Blogs

Highlights in the latest International Health include a cross-sectional study of point-of-care lactate testing in integrated community care management (ICCM) for children with acute respiratory illness in rural Uganda; an assessment of the prevalence of trachoma in the Adamaoua regions of Cameroon; and an economic modelling analysis evaluating the cost-effectiveness of the Cy-Tb skin test for latent tuberculosis infection in India. 

Clara Wiederkehr Bruno, RSTMH/JCPET Early Career Grant 2022 Awardee, explains in this blog how receiving an RSTMH Early Career Grant opened the way for the start of her research career. 

RSTMH/NIHR Early Career Grant Awardee 2023, Dr Mahamadou Kante, writes about his own experiences with the grant and his research project, which went on to him publishing his research in BMJ Open.

Ahead of the deadline for applications to the 2025 RSTMH Early Career Grants Programme (14 May 2025, 12:00 PM BST), we spoke to some of our 2024 awardees, funded by RSTMH, to ask what their top tips would be for those currently writing an application. 

This month’s Editor’s Choice article is a Short Communication by Manickum et al, who examined COVID-19 vaccine wastage in private and public healthcare facilities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.