AFRICA
West African Society of Parasitology (SoAP)
(Société Ouest Africaine de Parasitologie, SOAP)
Created in 1980 (became the African Society of Parasitology in 2012) – around 100 members.
President – Dorothée Kinde-Gazard - darskg2012@gmail.com
Secretary – Abdoulaye Dabo – adabo@icermali.org
SOAP – Service of Parasitology and Mycology of the Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry
University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin
Phone: +229-959 640 84

AUSTRALIA
Australian Society for Parasitology
Created in 1964 – around 490 members.
http://parasite.org.au/
President – David Emery – president@parasite.org.au
Treasurer – Peter Rolfe – treasurer@parasite.org.au
Secretary – Colin Stack – secretary@parasite.org.au
Vice-president – Robin Gasser
Australian Society for Parasitology Inc.
PO Box 60 Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston QLD 4029
ASP Secretariat 1/9 St Georges Cr Ashburton Vic 3147
Maureenengler@gmail.com

Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) Inc.
Created in 1976 – around 770 members.
http://www.asid.net.au/
President/CEO – Irene Kourtis - irene@asid.net.au
Secretary – Bart Currie
145 Macquarie Street. Sydney 2000 PO Box Q379, Australia
Tel: +61 282 040 797
Fax: +61 292 122 382
admin@asid.net.au

Australasian College of Tropical Medicine (ACTM)
Created in 1991.
Around 320 members.
www.tropmed.org
President – Richard Franklin – richard.franklin@jcu.edu.au 
Honorary Secretary - Peter Leggat –– Peter.Leggat@jcu.edu.au
Secretariat: PO Box 123, Red Hill Q 4059
E-mail: actm@tropmed.org
Phone: 07 3872 2246 

AUSTRIA
Austrian Society of Tropical Medicine, Parasitology and Migration Medicine (ASTPM)
Created in 1967
www.astpm.at/oegtpm/
President – Herwig Kollaritsch
Vice President – Julia Walochnik – julia.walochnik@meduniwien.ac.at
Secretary – Georg Duscher
Austrian Society of Tropical Medicine, Parasitology and Migration Medicine
Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine – Medical University of Vienna
Kinderspitalgasse 15, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
Phone.: +43 1 40160-38250
Fax: +43 1 40160-938293
E-Mail: office.oegtpm@gmail.com; irma.schabussova@meduniwien.ac.at

BRAZIL
Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine (SBMT)
Created in 1962. Around 800 members.
www.sbmt.org.br
President: Rosalia Morais Torres – rosaliamoraistorres@gmail.com
Vice-President: André Machado de Siqueira – amsiqueira@gmail.com
1st Secretary: Marcia Hueb – mahueb@gmail.com
2nd Secretary: Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti – pamplona.luciano@gmail.com
1st Treasurer: Cleudson Nery de Castro – cleudson@unb.br
2nd Treasurer: Rodrigo Gurgel Gonçalves – gurgelrg@hotmail.com
Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine
Tropical Medicine Center – UnB
P.O. Box 4356 - Room 43C - 70910-900 Brasília – DF, Brazil
Email: sbmt@sbmt.org.br
Phone: +55 (61) 99192-6496

CAMEROON
Société Camerounaise de Parasitologie (SCP)
Created in 2002 –
President: Albert Same-Ekobo - seko180@hotmail.com
Contact : Josiane Etang - josyet2@gmail.com
Address and phone number (if any):
Contact: Same Ekobo - sameekobo@gmail.com

CHILE
Chilean Society of Parasitology
Created in 1964 – around 250 members
www.sociedadchilenaparasitologia.cl 
President – Werner Apt –  wapt@med.uchile.cl 
Secretary – Inés Zulantay – izulanta@med.uchile.cl
Chilean Society of Parasitology  – Independencia 1027 second floor Santiago, Chile

COLOMBIA
Colombian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine (SCPMT)
Created in 1965 – around 50 members.
www.saludtropicalcolombia.org
President – Gabriel Jaime Parra Henao – gabriel.parrah@ucc.edu.co
Vice-President – Clara Beatriz Ocampo – claraocampo@cideim.org.co
Secretary/Treasurer – José Vicente Rojas Caraballo
Phone – (571) 360-2948
Bogota, Colombia

