LCNTDR

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

Kenya national school based deworming Day

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

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, 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.

News

Professor Joanne Webster awarded Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences

11 May 2022

LCNTDR says farewell to Professor Sir Roy Anderson at 9th anniversary event

06 Apr 2022

London Centre for NTD Research to host 9th anniversary event at the Royal Veterinary College

03 Mar 2022

Professor Sir Roy Anderson to step down at Director of the LCNTDR

03 Mar 2022

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WEAR: WEarable Aedes Repellent Technologies

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

Publications

01 Jun 2022

A novel metabarcoded deep amplicon sequencing tool for disease surveillance and determining the species composition of Trypanosoma in cattle and other farm animals

Acta Tropica

Peer-reviewed article

21 Apr 2022

Potential drivers for schistosomiasis persistence: population genetic analyses from a cluster-randomized urogenital schistosomiasis elimination trial across the Zanzibar islands

medRxiv

Peer-reviewed article

20 Apr 2022

Systematic review to evaluate a potential association between helminth infection and physical stunting in children

Parasites & Vectors

Peer-reviewed article

12 Apr 2022

Improving anthelmintic treatment for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases through sharing and reuse of individual participant data

Wellcome Open Research

Peer-reviewed article

@NTDResearch on Twitter

Noma is a debilitating orofacial necrotizing bacterial disease that affects marginalized persons, particularly young children, the vast majority of whom live in tropical and subtropical areas in sub-Saharan Africa. Should Noma be considered an NTD? https://t.co/cmR52JfqgS

13 hours 34 min ago

New research in @TheLancetInfDis reviews the scientific rationale behind the newly issued 2022 @WHO guideline on control and elimination of schistosomiasis. Learn more . #beatNTDs https://t.co/QgNk97D4Nc

5 days 5 hours ago

How modelling can help steer the course to achieve targets set in the @WHO #NTDroadmap2030? New @NTDResearch open letter explores the contribution that modelling can make to timelines, programme design, drug development and clinical trials. #beatNTDs https://t.co/OHZVcvo9Bd

6 days 7 hours ago

RT @TrachomaControl: If facial hygiene practices vary seasonally this could have important implications for the design of interventions for trachoma control. New @NTDResearch in @PLOSNTDs explores seasonal variation in water use for hygiene in Oromia, Ethiopia. #beatNTDs https://t.co/hzUI44Cd5k

1 week 8 hours ago

The @NHM_London us recruiting a Senior Curator (Parasitic Worms). The post holder will ensure best practice in collections care, strategic development and facilitate access and use by a range of stakeholders within the museum and worldwide. Apply . https://t.co/ysqfXmtQlY

1 week 9 hours ago

New @NTDResearch in @PLOSNTDs shows that modelling snakebite as zoonosis provides a mechanistic eco-epidemiological basis to understand snakebites, and the possible implications of global environmental and demographic change for the burden of snakebite. https://t.co/VLuPoMM32F

1 week 11 hours ago

The accuracy of screening tests for detecting cystic echinococcosis in livestock depends on characteristics of the host–parasite interaction and the extent of serological cross-reactivity with other taeniid species. Learn more . #beatNTDs https://t.co/7Omx4AUWO0

1 week 4 days ago

RT @JoWebster_Group: I am truly honoured and humbled to be elected a FMedSci, undoubtedly one of the proudest achievements and recognitions of my career. I am so grateful to the wonderful and inspirational mentors, colleagues, group members, students and beyond who helped get me here - thank you all. https://t.co/Jkae2pOKXu

1 week 5 days ago

Successful disease control requires deep and meaningful engagement with local communities. Nurses are essential in this endeavour. Today, #InternationalNursesDay, we celebrate the nurses that are driving progress to achieve #UHC and #beatNTDs. https://t.co/yTL3V68TaG

1 week 5 days ago

Congratulations to our Director, Prof. Joanne Webster, for being awarded a Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) for exceptional contributions to the advancement of biomedical and health research! Learn more in our newsroom . #beatNTDs https://t.co/U3tORJTutV

