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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

Blogs

Orbis-trained integrated eye care worker, Tsehay comforts 13-year-old Asegedech, who is suffering from severe trachoma. Gamo Gofa, Ethiopia. Credit: Geoff Oliver Bugbee/Orbis

International Women’s Day: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.

This year’s International Women's Day (IWD), taking place on 8 March 2025, carries the theme "For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment." highlighting the urgency of advancing gender equality across all sectors of society, including within global health.

06 Mar 2025

Round-up: 2024 Early Career Grants Programme awardees

In this blog, RSTMH Grants Manager Greta Holmes looks at the awardees of the 2024 Early Career Grants Programme, including where in the world they are based and their research areas.  

21 Feb 2025

Climate Change, Malaria, and Neglected Tropical Diseases

On World Neglected Disease Day (World NTD Day) 2025, RSTMH hosted a webinar on the topic of climate change, malaria, and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), in collaboration with The World Health Organization Task Team on Climate Change, Neglected Tropical Diseases and Malaria. We have published the recording of the webinar below.

03 Feb 2025

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