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Dr Wendy Harrison and Professor Margaret Gyapong take up RSTMH joint Presidency

Dr Wendy Harrison and Professor Margaret Gyapong have taken up their roles as the RSTMH joint Presidents, which is the first time in RSTMH history that we have had two Presidents, and only the second time we have had a President based in Africa.

11 Oct 2024

RSTMH Medals and Awards Winners 2024

RSTMH has today announced the winners of the 2024 Medals and Awards programme at the RSTMH Annual Meeting which was held in London on 10-11 October 2024.

10 Oct 2024

Global leaders approve target to reduce human deaths from AMR by 10% by 2030

Last month global leaders met at the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), where they committed to a set of targets and actions, including reducing the estimated 4.95 million human deaths associated with bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) annually by 10% by 2030.

08 Oct 2024

mpox Credit CDC Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regnery, Hannah Bullock

WHO declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern

The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday declared the mpox outbreak in parts of Africa a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

15 Aug 2024

Credit: Stefano Catalano Caption: “Make Lake Guiers canoeable again”. Near Mbane, Senegal, an area heavily affected by schistosomiasis disease after major infrastructure development and land-use changes at the beginning of the 90s.

RSTMH and CIFF announce three-year partnership

We are excited to announce today a three-year partnership with the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) which will strengthen the skills, networks and careers of at least 75 early career researchers working in the area of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD’s) across Africa.

13 Jun 2024

Student Essay Prize Winner 2023 announced

We are excited to announce the winner of our 2023 Student Essay Prize, now in its fifth year. The essay topic for this year was "What is the most important emerging challenge for global health over the next 5 years and how could this be overcome?" We wanted to hear a personal perspective on the theme.

29 May 2024

Credit: RTI International, ENVISION project, Nepal   Caption: Taken during Trachoma Surveillance Survey in Baitadi district of Nepal, 2017. Pictured are Narendra Sharma (grader performing the survey) and Rama Chettri, 8 years of age.

RSTMH and Tropical Data to start publications partnership

The RSTMH journal International Health will be publishing an editorial that looks at the history of Tropical Data, a consortium of partners that helps countries carry out surveys as they work towards eliminating trachoma, as part of a new partnership.

24 May 2024

WHO article on Climate Change and NTDs published in RSTMH journal

Today, a World Health Organization (WHO) Task Team on Climate Change, NTDs and Malaria, under the guidance of Dr. Socé Fall and with support from the global health philanthropy Reaching the Last Mile, has launched the findings of a major scoping review on the current state of knowledge on the actual and potential impacts of human-induced changes to climate patterns on diseases including malaria, dengue, lymphatic filariasis and leishmaniasis.

22 May 2024

Sightsavers to partner with RSTMH for two further supplements in our scientific journals

Sightsavers and the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) have agreed to continue their dissemination partnership to publish two additional supplements in RSMTH scientific journals.

17 May 2024

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene granted Royal Patronage by His Majesty King Charles III

Last week we received a letter from Buckingham Palace, confirming that His Majesty King Charles III was continuing our Royal Patronage and taking up the Patronage of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. This announcement marks the one-year anniversary of His Majestys’ Coronation.

15 May 2024

‘Mental Health, Stigma and Neglected Tropical Diseases’ journal supplement launches

Last week we launched our supplement ‘Mental Health, Stigma and Neglected Tropical Diseases’ in our journal International Health.

03 May 2024

2024 Early Career Grants Programme opens for applications

The 2024 RSTMH Early Career Grants Programme is now open for applications. The Programme provides more than 200 grants every year to those early in their careers to carry out their first piece of research into tropical medicine or global health.

22 Jan 2024

Blogs

Transactions: Volume 118, Issue 11, November 2024

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (TRSTMH) was founded in 1908 and offers a respected voice for clinicians, health-related scientists, development organisations and students.

12 Nov 2024

Transactions: Volume 118, Issue 10, October 2024

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (TRSTMH) was founded in 1908 and offers a respected voice for clinicians, health-related scientists, development organisations and students.

This month’s Editors Choice article is on Mycetoma, a neglected tropical disease (NTD) with devastating morbidity and stigma. Other articles include the first insight into the prescence of Trypanosoma dionisii in sylvatic bats from Yucatan, Mexico, and an investigation into the knowledge, attitudes and stigma towards leprosy in Nigeria.

18 Oct 2024

ICTMM: This year’s event and looking ahead to 2028

In this blog, Tamar Ghosh, RSTMH Chief Executive, shares her experiences at the 21st International Congress on Tropical medicine and Malaria (ICTMM), held in Malaysia last month. She also shares some exciting news about the location of the 2028 event.