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RSTMH strategy: one year on

Monday, 10 December 2018

Tamar Ghosh, RSTMH CEO, reflects on the year since we launched our 2017-2022 strategy.

In September of 2017 we launched our new five-year strategy.

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Education in schools to improve early leprosy detection in Timor-Leste

Friday, 7 December 2018

Katherine Fowden is an Australian PhD student and Occupational Therapist with a Master's Degree in Public Health. 

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Proportion of population vulnerable to heat exposure is rising globally

Thursday, 29 November 2018
  • More people globally are vulnerable to heat exposure, potentially causing them heat stress, cardiovascular disease and kidney disease.
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RSTMH and ITN Productions present “Access to health: global challenges”

Friday, 23 November 2018

The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) is partnering with ITN Productions to create “Access to health: global challenges”, a flagship news-style programme exploring the progress made and challenges remaining in the world of tropical medicine and global health.

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Bringing sectors together to beat NTDs and achieve health for all

Monday, 19 November 2018

This World Toilet Day, we’re happy to be sharing a blog originally published by the International Coalition for Trachoma Control, authored by Leah Wohlgemuth, Chair of the WASH Working Group and Regional Technical Advisor at Sightsavers and Professor KH

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Dominance of highly resistant bacterial pathogens in post-caesarean surgical site infections in Uganda

Friday, 16 November 2018

By Yvonne Wekesa, obstetrician/gynaecologist

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Photo Voice: community health in focus

Tuesday, 13 November 2018

Article written by Aimee Edmondo, MPH; Bevis Phiri, Msc International Public Health; Z’Kera Sims, MPH on behalf of Global Health Corps Zambia

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Focusing on "The Missing Piece" – the neglect of pneumonia

Monday, 12 November 2018

Dr Michael Head is an RSTMH member and Senior Research Fellow, Research Investments in Global Health study at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton.

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HIV positive groups in Uganda: retention in care, virologic suppression and associated factors

Friday, 9 November 2018

Dr Owachi Darius is a medical doctor currently based in Kampala, Uganda.

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Soulsby Foundation calls for applications for 2019 One Health fellowships

Wednesday, 7 November 2018

The Soulsby Foundation has opened a call for applications for the 2019 Travelling Fellowships Programme.

The Foundation supports talented veterinary and medical researchers at an early stage in their careers through these competitively awarded Travelling Fellowships in One Health. 

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