European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health 2019 opens for abstracts We are now open for abstract submissions for the European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health 2019 (ECTMIH). 31 Oct 2018
RSTMH and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine announce Hemingway Award RSTMH and LSTM have announced a new award, the Hemingway Award, to coincide with the celebrations of Professor Janet Hemingway’s outstanding career and achievements, as she steps down as Director of LSTM. 09 Oct 2018
RSTMH Announces Student Essay Prize Welcome to the RSTMH Medical Student Essay Competition. This is the first time we have run this for some years and we plan to have an essay competition for global health students in due course. 02 Oct 2018
Our 2018 medals and awards winners Every year we award a number of medals in recognition of excellence. This year, the awards took place at our Annual Meeting at the Royal College of Physicians in London. 02 Oct 2018
RSTMH and NNN announce winners of the Beat NTDs photo contest As the Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network (NNN) Annual Meeting kicks off today in Addis Ababa, we are very excited to pleased to announce the winners of our joint photo competition with NNN on the theme of neglected tropical diseased, called Beat NTDs. 24 Sep 2018
The first-ever International Snakebite Awareness Day Global coalition of health organisations announces first-ever International Snakebite Awareness Day Today – 19 September – a coalition of organisations working on global health and tropical medicine around the world, including the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, is announcing the first-ever International Snakebite Awareness Day. 19 Sep 2018
World Mosquito Day and Sir Ronald Ross World Mosquito Day, observed annually on 20 August, is a commemoration of British doctor Sir Ronald Ross's discovery in 1897 that female mosquitoes transmit malaria between humans. 17 Aug 2018
Professor David Molyneux announced as Editor-in-Chief of International Health The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) has announced Professor David Molyneux, Emeritus Professor and Senior Professorial Fellow and neglected tropical diseases lead at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, as the Editor-in-Chief of our journal, International Health. 14 Aug 2018
Exclusive use of our office space for RSTMH members We are now offering our meeting and office facilities for our members and partners to use. As a charity, we are making these available to our friends for a suggested donation. 06 Aug 2018
RSTMH announces small grant awardees 2018 We can finally announce our small grant awardees for this year. It’s such a great feeling to award funding to worthy research projects, especially knowing that many of the awardees would not have been able to find grants of a similar size and scope anywhere else. 09 Jul 2018
Increase in impact factor for both RSTMH journals With the latest impact factors having just been released, we’re delighted to announce that both our journals increased their impact factor from last year. 06 Jul 2018
Submit your photos to the Beat NTDs photo contest Neglected Tropical Disease (NTDs) are a group of treatable and preventable diseases that continue to affect over 1.5 billion of the world's most impoverished, marginalised people living in remote communities. Despite their prevalence, they get little attention or coverage. 31 May 2018
International Women’s Day: Reflections from a female leader in health This International Women’s Day, Dr Wendy Harrison, co-President elect at the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) and CEO of Unlimit Health, reflects on her experiences as a women in global health and gives some insights for future female leaders. 08 Mar 2024
International Women's Day: Advice for the next generation To mark International Women’s Day, RSTMH held a panel discussion with leading female experts in global health and tropical medicine from the RSTMH Board of Trustees. 07 Mar 2024
Transactions: Volume 118, Issue 3, March 2024 Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (TRSTMH) was founded in 1908 and offers a respected voice for clinicians, health-related scientists, development organisations and students. 06 Mar 2024