1 week 6 days ago

"To ensure vector control capacity, well-trained, motivated, and appropriately funded local entomologists are essential to lead vector research and entomological operations" - learn more in the latest @NTDResearch in @TrendsParasitol. #beatNTDs https://t.co/EThNF6GFbG

2 weeks 1 day ago

What is the economic impact of schistosomiasis? A recent study in Senegal looks at the financial impact of livestock schistosomiasis, highlighting that a One Health approach is needed to understand the true socio-economic impact. #beatNTDs https://t.co/2fsoEBi5na

2 weeks 3 days ago

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News

Professor Joanne Webster awarded Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences

LCNTDR says farewell to Professor Sir Roy Anderson at 9th anniversary event

London Centre for NTD Research to host 9th anniversary event at the Royal Veterinary College

Professor Sir Roy Anderson to step down at Director of the LCNTDR

The NTD research directory.

Search our Projects

Search our Researchers

Selected Research Projects

WEAR: WEarable Aedes Repellent Technologies

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

NTD Modelling Consortium: Reaching the 2020 Goals for human onchocerciasis

DeWorm3: Demonstrating the feasibility of STH elimination

Publications

A novel metabarcoded deep amplicon sequencing tool for disease surveillance and determining the species composition of Trypanosoma in cattle and other farm animals

Potential drivers for schistosomiasis persistence: population genetic analyses from a cluster-randomized urogenital schistosomiasis elimination trial across the Zanzibar islands

Systematic review to evaluate a potential association between helminth infection and physical stunting in children

Improving anthelmintic treatment for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases through sharing and reuse of individual participant data

@NTDResearch on Twitter

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Imperial College London

Natural History Museum

Royal Veterinary College

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Arboviruses
Avian influenza
Buruli Ulcer
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Chikungunya
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Leishmaniasis
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Scabies
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Snakebites
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Tansy Edwards
Dr Aidan Emery
Dr Amaya Bustinduy
Dr Anna Phillips
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Dr Chrissy Roberts
Dr Colin Sutherland
Dr Daniel Martin-Vega
Dr Emma Harding-Esch
Dr James Logan
Dr Judd Walson
Dr Kris Murray
Dr Lesley Drake
Dr Maddy Gupta-Wright
Dr Martin Hall
Dr Martin Walker
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Professor John Kelly
Professor Maria-Gloria Basáñez
Professor Martin Holland
Professor Mary Cameron
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Arboviruses
Avian influenza
Buruli Ulcer
Chagas
Chikungunya
Dengue
Dicrocoeliosis
Ebola
Food-borne trematodiases
Human African trypanosomiasis
Leishmaniasis
Leprosy
Loa loa
Lymphatic filariasis
Onchocerciasis
Rabies
Scabies
Schistosomiasis
Snakebites
Soil transmitted helminths
Taeniasis/cysticercosis
Toxoplasmosis
Trachoma
Trypanosoma brucei
Visceral leishmaniasis
Yaws
Yellow fever
Zika
Zoonoses

Anthropology
Bacteriology
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics
Biology
Biostatistics
Chemotherapy
Child health
Climate change
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Demography
Diagnostics
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Drug development
Ecology
Economics
Engineering
Entomology
Epidemiology
Genetics
Genomics
GIS/Spatial analysis
Health economics
Health economics
Health system strengthening
Host-parasite relationships
Immunology
Impact evaluations
Mathematical modelling
Medical anthropology
Mental health and wellbeing
Microbiology
Modelling
Monitoring and evaluation - impact
Monitoring and evaluation - process
Nutrition
One health
Operational research
Parasitology
Pharmacology
Phylogenetics
Public health
Social sciences
Sociology
Statistics
Surveillance
Vaccinology
Vector Control
Virology
WASH
Xenomonitoring

