Dr Neville Martin Bailey MD, MSc, DPH (1930-2017) We are sad to announce to death of Dr Neville Martin Bailey, an RSTMH fellow since 1966, whose papers on the treatment and diagnosis of Human Trypanosomiasis featured in several issues of Transactions. 19 Sep 2017
A new direction to guide our ambition of saving lives and improving health As our friends and members, you are central to everything we do at the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. We are therefore thrilled to tell you about the start of our journey to a more impactful way of working and communicating. More than anything, we look forward to taking you all on this journey with us. To coincide with our Annual Meeting, this year on the theme of Planetary Health, we are launching our new strategy 2017-2022. The strategy is the result of a review which involved RSTHM’s Board of Trustees, staff team, members, former members, and non-members. The six-month process included a comprehensive survey with approximately 200 respondents, and over 100 interviews. 13 Sep 2017
Results of our grants programme 2017/18 In response to our recent call for proposals for small grants and travel scholarships, RSTMH is pleased to announce that we have awarded more than £100,000 in grants funding for clinicians and scientists across the field of tropical medicine and hygiene. 24 Jul 2017
Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior (23 June 1926 – 08 May 2017) On Monday 8 May 2017, Lawson Soulsby died peacefully at his home in Swaffham Prior with his daughter, Katrina, at his side. 17 May 2017
Feedback on our membership survey As you will know, for the last few months we’ve been conducting a survey into membership of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH). We asked members, lapsed members and non-members, to tell us what they thought of our current membership programme, and to advise us on any improvements we should make. The survey was started in the summer of 2016, and extended at the end of 2016, to include additional questions relating to our wider strategy review. 10 Apr 2017
Obituary: Professor Stephen Lawn The Trustees and staff of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) are saddened to learn that Professor Stephen Lawn died on the 23 September 2016. 30 Sep 2016
The Chronic Pandemic of NTDs In a Lancet review paper published this week, Professor David Molyneux, Dr Dirk Engels and Dr Lorenzo Savioli look at the progress made in addressing “the chronic pandemic of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)”. 15 Sep 2016
RSTMH awards £100,000 in small grants and travel/training scholarships We are delighted to announce that we have awarded just under £100,000 in small grants and travel/training scholarships to early-career investigators in the UK and overseas. 25 Apr 2016
International Health supplement: Reflections on accomplishments in the prevention, treatment and management of consequences of NTDs We are delighted to announce the publication of a freely available NTD NGDO Network (NNN) supplement to the March issue of International Health. 04 Mar 2016
International Health: Volume 16, Issue 4, July 2024 International Health is an Open Access journal that aims to stimulate scientific and policy debate and provide a forum for analysis and opinion sharing for individuals and organisations engaged in all areas of global heath. This month’s Editor’s Choice article is an article looking at the individual- and community-level women's empowerment and utilization of maternity care services in Afghanistan. 24 Jul 2024
Transactions: Volume 118, Issue 7, July 2024 The Editors Choice from this month is an article on COVID-19 mortality in 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy survivors and its implications for chemically exposed populations. 10 Jul 2024
World Dengue Day: Article Collection Saturday 15 June is World Dengue Day. Dengue is a viral infection transmitted from mosquitoes to humans that infects an estimated 400 million people each year. As there is no specific treatment for dengue, early detection and access to proper medical care greatly lowers the fatality rate of the disease. Raising awareness of the disease is critical in preventing dengue and reducing the global burden. 14 Jun 2024