My journey with RSTMH towards the effective control of sleeping sickness vectors From trapping butterflies as a child to research into sleeping sickness vectors. 12 Nov 2019
A record-breaking year for RSTMH small grants We have now awarded all the small grants for the 2019 small grants programme. This has been a record-breaking year, as we were able to award 50 early career research grants to researchers based across the world. 08 Nov 2019
High incidence of tuberculosis in people with diabetes points to benefits of preventive therapy Globally, around 10 million people develop TB each year. The majority of these people live in countries such as India, China and Indonesia. 07 Nov 2019
Cartoons to combat snakebite: the hunt for a popular cartoon character in Myanmar Dr Bethany Moos returns from Myanmar, where she conducted a retrospective review of patients admitted with snakebite and developed new snakebite education resources. 24 Oct 2019
Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge Those within the academic community will be considering open access over the coming week, Open Access Week. Open access (OA) refers to free, unrestricted online access to research, such as journal articles. 22 Oct 2019
International Conference on NTDs taking place this December in Kenya Cross-border partnership towards achieving control and elimination of NTDs 13 Sep 2019
The globally expanding dengue problem Dengue viruses can cause a range of conditions from asymptomatic infection, self-limiting febrile illness, potentially fatal plasma leakage syndrome to severe neurologic, cardiac, renal or other organ dysfunction. 23 Aug 2019
Supporting the next generation of researchers in India – call for research ideas opens today! As part of our five-year strategy, we are encouraging those working in and interested in tropical medicine and global health to start research into an aspect of this field that interests them. 19 Aug 2019
A new treatment for mycetoma? How do you treat a disease where the number of people affected is not known, diagnosis and prevention are very difficult, and the cause remains unclear? 05 Aug 2019
Studying mental health after disaster-related displacement in the South Pacific Population displacement is common and increasing. As of mid-2019, the World Health Organization estimates that 65 million people are forcibly displaced around the globe. 31 Jul 2019
World Population Day: Refugee populations and vaccine coverage in Lebanon This World Population Day, we look at the vaccine coverage for Lebanese citizens and Syrian refugees in Lebanon and the impact that such a proportionally huge number of refugees is having on the health system there. 11 Jul 2019
