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American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) is the world's largest scientific organization dedicated to reducing the worldwide burden of tropical infectious diseases and improving global health. It serves as the leading international community of scientists, clinicians, and global health professionals working to prevent and control diseases that disproportionately afflict the global poor. They work through multiple channels; generating and sharing scientific evidence, informing health policies and practices, fostering career development, recognizing excellence, and advocating for investment in tropical medicine/global health research. ASTMH is also the largest scientific Malaria society in the world and Malaria has been central to its work from the start. Today’s society was formed in 1951 when the American Society of Tropical Medicine (founded in 1903) merged with the National Malaria Society. ASTMH brings experts together through its large annual meeting, publishes the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (AJTMH), trains and supports early-career researchers, and urges policymakers to invest in research on tropical diseases.

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Endemic countries
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U.S. states
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Products and programs
About

What they do

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) is the world's largest scientific organization dedicated to reducing the worldwide burden of tropical infectious diseases and improving global health. It serves as the leading international community of scientists, clinicians, and global health professionals working to prevent and control diseases that disproportionately afflict the global poor. They work through multiple channels; generating and sharing scientific evidence, informing health policies and practices, fostering career development, recognizing excellence, and advocating for investment in tropical medicine/global health research. ASTMH is also the largest scientific Malaria society in the world and Malaria has been central to its work from the start. Today’s society was formed in 1951 when the American Society of Tropical Medicine (founded in 1903) merged with the National Malaria Society. ASTMH brings experts together through its large annual meeting, publishes the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (AJTMH), trains and supports early-career researchers, and urges policymakers to invest in research on tropical diseases.

In the United States
Products and programs

In the field and in development

ASTMH co-chairs the Malaria Roundtable, a U.S. advocacy coalition of organizations working to end malaria. Each year around World Malaria Day, it hosts the Alan J. Magill Policy Forum, and it also organizes malaria briefings for members of Congress on Capitol Hill. ASTMH supports researchers in malaria-endemic countries through fellowships, including the Professor Dominic Kwiatkowski Fellowship for malaria genomics and the Alan J. Magill Fellowship. (https://www.astmh.org/awards-fellowships-medals/alan-j-magill-fellowship) It also publishes malaria research in its journal, the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (AJTMH) (https://www.ajtmh.org)
Where they work

Partnerships in 2 endemic countries

ResearchTraining and capacity
Brazil
Latin America
  • Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) · supporting tropical disease research and scientific collaboration
Mali
Africa
  • Donald Krogstad Award for Early-Career Malian Scientists · locally relevant research, mentorship and capacity-building
Across several countries
  • multi-country — Alan J. Magill Fellowship (supporting researchers in malaria-endemic countries through locally relevant research, mentorship and capacity-building).
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Who they work with in the United States

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