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Upcoming events

Dec 2024

RSTMH Research in Progress London

Research in Progress London, which is designed specifically for early career investigators to present their unpublished research in progress to peers and senior experts in all fields of tropical medicine and global health. Attendees will also have the opportunity to take part in guidance sessions and networking throughout the day.

Thursday 5 December 2024, 9:00AM - 5:00PM GMT

Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA

Jan 2025

Topics in Infection: 50 years in Clinical Infection

This annual one-day meeting is delivered as a partnership between RSTMH, Barts Health and the UK Health Security Agency. It brings together microbiologists, infectious disease physicians, infection control personnel and biomedical and clinical scientists to hear updates on recent “hot topics” in all aspects of infectious disease.

Friday 31 January 2025, 9:00AM - 6:30PM GMT

Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0RN

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Latest on our work

RSTMH Strategy 2023 - 2028

At the start of 2023 we launched our new five-year strategy. Our new strategy is the result of a review of our last five-year strategy which involved consulting RSTMH’s Board of Trustees, team, Committees, Ambassadors and volunteers, as well as our members and Fellows, past members, and supporters.

Our global network

Check out our interactive map that showcases our global network, including our Country and Student Ambassadors, our team of Global Assessors, our grant awardees and our membership.

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene granted Royal Patronage by His Majesty King Charles III

Last week we received a letter from Buckingham Palace, confirming that His Majesty King Charles III was continuing our Royal Patronage and taking up the Patronage of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. This announcement marks the one-year anniversary of His Majestys’ Coronation.

15 May 2024

Latest news

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

Latest blogs

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.