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Dr Wendy Harrison and Professor Margaret Gyapong take up RSTMH joint Presidency

Dr Wendy Harrison and Professor Margaret Gyapong have taken up their roles as the RSTMH joint Presidents, which is the first time in RSTMH history that we have had two Presidents, and only the second time we have had a President based in Africa.

11 Oct 2024

RSTMH Medals and Awards Winners 2024

RSTMH has today announced the winners of the 2024 Medals and Awards programme at the RSTMH Annual Meeting which was held in London on 10-11 October 2024.

10 Oct 2024

Global leaders approve target to reduce human deaths from AMR by 10% by 2030

Last month global leaders met at the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), where they committed to a set of targets and actions, including reducing the estimated 4.95 million human deaths associated with bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) annually by 10% by 2030.

08 Oct 2024

mpox Credit CDC Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regnery, Hannah Bullock

WHO declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern

The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday declared the mpox outbreak in parts of Africa a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

15 Aug 2024

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Transactions: Volume 118, Issue 10, October 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.

This month’s Editors Choice article is on Mycetoma, a neglected tropical disease (NTD) with devastating morbidity and stigma. Other articles include the first insight into the prescence of Trypanosoma dionisii in sylvatic bats from Yucatan, Mexico, and an investigation into the knowledge, attitudes and stigma towards leprosy in Nigeria.

18 Oct 2024

ICTMM: This year’s event and looking ahead to 2028

In this blog, Tamar Ghosh, RSTMH Chief Executive, shares her experiences at the 21st International Congress on Tropical medicine and Malaria (ICTMM), held in Malaysia last month. She also shares some exciting news about the location of the 2028 event.

08 Oct 2024

RSTMH Presidents' Fund winners announced

The winners of this year’s Presidents' Fund, which supports potential RSTMH members and Fellows from low- and low-middle income countries by paying awardees’ annual membership subscription for three years, have been announced.

07 Oct 2024

Although dogs in rural Africa are often free-roaming, most are owned and accessible for vaccination. Photo Felix Lankester

World Rabies Day 2024: Article collection

World Rabies Day is taking place on 28 September. The day marks the anniversary of Louis Pasteur's death, the French chemist and microbiologist, who developed the first rabies vaccine. It is celebrated annually to raise awareness about rabies prevention and to highlight progress in defeating this horrifying disease.

28 Sep 2024

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