FRANCE
Société Francophone de Médecine Tropicale et Santé Internationale (SFMTSI)
(Former Société de Pathologie Exotique, SPE)
Created in 1908 – Around 200 members
www.societe-mtsi.fr/
President – Eric Pichard – eric.pichard.univ@gmail.com
General Secretary – Pierre Gazin – p.gazin@wanadoo.fr
Administrative Head: Sylviane Le Gurun – secretaire@societe-mtsi.fr
Secretariat of SFMTSI Revue : Isabelle Borloz – revue@societe-mtsi.fr
SFMTSI – Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Pavillon Laveran 1et etage
75013 PARIS
email: secretaire@societe-mtsi.fr
Phone - +33 (0)967 651 799
Postal address: BP 50082 - 75622
PARIS CEDEX 13, France

THE GAMBIA
Gambia Society of Microbiology (GaSoM)
Created in 2020 – Membership: 100 members.
Website: www.gasom.gm
President – Dr. Ousman Secka - osecka1963@gmail.com, gasom@gmail.com
Secretary – Mr Saffiatou Darboe - saffiatoudarboe80@gmail.com
email: gasom@gmail.com
Phone: +220-3923844 

GERMANY
German Society for Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine and Global Health (DTG)
Created in 1907 – around 1000 members.
www.dtg.org,
President: Dr. Dr. Carsten Köhler – carsten.koehler@uni-tuebingen.de
Secretary – Prof. Dr. Bernhard Fleischer – fleischer@bnitm.de
German Society for Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine and Global Health
Bernhard-Nocht Institut für Tropenmedizin - Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 74
20359 Hamburg – Germany
email: dtg@bnitm.de
Phone: + 49-40-285380-478

GUATEMALA
Associacion Guatemalteca de Parasitologia y Medicina Tropical‏
Created in 1979 – around 150 members
www.asociacionguatemaltecadeparasitologia.org
President: César L. González Camargo – laccem@hotmail.com
Secretary: José Víctor Cajas González
27 Av. 17-59 Zona 16, Jardines de San Isidro, 1016, Guatemala, Central America
Cell Phones: +502 5318-9961- 5048-728.  Phones: +502 2368-5581, 2253-6923, 2364-1194
Fax: +502 2364-1194

INDIA
Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (IAAVP)
Created in 1985 - 1056 members
President: A. Sangaran – sangaranvet@gmail.com
Secretary: Anish Yadav
Dept of Veterinary Parasitology, Madras Veterinary College
Chennai, 600 007 India
Mobile: +91 94442 19327

Indian Society for Parasitology (ISP)
Created in 1973
www.parasitologyindia.org
President – Sukhbir Kaur
Secretary – J.K. Saxena – jkscdri@yahoo.com, jkscdri@rediffmail.com
CSIR-CDRI 
BS10/1, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, 
Sitapur Road, Lucknow- 226031, Uttar Pradesh, India 
Phone: +91 0522 2771940, or 2771960
Email: contact@parasitologyindia.org

INDONESIA
Indonesian Parasite Control Association
Created in 2012 – Around about 600 members
President – Rita Kusriastuti – ritakus@yahoo.com
Secretary – Agnes Kurniawan – akatmadja@yahoo.com
Direktorat PPBB. Dit. Jen PP & P Jl. Percetakan Negara No. 29, Jakarta 10560
Phone: +62 4247573; Fax: +62 4247573

ISRAEL
Israel Society for Parasitology, Protozoology and Tropical Diseases
Created in 1964 – around 300 members
https://ispptd.org/
President – Eli Schwartz – elischwa@post.tau.ac.il
Member-at-large – Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu – kostasm@ekmd.huji.ac.il
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The Hebrew University-Hadassah, Medical School,
POB 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Phone/Fax: +972 2 675-8093

JAPAN
Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine (JSTM)
Created in 1959 – around 670 members
President – Tetsu Yamashiro - tyamashi@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
Office of the Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine (JSTM) C/O Institute of Tropical Medicine,
Nagasaki University
Sakamoto 1-12-4, Nagasaki, 852-8523 Japan
Phone: +81-95-819-7804 / Fax: +81-95-819-7805
Email: jstmsecr@tm.nagasaki-u.ac.jp

LATIN AMERICA
Latin American Federation of Parasitologia (FLAP)
Created in 1963. Number of member delegations: 12 Latin American Countries
President – Dr. María Mireya Muñoz
Microbiology and Parasitology Association of Panamá. miremar03@gmail.com
General Secretary – Antonieta Rojas de Arias - cedicpy@gmail.com; rojasdearias@gmail.com
Center for the Development of Scientific Research (CEDIC)
Manduvirá 635 entre 15 de Agosto y O’Leary
Barrio La Encarnación
Postal code 1255 - Asunción Paraguay
Phone/Fax: (595) 21-441513
http://www.cedic.org.py

