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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

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

The London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research (LCNTDR) is an innovative research collaboration between Imperial College London, Kingston University, London School of Economics and Political Science, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Natural History Museum, Royal Veterinary College, St Georges University of London, UK Neqas Parasitology, University of Greenwich, and University of Surrey.

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

Call for papers: Mental health, stigma and Neglected Tropical Diseases supplement

03 Feb 2023

LCNTDR hosts 10th anniversary at Natual History Museum

30 Jan 2023

LCNTDR published 2023 Research Highlights booklet

30 Jan 2023

LCNTDR 10th Anniversary Agenda

26 Jan 2023
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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

30 Jan 2023

LCNTDR Research Highlights 2023

Peer-reviewed article
30 Jan 2023

The journey of External Quality Assurance (EQA) specimens for diagnostic parasitology: from our hands to yours - Jaya Shrivastava

Peer-reviewed article
30 Jan 2023

Genetic characterisation of β-tubulins in Ascaris from across the globe - Ben P. Jones

Peer-reviewed article
30 Jan 2023

Schistosome & Snail Resource – Adam Cieplinski

Peer-reviewed article

@NTDResearch on Twitter

.@RSTMH is seeking submissions for a supplement, to be published in International Health, which brings together research on mental health, stigma and NTDs to help facilitate translation of learning into practice and policy uptake. Learn more . #beatNTDs https://t.co/yAY21rGLlM
3 days 21 min ago
“Funding is needed to support drug distribution, training and raising awareness. Funding for research & development is crucial so that the promising innovations emerging from African laboratories and clinical trial sites can reach doctors and patients.” https://t.co/yw6pAQiLy2
3 days 3 hours ago
RT @JoWebster_Group: Following our enormously successful and packed-to-capacity 10th anniversary @NTDResearch symposium on Thursday, and today's World NTD Day, we commemorate all with our 2023 Research Highlights online booklet. https://t.co/dyXCa6VnK6 https://t.co/niQF5rOpJp
6 days 4 hours ago
“We have the tools and the know-how not just to save lives and prevent suffering, but to free entire communities and countries of these diseases. It’s time to act now, act together, and invest in NTDs.” - @DrTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus https://t.co/vpFONKOrOA
6 days 4 hours ago
Neglected tropical disease (NTD) programmes strengthen health systems through disease surveillance and by training local health workers. We must be #100percentCommitted to #BeatNTDs. #WorldNTDDay https://t.co/Uhjrm7RfxD
1 week 3 hours ago
Incredible progress has been made to #BeatNTDs but COVID-19 has affected NTD programmes & funding is required to recover. On #WorldNTDDay we urge leaders to be #100percentCommitted to ending NTDs, sign the Kigali Declaration and make commitments https://t.co/0BSKYNeIcH
1 week 20 hours ago
14 countries are currently on the path to interruption of transmission, with 0 new child cases in the past 5 years. We have the tools to stop transmission, but we need political commitment to do so. It’s time to #ActNow and invest to #EndLeprosy. #WorldLeprosyDay https://t.co/ksZLHN3vbL
1 week 3 days ago
> 24 countries have implemented SDR-PEP, an antibiotic that stops leprosy from developing. SDR-PEP can reduce the risk of leprosy, and 99% of close contacts of leprosy patients accept SDR-PEP as a way to stop transmission. #ActNow #EndLeprosy #WorldLeprosyDay https://t.co/yTy7qrSFvY
1 week 3 days ago
Inequities and inequalities are a major challenge for Australia’s Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander populations. Join @TrachomaControl & @WorldExtremeMed on 30 January to learn how trachoma programs are improving health equity among special populations. https://t.co/RNl6Kd4qpX
1 week 3 days ago
A community screening pilot for #ChagasDisease in London found 1 in 4 people were positive, despite very low knowledge of the disease. Communities initiatives are essential to improve general awareness and prevent underdiagnosis. #beatNTDs @UKChagasHub @HTropDis @LSHTM https://t.co/1ED8TojoV4
1 week 3 days ago
Published data on Toxoplasma seroprevalence shows consistent reductions in parasite exposure in recent decades across human populations. @GC_Milne presents research on the changing #epidemiology of #toxoplasmosis at the @NTDResearch 10th anniversary. https://t.co/5HLE5Vcedv https://t.co/YCTCZTLrkj
1 week 3 days ago
Skin NTDs account for a disproportionate number of DALYs yet these disease often remain neglected. @Dr_MichaelMarks, presents the work of SHARP, to generate evidence on integrated skin NTD programs, and improve community engagement and healthcare worker education. https://t.co/wc9zEaMESO
1 week 3 days ago

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Imperial College London

Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum

Royal Veterinary College (RVC)

Royal Veterinary College

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