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LSHTM launches Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health

Last week, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine launched their 14th virtual centre focusing on climate change and planetary health.

03 Jun 2019

RSTMH response to Ebola crisis in DRC

We are in the midst of the second largest Ebola outbreak in history – second only to the 2014 West African epidemic.

26 May 2019

Wellcome launches £80 million programme to tackle snakebite

Today, Wellcome has announced an ambitious new £80 million programme to transform the way snakebite treatments are researched and delivered, to make them better, safer and more accessible for all.

16 May 2019

Record number of small grants received in 2019

This year we have seen a record number of applications for our small grants programme.

26 Apr 2019

World's first malaria vaccine pilot launched in Malawi

The government of Malawi has, this week, launched the world’s first malaria vaccine in a landmark pilot programme.

24 Apr 2019

A world free of TB is possible by 2045, new report says

Ahead of World TB Day on 24 March, The Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis has published findings that estimate the savings from averting a TB death are three times the costs and may be much greater in many countries.

21 Mar 2019

Mosquito-killing drug reduced malaria episodes by a fifth among children

First evidence that repeated mass administration of ivermectin can reduce malaria incidence in children aged five or younger without an increase in adverse events for the wider population given the drug.

14 Mar 2019

Experts warn of a surge in vector-borne diseases as humanitarian crisis in Venezuela worsens

The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela is accelerating the re-emergence of vector-borne diseases such as malaria, Chagas disease, dengue and Zika virus.

22 Feb 2019

European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health 2019 opens for abstracts

We are now open for abstract submissions for the European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health 2019 (ECTMIH).

31 Oct 2018

RSTMH and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine announce Hemingway Award

RSTMH and LSTM have announced a new award, the Hemingway Award, to coincide with the celebrations of Professor Janet Hemingway’s outstanding career and achievements, as she steps down as Director of LSTM.

09 Oct 2018

Our 2018 medals and awards winners

Every year we award a number of medals in recognition of excellence. This year, the awards took place at our Annual Meeting at the Royal College of Physicians in London.

02 Oct 2018

RSTMH Announces Student Essay Prize

Welcome to the RSTMH Medical Student Essay Competition. This is the first time we have run this for some years and we plan to have an essay competition for global health students in due course.

02 Oct 2018

Blogs

Transactions: Volume 119, Issue 11, November 2025

Highlights this month include a review into integrated vector management that evaluates its effectiveness at reducing the transmission of Malaria; an investigation into whether the biodiversity of predator species can be an effective method to reducing the transmission of new and existing Filovirus in Africa.

20 Nov 2025

Highlights and lessons of RSTMH travel scholars

Our 2025 Travel Scholars reflect on their time in London - what they learnt, the conversations that inspired them, their experience of presenting their research and the networks they built with fellow researchers from around the world.

18 Nov 2025

Photo Competition: Global Health in the Digital World

We would like RSTMH imagery and brand to reflect how AI, machine learning, and digital technologies more generally are reshaping global health research, surveillance, and service delivery around the world.

10 Nov 2025

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