Blogs

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Friendship Bench and its benefit during COVID-19

Friendship Bench is a safe space to talk, to find a sense of belonging and to connect with people who understand.

24 Jul 2020

Coronavirus Global Awareness Project

The Oli Health Magazine Organization team, founded by RSTMH Student Ambassador, Olivier Uwishema is involved in the creation and translation of accessible COVID-19 resources into English, Turkish, French, Kinyarwanda, Swahili and 19 other languages.

23 Jul 2020

How misinformation affects social determinants of health

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a surge in online misinformation, a problem christened by the WHO as an “infodemic”. But what is the impact of misinformation on public health and to what extent should it be considered a global health policy priority moving forward?

10 Jul 2020

Power the Partnership

A global, virtual event celebrating the achievements of the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and showcasing the contribution of NTDs to power the progress in other Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3) diseases.

26 Jun 2020

Soulsby Fellowships awarded for One Health projects in 2020

The Soulsby Foundation provides travelling research fellowships known as Soulsby Fellowships to medical doctors and veterinarians undertaking a project in the field of One Health.

23 Jun 2020

Palliative care for the geriatric patient

May 2019 found me bracing myself in the back of the Hospice Africa Uganda minibus as we lurched up and down over rocks which studded the narrow dirt path. Along with two other visiting doctors, I was accompanying Josephine, a Ugandan hospice nurse with thirty years’ experience, on her home visits.

23 Jun 2020

Milking a Malayan krait of its venom with Jeremy Farrar and Trinh Xuan Kiem in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1996

International recognition of the public health importance of snakebite: an update on snakebite mortality in India

In the last few years, snakebite, once the most neglected tropical disease, has achieved a high international profile.

18 Jun 2020

Progress towards Yaws eradication: successes and challenges

Yaws is a chronic tropical skin disease that mainly affects children in remote, tropical and often impoverished areas.

11 Jun 2020

Time #forNature - Biodiversity and One Health in Tropical Medicine

This year’s World Environment Day theme is biodiversity. So why does biodiversity matter for global health?

04 Jun 2020

My journey with Mycetoma

Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous inflammatory disease, caused by certain fungi or bacteria.

01 Jun 2020

Guinea Worm: the last mile

Guinea worm (dracunculiasis) infection is classically acquired by humans following ingestion of infected water fleas (Cyclopidae: Cyclops and Mesocyclops) while drinking from surface water bodies.

04 May 2020