Africa
-Eastern Africa
--Burundi
--Comoros
--Djibouti
--Eritrea
--Ethiopia
--Kenya
--Madagascar
--Malawi
--Mauritius
--Mayotte
--Mozambique
--Réunion
--Rwanda
--Seychelles
--Somalia
--South Sudan
--Tanzania, United Republic of
--Uganda
--Zambia
--Zimbabwe
-Middle Africa
--Angola
--Cameroon
--Central African Republic
--Chad
--Congo
--Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
--Equatorial Guinea
--Gabon
--Sao Tome and Principe
-Northern Africa
--Algeria
--Egypt
--Libya
--Morocco
--Sudan
--Tunisia
--Western Sahara
-Southern Africa
--Botswana
--Lesotho
--Namibia
--South Africa
--Swaziland
-Western Africa
--Benin
--Burkina Faso
--Cabo Verde
--Côte d'Ivoire
--Gambia
--Ghana
--Guinea
--Guinea-Bissau
--Liberia
--Mali
--Mauritania
--Niger
--Nigeria
--Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
--Senegal
--Sierra Leone
--Togo
Americas
-Caribbean
--Anguilla
--Antigua and Barbuda
--Aruba
--Bahamas
--Barbados
--Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
--Cayman Islands
--Cuba
--Curaçao
--Dominica
--Dominican Republic
--Grenada
--Guadeloupe
--Haiti
--Jamaica
--Martinique
--Montserrat
--Puerto Rico
--Saint Barthélemy
--Saint Kitts and Nevis
--Saint Lucia
--Saint Martin (French part)
--Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
--Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
--Trinidad and Tobago
--Turks and Caicos Islands
--Virgin Islands (British)
--Virgin Islands (U.S.)
-Central America
--Belize
--Costa Rica
--El Salvador
--Guatemala
--Honduras
--Mexico
--Nicaragua
--Panama
-Northern America
--Bermuda
--Canada
--Greenland
--Saint Pierre and Miquelon
--United States of America
-South America
--Argentina
--Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
--Brazil
--Chile
--Colombia
--Ecuador
--Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
--French Guiana
--Guyana
--Paraguay
--Peru
--Suriname
--Uruguay
--Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Antarctica
Asia
-Central Asia
--Kazakhstan
--Kyrgyzstan
--Tajikistan
--Turkmenistan
--Uzbekistan
-Eastern Asia
--China
--Hong Kong
--Japan
--Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)
--Korea (Republic of)
--Macao
--Mongolia
--Taiwan, Province of China
-South-Eastern Asia
--Brunei Darussalam
--Cambodia
--Indonesia
--Lao People's Democratic Republic
--Malaysia
--Myanmar
--Philippines
--Singapore
--Thailand
--Timor-Leste
--Viet Nam
-Southern Asia
--Afghanistan
--Bangladesh
--Bhutan
--India
--Iran (Islamic Republic of)
--Maldives
--Nepal
--Pakistan
--Sri Lanka
-Western Asia
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--Azerbaijan
--Bahrain
--Cyprus
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--Iraq
--Israel
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--Kuwait
--Lebanon
--Oman
--Palestine, State of
--Qatar
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--Turkey
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--Yemen
Bouvet Island
British Indian Ocean Territory
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Europe
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--Belarus
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--Poland
--Romania
--Russian Federation
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--Ukraine
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--Finland
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--Ireland
--Isle of Man
--Jersey
--Latvia
--Lithuania
--Norway
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--Sweden
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-Southern Europe
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--Andorra
--Bosnia and Herzegovina
--Croatia
--Gibraltar
--Greece
--Holy See
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French Southern Territories
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Oceania
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-Melanesia
--Fiji
--New Caledonia
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-Micronesia
--Guam
--Kiribati
--Marshall Islands
--Micronesia (Federated States of)
--Nauru
--Northern Mariana Islands
--Palau
-Polynesia
--American Samoa
--Cook Islands
--French Polynesia
--Niue
--Pitcairn
--Samoa
--Tokelau
--Tonga
--Tuvalu
--Wallis and Futuna
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
United States Minor Outlying Islands