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International Women's Day 2022: Breaking the bias in global health

Today is International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The theme for this year is #breakthebias, calling for the acceleration of gender parity.

08 Mar 2022

Credit: Zikmund Bartonίček Caption: The image “Shedding” depicts exposing snails (Bulinus and Indoplanorbis) to sunlight to provoke trematode – and especially schistosome – cercariae shedding in Barombi Kotto, Cameroon. This research will help efforts to tackle NTDs, including schistosomiasis.

2022: A look to the year ahead

As we start another busy and exciting year at the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Chief Executive Tamar Ghosh lays out plans for the year ahead.

11 Feb 2022

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

As today (11 February) is International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we spoke to a number of our Student Ambassadors about what inspires them and why it is so important to have representation within the science community.

11 Feb 2022

Book Review: The tale of a man, a worm and a snail: The Schistosomiasis Control Initiative

Professor Alan Fenwick OBE’s new book, The tale of a man, a worm and a snail: The Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, charts the authors formative years.

31 Jan 2022

World NTD Day 2022: Article Collection

More than one in five people worldwide are affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).

28 Jan 2022

World Leprosy Day: Article collection

Leprosy (also known as Hansen’s disease) is a bacterial infection caused by the slow-growing bacteria Mycobacterium leprae.

28 Jan 2022

WHO_NTD2022_WomanWithBaby.png Copyright: Bartosz Hadyniak

World NTD Day 2022

This Sunday is World NTD Day. A global movement to end Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), now in its third year, which RSTMH is proud to partner.

28 Jan 2022

A look back at 2021

This has been another exciting year for RSTMH, despite the challenging circumstances. Here we provide some of the highlights and successes of 2021.

17 Dec 2021

Round-up: 2021 Small Grants Programme

As the funding for our 2021 Small Grants Programme is distributed, Chief Executive Tamar Ghosh looks at the funding’s reach and gives a breakdown of the projects which have received grants.

25 Nov 2021