Membership shall be composed of pediatricians from tropical countries, those from other countries with special interest in child health in the tropics and those who have contributed to pediatrics in the tropics through visits, lectures and other means.

Applications for membership shall be sent to the Executive Director.

Membership shall be for a term of five years renewable every five years.

In countries where pediatricians interested in tropical child health have banded together to form societies, such groups will be acknowledged as chapters.

Membership fees

• Individual members are requested to pay 50.- US$ for the period of three years.
  
• National chapters as group members are requested to pay 2.- US$ per individual annually.
  

The fees are payable through a cheque mailed to the treasurer:

ISTP/Prof. Tom Schulpen
account number: 451693256
ABN-AMRO bank
Bilthoven
The Netherlands
IBAN: NL23ABNA0451693256
BIC Code ABNANL2A