RSTMH Annual Meeting: Equitable Partnerships in Global Health
The RSTMH Annual Meeting brings together members, Fellows, and supporters from around the world to share knowledge, hear about the latest research and ideas, and encourage new collaborations in tropical medicine and global health.
This year’s meeting will explore the theme Equitable Partnerships in Global Health, recognising that meaningful progress relies on collaboration across countries and regions, sectors, disciplines and communities. Given the current political and funding landscape establishing and showcasing equitable partnerships is more important than ever.
We welcome abstract submissions from individuals at all career stages and across a diverse range of disciplines and sectors in global health.
We invite abstracts that reflect the diversity of partnerships shaping research, policy, and practice, including, but not limited to, the following areas:
North–South collaborations, including long‑standing and evolving partnerships between governments, research institutes, funders, and civil society.
Public–private collaborations, including partnerships between NGOs, product development partnerships, industry, and global health organisations
Research institutes, universities, and policy makers, including collaborations with Ministries of Health, WHO Collaborating Centres and national or regional authorities
NGOs and Ministries of Health, particularly examples of implementing, scaling, or sustaining programmes in tropical medicine and global health
We welcome abstracts that address:
The role of partnerships in responding to health issues in low-resource settings. This encompasses communicable and non-communicable diseases, climate change, emerging diseases, health system strengthening and other areas of global health.
Submissions describing research, policy, implementation, evaluation, or reflective practice are all encouraged. We particularly encourage submissions that describe research that has been conducted, including results or outcomes, alongside reflections on how partnerships enabled, shaped, or strengthened the work. Abstracts should go beyond describing collaborations in principle and highlight what was achieved through partnership, the roles played by different partners, and lessons learned for equitable global health practice.
The Scientific Committee for the 2026 Annual Meeting is chaired by Professor Sir David Mabey and Professor Olaoluwa Pheabian Akinwale, with Professor Liz Ashley, Professor Patty Garcia and Ms Tijana Williams as Committee Members. The Committee particularly welcomes submissions that demonstrate collaboration across regions, disciplines, and sectors, and that advance equity within global health.
We look forward to receiving abstracts that will help shape more equitable partnerships in global health.