MALAYSIA
Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine
Created in 1964 – around 581 members.
http://www.msptm.org
President – Lucas Low Van Lun
Vice-President – Adela Ida Jiram
Secretary – Stanley Tan Tiong Kai – secretarymsptm@gmail.com
21-5-2, Block E, Diamond Square, Jalan 3/50, Off Jalan Gombak,
53000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contact: secretarymsptm@gmail.com

MALI
Society of Parasitology and Mycology of Mali (SOPAMYM)
Created in 2016 – around 40 members
Vice-President – Boubacar Traoré – bouba.traore@icermali.org
Secretary – Abdoulaye Dabo – adabo@icermali.org
SOPAMYM - Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (FMOS)
Po Box: 1805 Bamako
Phone/Fax:: +223-20 22 81 09

MEXICO
Mexican Society of Parasitology
Created in 1960 – around 60 members.
http://smp.cinvestav.mx/
President – Luis Fernando Anaya-Velázquez – anayafe@ugto.mx
General Secretary – Juan Pablo Martínez Labat – jpmlabat@gmail.com
Sociedad Mexicana de Parasitología
Oficina 404, Lucerna 65, esquina Milan
Colonia Juarez, Del Cuauhtemoc, CDMX
Mexico 06600

PERU
Peruvian Heminthology Association (APHIA)
Created in 2005 – 45 Members
President – Jorge Manuel Cárdenas - Callirgos - jmcardenasc.proyectos@gmail.com
Secretary General – Jose Alberto Iannacone – Oliver
Asociación Peruana de Helmintología e Invertebrados Afines - APHIA
Enrique Salazar Barreto 587 (Departamento 202)
Urbanizacion Vista Alegre, Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru
Contact: aphiaperu@gmail.com
http://www.aphiaperu.com
Neotropical Helminthology - Editor Asociado (APHIA Journal)
https://www.neotropicalhelminthology.com
Phone/Fax: (+51-1) 999873716

Peruvian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (SPEIT)
Created in 1987
President – Alexis Holguin Ruiz
Secretary General – Fadia Uribe Hidalgo
Ave. Alberto Alexander 2378, Dpto 202; Lince, Peru
Email: speit@speit.pe
Website: https://speit.pe/
Phone/Fax: (+51) 993 725 417

PHILIPPINES
Philippine Association of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Inc. (PATMeGH)
Created in the University of the Philippines Manila on November 27, 2024. Currently, there are 53 members.
President – Windell L. Rivera - wlrivera@up.edu.ph
Secretary – Arlene G. Bertuso - agbertuso@up.edu.ph
Treasurer – Cecilia Nelia C. Maramba-Lazarte - ccmaramba@up.edu.ph
Address – Department of Parasitology, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila, 625 Pedro Gil St., Ermita 1000, Manila, Philippines
Phone – +63-9178241758

PORTUGAL
Association for the Development of Tropical Medicine
Created in 2008
www.ihmt.unl.pt,
President – Filomeno Fortes – filomenofortes@ihmt.unl.pt
Delegate for IFTM – Paulo Ferrinho – pferrinho@ihmt.unl.pt
Association for the Development of Tropical Medicine
admt@ihmt.unl.pt
Rua da Junqueira 100, 1349-008, Lisboa, Portugal

SCANDINAVIA
Scandinavian-Baltic Society For Parasitology (SBSP)
Created in 2003 – around 100 members
President – Pikka Jokelainen - pijo@ssi.dk
Secretary General - Gunita Deksne - contact@sbsp.eu
Website: www.sbsp.eu
contact@sbsp.eu
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_sbsp_?lang=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSBSP/

SOUTHEAST ASIAN
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)
Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network (TROPMED)
SEAMEO TROPMED network
Created in 1966 – around 700 members.
www.seameotropmednetwork.org
Secretary General/Coordinator – Pratap Singhasivanon – pratap.sin@mahidol.ac.th
SEAMEO TROPMED network Central office:
420/6 Ratchawithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Phone: + 66 (0) 2354 9145, 2354 9146, 2644 4331, 2644 5135
Fax: + 66 (0) 2354 9144
E-mail: secretariat@seameotropmednetwork.org     

SOUTH KOREA
The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine
Created in 1959. Around 300 members.
www.parasitol.or.kr
President: Eun-Taek Han – ethan@kangwon.ac.kr
Secretary: Jin-Hee Han – han.han@kangwon.ac.kr
Secretary office: paramail.kor@gmail.com
MediCheck Research Institute, Korea Association of Health Promotion, Seoul, Korea

