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RSTMH launches new online Members Area

The Members Area is an online space where RSTMH members can go for bespoke content and resources related to the field of tropical medicine and global health.

14 Sep 2021

RSTMH announces three-year partnership with Wellcome Trust

Wellcome is the first partner to have agreed to support our Small Grants Programme over a period of several years.

06 Jul 2021

Impact factor announcement for RSTMH journals

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

30 Jun 2021

WHO declares China malaria-free

Today, following a 70-year effort, China has been awarded a malaria-free certification from WHO.

30 Jun 2021

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International Snakebite Awareness Day 2021: research, stories, data and articles

On 19 September, we mark the fourth International Snakebite Awareness Day. It is an occasion to remember that 7,400 people every day are bitten by snakes, and 220–380 men, women and children die as a result.

17 Sep 2021

Grema and Mohammed Credit: Claire Jeantet - Fabrice Caterini/Inediz

The huge impact of COVID-19 on noma patients in Nigeria

From March 2020 to April 2021, along with other hospitals in the region, we were forced to suspend all services except emergencies. This meant we could not admit any new noma patients and we had to send all patients in a stable condition home.

07 Sep 2021

Modelling the impact of COVID-19 on NTD programmes

We were really delighted – this week – to host the second webinar in partnership with the NTD Modelling Consortium, part of the Big Data institute at the University of Oxford.

03 Sep 2021

Mucormycosis epidemic: another dark side to the COVID-19 pandemic

The opportunistic infection, mucormycosis, commonly called "black fungus disease" reveals another dark facet to the already devastating COVID-19 pandemic.

18 Aug 2021

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