Welcome to the Hull York Society of Tropical Medicine, a student-run society designed to organise lectures, talks and events regarding infectious disease & tropical medicine for HYMS students of all years.
The tropics are home to a raft of dangerous diseases; viral, bacterial and parasitic, some currently untreatable, waiting for breakthroughs in tropical medicine, and others entirely preventable that lead to needless death without proper treatment or medical supplies. Diseases such as malaria, dengue, yellow fever, ebola, HIV and schistosomiasis result in huge numbers of deaths in the developing world every year. Even diseases such as cholera, largely eliminated from the West, still plague Africa, Asia and South America.
From the environment to conflict, poverty to famine, the tropical and subtropical world faces huge challenges in health care.
Not only this but thanks to climate change the resulting increase in global temperatures are causing tropical diseases and vectors to spread to higher altitudes in mountainous regions, and to higher latitudes that were previously spared, such as the Southern United States, the Mediterranean area, etc. making tropical medicine relevant in more countries of the world than ever.
The Hull York Society of Tropical Medicine aims to give students a leg up into understanding the world of tropical infectious disease, the impact they have on poor countries and the challenges facing the developing world in managing health care. Whether you are interested in specialising in Infectious Disease (ID), Tropical Medicine (TM) or working in the tropics during your career (eg. MSF, Red Cross, Médecins du Monde), the HYMS will help prepare you.
