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In memoriam: Professor Tsutomu Takeuchi

It is with great sadness that I share the news of the death on 20 March 2018 of Professor Tsutomu Takeuchi – physician, parasitologist and Professor Emeritus at Keio University.

10 Apr 2018

Mosquito-killing drug shows effect for a month, offering possible new tool for malaria elimination

Adding ‘repurposed’ antiparasitic drug to community-wide campaigns with antimalarial treatment could boost impact by up to 61%. A drug commonly used to treat parasitic diseases reveals further potential as a new tool for malaria control.

28 Mar 2018

Professor Sir Brian Greenwood announced as Editor-in-Chief of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s journal, Transactions

The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) has announced Professor Sir Brian Greenwood, Manson Professor of Clinical Tropical Medicine at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, as the Editor-in-Chief of our journal, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.

06 Mar 2018

WHO strategy to eradicate yaws should be revised to achieve elimination, study suggests

First evidence of antibiotic resistance in yaws bacteria highlights need for robust vigilance and improved laboratory surveillance.

08 Feb 2018

The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Rapid spread of multidrug-resistant malaria in southeast Asia demands urgent action

Genetic surveillance should be incorporated into malaria control programmes to improve treatment and reduce risk of drug-resistant major outbreaks. The current spread of multidrug-resistant malaria in southeast Asia is likely to be the result of two mutations combining in 2008, according to a retrospective genetic study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal.

02 Feb 2018

RSTMH announces call for applications for the Robert Cochrane Fund for Leprosy

To mark World Leprosy Day, we are opening a call for applications for the remaining £1,000 of the Robert Cochrane Fund for Leprosy. The funding is to be awarded to further research in the field of leprosy and in honour of Robert Cochrane, the eminent leprologist.

30 Jan 2018

RSTMH announces exciting changes to travel scholarships and small grants

This new year brings a lot of exciting developments for the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Among many things, as part of our new strategy, we have made some changes to how our travel scholarships and small grants will be awarded.

08 Jan 2018

Professor Mike Service (1933-2017)

It is with great sadness that the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene announces the death of Professor Mike Service, who has passed away aged 84.

12 Dec 2017

The Soulsby Foundation travelling fellowships: apply for up to £20,000 funding

The Soulsby Foundation is offering travel fellowships to medical or veterinary graduates who propose an impactful project within the international field of One Health’.

02 Nov 2017

Health impacts of climate change already felt today, says Lancet report

Climate change is already having an impact on health, impacting on labour productivity, the spread of infectious disease and exposure to air pollution and heatwaves, and affecting countries worldwide, according to the first report of The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change.

31 Oct 2017

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene to host ECTMIH 2019 in Liverpool

As the 10th ECTMIH in Antwerp closes, the RSTMH announces it will host the 11th ECTMIH in 2019, on behalf of the FESTMIH, in Liverpool, UK.

25 Oct 2017

New access to old datasets provides huge potential in fight against malaria

In a letter published by Nature this month, Snow et al have contributed significant insight into the multifaceted interactions affecting malaria transmission rates on the African continent over the past 115 years.

23 Oct 2017

Blogs

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

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