Blogs

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

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

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.

Professor Richard Carter, an RSTMH Life Fellow and winner of our Chalmers Medal, passed away after a short illness on 4 September 2021.

We are all in the same storm, but we are not all in the same boat. COVID-19 has demonstrated that we live in an interconnected but unequal world. We are differentially positioned in terms of our vulnerabilities to the pandemic.