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
International Health to go fully open access from January 2020 International Health is fully open access from January 2020. This means that all previously published content will become free to view and all new content will have an associated article processing charge. 19 Jul 2019
Lessons from the field: share your experiences of the current Ebola crisis As an organisation, we are committed to establishing activities and programmes to better engage with our networks, including authors. This is why we feel it’s so important to ensure we hear the experiences and lessons learned directly from those delivering health programmes on the ground. 17 Jul 2019
New programme “Access to Health: Global Challenges” explores the changing face of global health in an interconnected world In partnership with ITN Productions Industry News, RSTMH has co-produced a news and current affairs-style programme “Access to Health: Global Challenges”. 16 Jun 2019
LSHTM launches Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health Last week, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine launched their 14th virtual centre focusing on climate change and planetary health. 03 Jun 2019
RSTMH response to Ebola crisis in DRC We are in the midst of the second largest Ebola outbreak in history – second only to the 2014 West African epidemic. 26 May 2019
Wellcome launches £80 million programme to tackle snakebite Today, Wellcome has announced an ambitious new £80 million programme to transform the way snakebite treatments are researched and delivered, to make them better, safer and more accessible for all. 16 May 2019
Record number of small grants received in 2019 This year we have seen a record number of applications for our small grants programme. 26 Apr 2019
World's first malaria vaccine pilot launched in Malawi The government of Malawi has, this week, launched the world’s first malaria vaccine in a landmark pilot programme. 24 Apr 2019
Round-up: 2023 Early Career Grants programme awardees In this blog, RSTMH Chief Executive Tamar Ghosh looks at the awardees of the 2023 Early Career Grants Programme, including where in the world they are based and their research areas. 16 May 2024
MSF Scientific Days: Capturing and sharing research into humanitarian health RSTMH President Professor Jimmy Whitworth and RSTMH Chief Executive Tamar Ghosh explain why we are partnering with MSF Scientific Days and the importance of humanitarian health research. 15 May 2024
International Health Volume 16 Issue 3, May 2024 International Health is an Open Access journal that aims to stimulate scientific and policy debate and provide a forum for analysis and opinion sharing for individuals and organisations engaged in all areas of global heath. 14 May 2024