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Edit...Do feel free to send me a message if you have any particular questions about LSHTM and I will do my best to help.

Hello Decaf, I am a Ghanaian doctor too and currently doing MSc. Tropical Medicine and International Health in LSHTM. Congratulations on getting such top admissions and scholarships! I'm excited for you. Like you, I wish to work with an International Organization after this and I really am excited about the future prospects. I can at least share some of my experiences in LSHTM with you and hopefully, that can help you make a decision. First of all, do check out the rankings of the school featured in US News (Sorry but WE ARE KNOWN BEYOND PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS:-) We rank highly on the list of top global universities! http://blogs.lshtm.ac.uk/news/2014/11/04/rankings-update/ I chose LSHTM because it had incredible recognition in Global Health and for me, living in London was a strong draw. I was lucky to get full scholarship for it and I could not have made a better decision. At the time, Ebola was, sadly, getting out of hand and the school, led by our Director, who happens to have co-discovered Ebola, was among the institutions at the helm of affairs, with regards to research and hands-on support (the school even had a free online module on Ebola). I have learnt so much about it, among a lot of tropical and international diseases. I have had the opportunity of listening to Margaret Chan (WHO) when she gave a lecture in LSHTM, met and had dinner with a Professor who happened to have contributed immensely to the medical school I attended in Ghana (and he lectures in LSHTM!), been lectured by people whose text books and articles I have read, had interactive sessions with top people from International organisations like UN and MSF, among a host of opportunities that I would probably not have had the chance of experiencing had I not chosen to study here. Living in London has been amazing, apart from the odd weather, and I am truly enjoying my academic and social life here. Do fell free to send me a message if you have any particular questions about LSHTM and I will do my best to help. In the mean time, I hope the dumsor situation improves back home. A pity, really!