal Medical Trust, focusing …
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