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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

RSTMH Trustee elections 2020

We are excited to announce that there are three vacancies on the RSTMH Board of Trustees, to start in October 2020.

19 Jun 2020

COVID-19 in Azerbaijan: highlights of anti-epidemic measures and epidemic dynamics

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

08 Jun 2020

RSTMH online – Presidential Address by Professor David Mabey and our mid-term strategy review

01 Jun 2020

COVID-19 response in Sudan

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

26 May 2020

RSTMH Mid-term Strategy review

On 26 May 2020 we welcomed over 160 guests to our online event to provide an update on progress on our five-year strategy, launched in 2017.

26 May 2020

WHO published updated community health programmes guidelines

The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its interim guidance for the implementation of community-based health care programmes, including neglected tropical disease programmes in a new report on 7 May 2020.

07 May 2020

Blogs

Transactions: Volume 119, Issue 6, June 2025

In this month’s Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (TRSTMH), highlights include a Review article on the burden of mycetoma in Burkina Faso; an evaluation of suitability of two types of diagnostic tools for the diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis in Argentina; a retrospective case series from South India analysing the tunnel sign in patients with melioidosis; an Original Article assessing the diagnostic sensitivity of microscopic techniques using formalin-fixed samples for the detection of soil-transmitted helminths; and six further papers from our recent Special Issue: Addressing the snakebite challenge - progress towards the 2030 roadmap.

10 Jun 2025

Round-up: 2025 Early Career Grants Programme applications

In this blog, RSTMH Grants Manager Greta Holmes looks at the applications to this year's Early Career Grants programme – another record-breaking year for applications. 

30 May 2025

Malaria, helminths, and other health challenges among street children and youths in Cameroon

Valerie Makoge, Early Career Grant 2021 awardee and RSTMH Global Assessor, recently published an article in International Health titled ‘Unveiling the hidden health challenges: malaria, helminths, STIs and other pathologies among street children, adolescents and young adults in Cameroon’. In this blog, she summarises the key findings.