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RSTMH announces winner of "Global Challenges in Health" photo competition

Today, at the closing ceremony of ECTMIH 2021, RSTMH announced the winner of its photo competition in partnership with the Congress, entitled “Global Challenges in Health: Your stories from around the world”.

30 Sep 2021

Meningitis epidemics often strike in overcrowded conditions, such as refugee camps.

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

Vaccine storage warehouse, Kinkole commune, Kinshasa, DRC. Photo credit: UNICEF / Ray

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

Photo credit: Helen Keller International

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

Blogs

Transactions: Volume 118, Issue 8, August 2024

This month’s Editors Choice article is on the high burden of noma in the Gambella region of Ethiopia. Other articles include the first insight into Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in the lower northern region in Thailand, and a look at how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the activities of the Schistosomiasis Control Program in Brazil.

16 Aug 2024

RSTMH Regional Meeting West Africa: Panel discussions

RSTMH Chief Executive Tamar Ghosh summarises a recent visit to Nigeria, where we hosted our first Regional Meeting 2024 - West Africa. Within this blog, she shares some of the discussions that took place throughout the day.

12 Aug 2024

RSTMH West Africa meetings: Photo gallery

At the end of last month, we were in Nigeria for the RSTMH Regional Meeting 2024 - West Africa and RSTMH Research in Progress West Africa, as well as our Early Career Grant Awardee workshop. We have compiled a selection of some of these photos into a gallery, which can be found below.