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Caption: Suraju Dayyabu an ophthalmic nurse teaching locals of Tungar Jidde community health education particularly the importance of face and hands washing for prevention of eye infections.

International Health supplement on Ascend Programme published as part of Sightsavers dissemination partnership

Today we have published a new research supplement in our journal International Health providing updates on the Ascend Programme, in partnership with Sightsavers.

21 Sep 2022

Tribute to RSTMH Patron Her Majesty The Queen

We at the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene are incredibly saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty The Queen this evening.

08 Sep 2022

RSTMH journals see impact factors increase

RSTMH is delighted to announce increases to the impact factors for both of our journals.

01 Jul 2022

Lord Trees at the House of Lords reception

Lord Trees and Baroness Sugg call to end Neglected Tropical Diseases with UK Coalition at Westminster event

Last week (8 June) the Coalition against Neglected Tropical Diseases together with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases co-hosted a Parliamentary reception in the House of Lords entitled Ending the Neglect: Celebrating the UK’s role in beating NTDs.

16 Jun 2022

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Photo title: Kraits at Night Photo credit: Oliver G. Becker / Occasione Documentaries Photo caption: Bites by kraits are a leading cause of snakebite mortality in Southeast Asia. They typically occur at night, on sleeping people and cause neuromuscular paralysis. Kraits produce very small amounts of venom and have only short fangs to inject it. Thus, conventional ways of venom extraction are ineffective. In this photo, Prof. Md. Farid Ahsan (University of Chittagong) and Dr. Ulrich Kuch (Goethe Universit

ISBAD 2022: Challenges and Barriers in Accessing Effective Snakebite Treatment

The theme of this year’s International Snakebite Awareness Day, which took place on Monday 19 September, was on ‘Challenges and Barriers in Accessing Effective Snakebite Treatment’. We spoke to some of our Early Career Grant (previously know as Small Grant) awardees and asked for their contribution to the theme, as well as to tell us why they chose to do research into snakebite.

22 Sep 2022

Behind the photos: Venoms and Toxins 2022 Snakebite photo competition

Earlier this year we ran a photo competition to showcase the people, communities, activities, successes and challenges of snakebite and snakebite research, in partnership with Venoms and Toxins 2022, the 9th international toxinology conference at Oxford (UK). The ten shortlisted entries, including the winning photo and those appearing in second and third place, explained how their photos came about.

21 Sep 2022

Venoms and Toxins 2022: Snakebite photo competition

In partnership with Venoms and Toxins 2022, the 9th international toxinology conference at Oxford (UK), we ran a photo competition to showcase the people, communities, activities, successes and challenges of snakebite and snakebite research.

20 Sep 2022

International Health: Volume 14, Issue 5, September 2022

International Health is an open-access journal publishing original, peer-reviewed articles and reviews on all aspects of global health. Take a look at the article features in Volume 14, Issue 5, here.

14 Sep 2022

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