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COVID-19: WHO issues interim guidance for implementation of NTD programmes

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued interim guidance for NTD programmes in accordance with the public health measures put in place to curb the Covid-19 pandemic.

02 Apr 2020

My personal reflections about COVID-19

As we enter the third month of COVID-19, I wanted to share a few personal reflections.

23 Mar 2020

COVID-19 – advice from RSTMH members and Fellows

Response from our members and Fellows what they felt RSTMH should be doing to help the global efforts to tackle COVID-19.

23 Mar 2020

Soulsby Foundation calls for applications for 2020 One Health Fellowships

Soulsby Foundation has opened a call for applications for the 2020 Travelling Fellowships Programme

26 Nov 2019

Dr Caroline Harper, Sightsavers CEO, announced as first winner of Hemingway Award

Dr Caroline Harper, the Chief Executive of UK-based NGO Sightsavers, has been selected by RSTMH and LSTM as the winner of the first Hemingway Award.

25 Nov 2019

DFID launches flagship programme to tackle neglected tropical diseases

The ASCEND (Accelerating Sustainable Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases) programme is a £200m investment to advance the impact and sustainability of national programmes tackling NTDs.

25 Oct 2019

ECTMIH 2019: Next steps

RSTMH delivered the five-day event under the theme “25 years: investigation, innovation and implementation”.

14 Oct 2019

Recommendations for RSTMH's work on One Health

We believe that in our ever more interconnected world, we must consider human health alongside animal health and the environment.

11 Oct 2019

Manson and Chalmers Medals awarded; new President announced

This year, the awards took place at our Annual Meeting, which ran concurrently to the European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, in Liverpool this September.

10 Oct 2019

Community groups play a vital role in tackling snakebite

To mark International Snakebite Awareness Day on Thursday 19 September, RSTMH is publishing a report on community groups from around the world who are currently leading the fight against snakebites locally,

19 Sep 2019

Climate crisis is biggest threat to the future of global health, says RSTMH report

As part of a major new report, the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) asked medical professionals from across the world what they think the next 25 years will hold for global health.

17 Sep 2019

Malaria can and should be eradicated within a generation, declare global health experts

A future free of malaria, one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases, can be achieved as early as 2050, according to a new report published today by The Lancet Commission on malaria eradication.

09 Sep 2019

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Professor Richard Carter - Image credit: Richard Culleton

In Memoriam: Professor Richard Carter FRSE (1945-2021)

Professor Richard Carter, an RSTMH Life Fellow and winner of our Chalmers Medal, passed away after a short illness on 4 September 2021.

13 Oct 2021

Drug resistant infections: causes, consequences and considerations

The full transcript of Professor Dame Sally Davies' keynote address at RSTMH's 2021 Annual Meeting on drug resistant infections.

12 Oct 2021

Uncovering the voices of the most vulnerable in health systems is important

We are all in the same storm, but we are not all in the same boat. COVID-19 has demonstrated that we live in an interconnected but unequal world. We are differentially positioned in terms of our vulnerabilities to the pandemic.

08 Oct 2021

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