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Kenya national school based deworming Day

Meeting the need for evidence-based research to improve the effectiveness of  NTD control programmes

Kenya national school based deworming Day
Lunchtime in an Kenyan School

Answering key questions to inform NTD control policy 

Lunchtime in a Kenyan School
Research collecting field data on trachoma - Image courtesy of Sightsavers

An innovative research collaboration bringing together leading experts to tackle neglected tropical diseases

Research collecting field data on trachoma - Image courtesy of Sightsavers

The London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research (LCNTDR) is an innovative research collaboration between Imperial College London, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the Natural History Museum, the Royal Veterinary College.

The London Centre brings together leading experts to conduct cutting-edge research to build the evidence base around the design, implementation and evaluation of neglected tropical disease (NTD) control and elimination programmes. 

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News

WHO announce a 91% drop in trachoma risk since 2002

28 Jun 2019

NTD Research Afternoon: NTD Detection and Diagnostics, 6th June

13 Jun 2019

How can we maintain mans’ best friendship?

12 Jun 2019

New predictions for the global expansion of Dengue Fever until 2080

11 Jun 2019
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Selected Research Projects

WEAR: WEarable Aedes Repellent Technologies

TUMIKIA Field Officers

TUMIKIA: evaluation of school- versus community-based deworming on the transmission of STH in coastal Kenya

Measuring the height of a child to identify correct dosages

NTD Modelling Consortium: Reaching the 2020 Goals for human onchocerciasis

DeWorm3: Demonstrating the feasibility of STH elimination

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Publications

22 Jul 2019

Adaptive Estimation for Epidemic Renewal and Phylogenetic Skyline Models

bioRxiv
Peer-reviewed article
22 Jul 2019

From river blindness to river epilepsy: Implications for onchocerciasis elimination programmes

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Peer-reviewed article
15 Jul 2019

Ocular Immune Responses, Chlamydia trachomatis Infection and Clinical Signs of Trachoma Before and After Azithromycin Mass Drug Administration in a Treatment Naïve Trachoma-Endemic Tanzanian Community.

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Peer-reviewed article
08 Jul 2019

Persistent Hot spots in Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation Studies for Gaining and Sustaining Control of Schistosomiasis after Four Years of Mass Drug Administration of Praziquantel

Am J Trop Med Hyg.
Peer-reviewed article

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RT @JoWebster_Group: We are looking to recruit an experienced and dynamic Schistosoma pop gen posdoc to join @JoWebster_Group to be part… https://t.co/CVmewIXhLi
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RT @anthonywsolomon: Annual update on work to #EndTrachoma just published in @WHO’s WER: https://t.co/FJGHIhrZtO. Great progress, but 🌍w… https://t.co/WCi9ICYyN8
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RT @anthonywsolomon: Azithromycin mass drug administration for trachoma elimination started in Egypt today - their 1st azithromycin MDA!… https://t.co/TtFTya18mG
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RT @RSTMH: We're looking for a Managing Editor to look after both our journals, as part of our small but amazing team! If you'… https://t.co/bZ8dMlyC6J
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RT @IDDjobs: CLOSING SOON: Postdoc (London, United Kingdom) RSV modelling including vaccine impact with @stfnflsch at… https://t.co/1BXNmDOMuB
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RT @lamarevilia: If you or your intervention team wonder how (and why!) such a sensitive molecular diagnostic tool like #qPCR has no… https://t.co/P1iGKxEnLT
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RT @TeebzR: After 7 weeks in Goma and a couple of days in London, heading to #useR2019 in Toulouse to talk about how #rstats i… https://t.co/Wnonm5oYBP
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New research: Global impact & cost-effectiveness of melioidosis vaccine https://t.co/u4y2ugXHQx Meliodosis kills 9… https://t.co/iFQjfE6tIi
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Imperial College London

Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum

Royal Veterinary College (RVC)

Royal Veterinary College

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