SPAIN
Spanish Society of Tropical Medicine and International Health (SEMTSI)
Created in 1998 – around 500 members.
www.semtsi.es
President – Maria Dolores Bargues – m.d.bargues@uv.es
General Secretary – Miriam Navarro – miriam.navarro@mundosano.org
SEMTSI – Sociedad Española de Medicina Tropical y Salud Internacional
Carreres Puchalt, 6-bajo dcha. 46020 Valencia - SPAIN
Phone: (34) 960.728.212
E-mail: secretaria_tecnica@semtsi.org

Spanish Society of Parasitology (SOCEPA)
Created in 1963 - around 300 members
www.socepa.org
President- Carmen Cuéllar del Hoyo
Secretary & Treasurer- Alexandra Ibáñez Escribano
Sociedad Española de Parasitología (SOCEPA)
Parasitología. Facultad de Farmacia. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n. 28040 Madrid, Spain
Email: secretaria@socepa.org

SWITZERLAND
Swiss Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
Created in 1984 – around 250 members.
www.sstmp.ch
President – Britta Lundstroem  –  britta.lundstroem@vetsuisse.unibe.ch
Secretary & Vice-President – Daniel Mäusezahl – daniel.maeusezahl@unibas.ch
Swiss Society of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
c/o Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
Socinstr. 57, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
Email: mail@sstmp.ch

TAIWAN
Taiwan Society of Parasitology
tsp19860308@gmail.com
President - Chia-Kwung Fan - tedfan@tmu.edu.tw
Taipei Medical University
Telephone: 02-27361661 ext.3120
Fax: 02-27395092
Mobile phone:(886)-926862790
Taipei, Taiwan

THAILAND
Parasitology and Tropical Medicine Association of Thailand
Created in 1968. Around 500 members
www.ptat.org/th
President – Mathirut Mungthin – mathirut@pcm.ac.th
Secretary – Waranya Wongwit – waranya.won@mahidol.ac.th
420/6 Ratchawithi Rd, Rajathavee, Bangkok, Thailand

TURKEY
Turkish Society for Parasitology
Created in 1976
www.turkiyeparazitolojidernegi.org  and www.tparazitol.derg.org 
President – M.Ali Özcel – ozcel@mail.ege.edu.tr
Secretary – Mucide Ak – mucide.ak@ege.edu.tr
Turkish Society for Parasitology – Department of Parasitology, Medical Faculty of Ege University. Bornova  35100 -Izmir-TURKEY

UNITED KINGDOM
British Society for Parasitology (BSP)
President: Jo Hamilton
Secretary: Julian Fuller
Contact: info@bsp.uk.net
British Society For Parasitology - 87 Gladstone Street, Bedford
Bedfordshire, MK41 7RS
Phone: +44 (0) 1234 211015
Website: https://bsp.uk.net/Home
Membership: https://bsp.uk.net/Membership
Events: https://bsp.uk.net/Events

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Created in 1907, with Royal Assent in the UK shortly later
Around 1,800 members from over 80 countries
President – Professor Jimmy Whitworth - jimmy.whitworth@lshtm.ac.uk
CEO – Tamar Ghosh – tamar.ghosh@rstmh.org
Address – Northumberland House, 303-306 High Holborn, London WC1V 7JZ, UK
Phone: +44 207 405 2628
Website: www.rstmh.org

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
Created in 1903 – around 4,500 members.
www.astmh.org
President – David Fidock
Chief Executive Officer – Jamie Bay Nishi – jnishi@astmh.org
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
241 18th St. South, Suite 501
Arlington, VA 22202 USA.
Phone: +1-703 650 5843

VENEZUELA
Sociedade Parasitologia Venezuela
Created in 1980
www.sociedadparasitologicavenezolana.com
President – Leidi Herrera – herrerleidi@yahoo.com – leidi.herrera@ciens.ucv.ve
General Secretary – Carlos Botto Abella – okotoima@gmail.com
Sociedade Parasitologia Venezuela
Avenida Neverí, Edificio Fundavac – AsoVAC, P.B. Col. de Bello Monte, Venezuela

VIETNAM
Vietnam Association of Parasitology (VAP)
Created in 1973 – around 2.000 members
President – Le Bach Quang – lebachquangdiep@gmail.com
President Elect: Pham Van Luc – lucvp@vast.ac.vn
Vice-president/Treasurer – Nguyen Khac Luc – lnkhac@yahoo.com
Secretary: Do Nhu Binh – binhvef2006@gmail.com; nhubinh.do@vmmu.edu.vn
PO Box: Vietnam Association of Parasitology
Level 5, Bio-medical and Pharmaceutical Applied Research Centre
Vietnam Military Medical University
No.160 Phung Hung, Phuc La, Ha Dong, Ha Noi, 310000, Vietnam.
Phone: +84 38546604 / +84 945311386