WHO launches roadmap to defeat meningitis by 2030 Today, in Geneva, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization and partners launched “Defeating Meningitis by 2030: A Global Roadmap”. 28 Sep 2021
RSTMH launches new online Members Area The Members Area is an online space where RSTMH members can go for bespoke content and resources related to the field of tropical medicine and global health. 14 Sep 2021
RSTMH announces three-year partnership with Wellcome Trust Wellcome is the first partner to have agreed to support our Small Grants Programme over a period of several years. 06 Jul 2021
Impact factor announcement for RSTMH journals RSTMH is delighted to announce increases in the impact factors for both our journals. 30 Jun 2021
WHO declares China malaria-free Today, following a 70-year effort, China has been awarded a malaria-free certification from WHO. 30 Jun 2021
COVID-19 surge across African continent, RSTMH statement RSTMH is hugely concerned about the current devastating wave of COVID-19 that is sweeping across the African continent. 25 Jun 2021
International Health – call for papers The International Health editorial team would like to highlight some areas of particular interest 23 Jun 2021
"Global Challenges in Health" – RSTMH and ECTMIH 2021 photo contest launches Submit your images to the "Global Challenges in Health: Your stories from around the world" – a photo contest from RSTMH and ECTMIH 2021. 07 Jun 2021
RSTMH responds to cuts to UK Official Development Aid RSTMH is deeply concerned to learn of the UK government’s decision to significantly cut Official Development Assistance. 29 Apr 2021
World Health Day: building a fairer, healthier world To mark World Health Day 2021, RSTMH is reaffirming its commitment to global vaccine equity. 06 Apr 2021
COVID-19: RSTMH signs up to WHO Vaccine Equity Declaration RSTMH is proud to have signed up to the WHO Vaccine Equity Declaration in support of COVAX to equitably distribute COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and diagnostics globally. 05 Mar 2021
Professor Rosanna Peeling announced as RSTMH Honorary Fellow We're thrilled to announce Professor Rosanna Peeling as our latest RSTMH Honorary Fellow. 04 Mar 2021
Professor Gail Davey: ‘Act now. Act together. Invest in tackling neglected tropical diseases for health equity and social justice’ For World NTD Day, Professor Gail Davey, Trustee and Past President of RSTMH and a medical epidemiologist specialising in skin-related Neglected Tropical Diseases at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, looks at why it is crucial that we act now and together to end NTDs and says that NTD programmes can no longer be considered in isolation from endemic country health systems. 30 Jan 2023
Professor David Mabey: Progress has been made against NTDs but the battle is far from over Professor David Mabey, Past President and Trustee of RSTMH and Chair of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Group of the WHO Department of NTDs, looks at what progress has been made in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and says that now is the time for us all to act, act together and invest in NTDs. 30 Jan 2023
World NTD Day: Early Career Grant Research into NTDs World NTD Day is taking place today on 30 January. To mark this year, we spoke to a number of our Early Career Grant awardees about why they chose to focus on NTDs in their Early Career Grant research, and what this year’s theme of ‘Act now. Act together. Invest in NTDs’ means to them. 30 Jan 2023