News & Blog All the latest news and blogs from RSTMH and the world of tropical medicine and global health.
2025 RSTMH Early Career Grants Programme opens for applications The 2025 RSTMH Early Career Grants Programme is now open for applications. Last year the Programme provided 299 grants to those early in their careers to carry out their first piece of research into tropical medicine or global health. 20 Feb 2025
Snakebite Special Issue published on World NTD Day Today, on World Neglected Tropical Disease Day, RSTMH has published a Special Issue on ‘Addressing the snakebite challenge - progress towards the 2030 roadmap’ in its journal Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine. 30 Jan 2025
2024 Student Essay Prize Winner announced We are excited to announce the winner of our 2024 Student Essay Prize, now in its sixth year. 23 Jan 2025
ICTMM 2028 date and venue announced We are excited to announce the date and venue for the 22nd International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria, which the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene will be hosting in Liverpool, UK in 2028. 28 Nov 2024
International Women’s Day: Rights. Equality. Empowerment. This year’s International Women's Day (IWD), taking place on 8 March 2025, carries the theme "For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment." highlighting the urgency of advancing gender equality across all sectors of society, including within global health. 06 Mar 2025
Round-up: 2024 Early Career Grants Programme awardees In this blog, RSTMH Grants Manager Greta Holmes looks at the awardees of the 2024 Early Career Grants Programme, including where in the world they are based and their research areas. 21 Feb 2025
Climate Change, Malaria, and Neglected Tropical Diseases On World Neglected Disease Day (World NTD Day) 2025, RSTMH hosted a webinar on the topic of climate change, malaria, and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), in collaboration with The World Health Organization Task Team on Climate Change, Neglected Tropical Diseases and Malaria. We have published the recording of the webinar below. 03 Feb 2025
Addressing the snakebite challenge - progress towards the 2030 roadmap This World Neglected Tropical Disease Day (World NTD Day), we have published a Special Issue on ‘Addressing the snakebite challenge - progress towards the 2030 roadmap’. Thomas Pinfield, RSTMH Managing Editor, looks at what the articles show us about research into snakebite. 29 Jan 2025