Sarah Marzouk

Digital Communications Manager

Sarah joined RSTMH in September 2017 as Digital Communications Manager.

Prior to joining RSTMH, she worked in the media team at Save the Children UK, before working on community engagement events with the London Development Agency as part of the London 2012 Olympic Legacy project. She then went on to join HelpAge International where she was instrumental in establishing their social media presence, as well as working on two website relaunch projects. During this time, she travelled to the West Bank and Gaza, Kyrgyzstan and South Africa to interview those involved in and benefitting from HelpAge’s projects, as well as training local staff to use digital platforms in their work.

More recently she lived and worked in Amsterdam as a digital communications freelancer, before returning to London to Friends of the Earth where she was the editor of their supporter magazines.

In her role at RSTMH, she will focus on increasing RSTMH’s reach and engagement through social media, the website and newsletters, as well as maximising the impact of events and journals.

sarah [dot] marzouk [at] rstmh [dot] org (Contact Sarah with any enquiries about communications, media or the website).

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11 reasons 2017 was a success for RSTMH

Thank you for all your support this year. 2017 has been a great for the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Below are just some of our highlights. We couldn’t have achieved any of it without you.

Averting a global tragedy– when antimalarials lose their impact

At our biennial meeting earlier in the year we heard from Professor Nick Day and Dr Charles Woodrow about the challenges of eradicating malaria.

9 things you didn’t know about snakebite

Of all the neglected tropical diseases or NTDs, snakebite might be the most neglected. WHO recognised snakebite envenoming as a neglected tropical disease in June 2017 (after it was removed in 2013). However, the fight is not over for those vulnerable to snakebite, as funding and support to tackle this issue is still lacking.

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.

In the Wilderness with budding tropical medicine clinicians and practitioners

We recently took part in the Student Wilderness Medicine UK Conference, an annual event hosted this year by the University of Nottingham. This meeting is for students from universities across the UK, mainly medical students.

Raising the profile of leptospirosis in Africa

Leptospirosis is one of the most widespread and pervasive zoonotic bacterial diseases worldwide, but unfortunately current research into leptospirosis in Africa is fragmented with little to no recent data available on human disease in many countries.

Zika virus: first described in Transactions!

Zika virus is an arbovirus native to Africa, transmitted via Aedes mosquitoes. The infection causes symptoms including mild fever, conjunctivitis and headache. In May 2015, locally acquired cases of Zika virus were confirmed in Brazil. Since then, it has spread to 21 countries in the Caribbean, North and South America and WHO has warned that the virus is likely to spread across nearly all of the Americas.

Trustee profile: Sarah Rafferty

In this profile, we interviewed our first Early Careers Trustee, Sarah Rafferty. Sarah joined our Board in September 2018 and is undertaking a PhD in Geography at Cambridge University.

Malaria: ‘Tamed but not defeated’

This was the message from Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO, at yesterday’s launch of the new WHO/UNICEF report: Achieving the malaria MDG target.

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s highlights of 2018

2018 has been an eventful 12 months for us and, as is custom when the year draws to a close, we wanted to look back at our achievements, thank our members and supporters and look ahead to 2019, and the exciting things to come.

Recognising pioneers in global health and tropical medicine

Every year, The Trustees of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, along with our partners, award a number of medals in recognition of excellence to pioneers in global health and tropical medicine. This year was no exception, with the medal ceremony taking place today at the RSTMH Annual Meeting, on the theme of Planetary Health.

Soulsby Foundation calls for applications for 2019 One Health fellowships

The Soulsby Foundation has opened a call for applications for the 2019 Travelling Fellowships Programme.

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