Fundraising priorities | Support us | LSHTM

Contact us | LSHTM

Location and directions | LSHTM

News | LSHTM

Megan Deeney | LSHTM

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | LSHTM

Alumni blogs | LSHTM

Expert opinion | LSHTM

Blogs | LSHTM

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

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Title / URL	Issues
Fundraising priorities \| Support us \| LSHTMwww.lshtm.ac.uk/supportus/fundraising-priorities	1
Contact us \| LSHTMwww.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/contact	1
Location and directions \| LSHTMwww.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/contact/location	1
News \| LSHTMwww.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news?page=0	1
Megan Deeney \| LSHTMwww.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/deeney.megan	1
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine \| LSHTMwww.lshtm.ac.uk/	1
News \| LSHTMwww.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news?page=7	1
Alumni blogs \| LSHTMwww.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/alumni/blogs?page=1	1
Expert opinion \| LSHTMwww.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/expert-opinion?page=6	1
Blogs \| LSHTMwww.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/blogs?page=4	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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