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Partnership between Students for Global Health and RSTMH

We are delighted to announce the third year of our partnership with Students for Global Health.

13 Nov 2020

In Memoriam: Malcolm Guy 1944-2020

It is with deep sadness that RSTMH has learned of the death of Malcolm Guy, parasitologist, RSTMH Fellow and past Council member.

27 Oct 2020

A new partnership between the Africa Research Excellence Fund and RSTMH

We’re pleased to announce a new partnership between RSTMH and Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF).

27 Oct 2020

Annual Meeting 2020: Emerging diseases and outbreaks - an overview

RSTMH hosted our first fully virtual Annual Meeting, covering the theme of emerging diseases and outbreaks.

19 Oct 2020

Professor Gail Davey's Presidential Address

RSTMH President Gail Davey’s first address, delivered at the 2020 RSTMH AGM in September, focused on podoconiosis and the importance of diversity and decolonisation of tropical medicine.

08 Oct 2020

COVID-19 in Zambia

We’ve invited our Country Ambassadors to reflect on their country’s COVID-19 response. Let’s hear from Professor Gretchen Birbeck, our Country Ambassador for Zambia.

07 Oct 2020

Annual General Meeting announcements 2020

All the news and announcements from our Annual General Meeting, including an introduction to our new President, Trustees, and Medal and Award winners

21 Sep 2020

Professor Sir Alimuddin Zumla, with Lady Farzana Zumla when he received the Knighthood at Buckingham Palace in November 2017

Professor Sir Alimuddin Zumla receives the 2020 Mahathir Science Award

2020 Mahathir Science Award recipient is a thought-leader in TB, HIV/TB and emerging and re-emerging epidemic infections.

20 Aug 2020

UPDATE: WHO interim guidance on the implementation of NTD programmes

The WHO have released interim guidance on "Considerations for implementing mass treatment, active case‐finding and population-based surveys for neglected tropical diseases in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic"

30 Jul 2020

In memoriam: Professor Harold Townson (1942-2020)

It is with great sadness that the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) has learned about the passing of Professor Harold Townson (1942-2020).

26 Jun 2020

COVID-19 in Ethiopia: status and responses

We’ve invited our Country Ambassadors to reflect on their country’s COVID-19 response. Let’s hear from Dr Kebede Deribe, our Country Ambassador for Ethiopia.

24 Jun 2020

Stepping back when we should be stepping up

Now more than ever it is evident how important investment and focus on global health is for the health of all of us.

22 Jun 2020

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World AIDs Day 2023: Early Career Grant research into HIV and AIDS

For World AIDs Day 2023, we spoke to a number of our Early Career Grant awardees about why they chose to focus on AIDS and HIV in their Early Career Grant research, and what this year’s theme of ‘Let Communities Lead’ means to them.

01 Dec 2023

HIV screening in rural communities. Credit: Joshua Kwabena Aniaku

Sarah Rowland-Jones: ‘There are reasons to be optimistic this World AIDs Day’

In this blog, Professor Sarah Rowland-Jones explains that although there are certainly some reasons to be optimistic this World AIDS day, there are also some causes for concern buried amongst the UNAIDS data.

01 Dec 2023

World AIDs Day 2023: Article collection

For World AIDs Day we have collated a number of recent articles from our two journals International Health and Transactions on the subject of HIV and AIDs.

01 Dec 2023

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Partnership between Students for Global Health and RSTMH

In Memoriam: Malcolm Guy 1944-2020

A new partnership between the Africa Research Excellence Fund and RSTMH

Annual Meeting 2020: Emerging diseases and outbreaks - an overview

Professor Gail Davey's Presidential Address

COVID-19 in Zambia

Annual General Meeting announcements 2020

Professor Sir Alimuddin Zumla receives the 2020 Mahathir Science Award

UPDATE: WHO interim guidance on the implementation of NTD programmes

In memoriam: Professor Harold Townson (1942-2020)

COVID-19 in Ethiopia: status and responses

Stepping back when we should be stepping up

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