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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

London Centre for NTD Research to host 8th Anniversary Event on 30 January 2020!

16 Jan 2020

Announcing Four Calls for Proposed Research On Neglected Tropical Diseases

15 Jan 2020

Initiatives to control and eliminate parasitic disease are reaching targets earlier than projected

26 Dec 2019

Heads up! A New Request for Proposals from will be released in January

23 Dec 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

18 Jan 2020

Multiplex Mediator Displacement Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Detection of Treponema pallidum and Haemophilus ducreyi

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Peer-reviewed article
10 Jan 2020

Molecular diversity of Bulinus species in Madziwa area, Shamva district in Zimbabwe: implications for urogenital schistosomiasis transmission

Parasites & Vectors
Peer-reviewed article
08 Jan 2020

What does soil-transmitted helminth elimination look like? Results from a targeted molecular detection survey in Japan

Parasites & Vectors
Peer-reviewed article
27 Dec 2019

Two-year longitudinal survey reveals high genetic diversity of Schistosoma mansoni with adult worms surviving praziquantel treatment at the start of mass drug administration in Uganda

Parasites & Vectors
Peer-reviewed article

@NTDResearch on Twitter

Have you signed up for the 8th anniversary event for the London Centre for NTD Research? Don't miss this great oppo… https://t.co/zWBeK3gxwr
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Girls & women bear the brunt of the global NTD burden. They also represent the majority of health workers helping t… https://t.co/jnTtNNeVwF
17 hours 13 min ago
Four calls for proposed research on Neglected Tropical Diseases have been announced by @COR_NTD! Read more and appl… https://t.co/Anh5Gy8GR2
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More than 1.5 billion people are at risk of neglected tropical diseases: ancient diseases that are both physically… https://t.co/4CxQgBNdtX
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@Variola3 It is always great to see students getting involved in NTDs! The diversity between the diseases & the cro… https://t.co/Sscs83upnj
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RT @MRC_Outbreak: Our latest report on estimated cases of #coronavirus #2019nCoV now available in #Mandarin https://t.co/7A77NXZ3iw https://t.co/ahzDKjdQEw
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Trachoma & onchocerciasis steal eyesight. Lymphatic filariasis causes enormous, painful swollen limbs. Sleeping sic… https://t.co/USGbpWzGob
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Nerve damage in #leprosy is a continuing challenge to scientists, clinicians and service providers. Find out why th… https://t.co/agcCriXpme
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RT @elimin8schisto: #Schistosomiasis is a complex disease – so are the names given to it across the globe. We have collected a few of… https://t.co/aJP5g4YY4t
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We’re pleased to support @Sightsavers in the fight to eliminate neglected tropical diseases (#NTDs) through our new… https://t.co/Mj5mGYjOFX
1 day 11 hours ago
RT @ASTMH: Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are some of the most common diseases on the planet that many have never heard of… https://t.co/hqgUP6eLrP
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New data shows leishmaniasis incidence on its own is not a reliable indicator of the performance of case detection… https://t.co/DZlwJ0Rnhj
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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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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7594 7122

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