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, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the Natural History Museum and 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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ADVAC course open for registrations

20 Jul 2021

Event summary: LCNTDR and RSTMH research afternoon on disease management, disability and inclusion

09 Jun 2021

LCNTDR welcomes four new members

03 Jun 2021

World Health Assembly adopts decision to recognize 30 January as World NTD Day

01 Jun 2021

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The NTD research directory.
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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

26 Jun 2021

A Chlamydia trachomatis VD1-MOMP vaccine elicits cross-neutralizing and protective antibodies against C/C-related complex serovars

Nature

Peer-reviewed article

26 Jun 2021

How qPCR complements the WHO roadmap (2021–2030) for soil-transmitted helminths

Trends in Parasitology

Peer-reviewed article

26 Jun 2021

Evaluation of a urogenital schistosomiasis behavioural intervention among students from rural schools in Unguja and Pemba islands, Zanzibar

Acta Tropica

Peer-reviewed article

26 Jun 2021

Patterns and Drivers of Household Sanitation Access and Sustainability in Kwale County, Kenya

Environ. Sci. Technol.

Peer-reviewed article

@NTDResearch on Twitter

Increased investment in vision will benefit a range of SDGs, inc. education & zero poverty, while simultaneously strengthening health systems. We welcome the #UNGA Resolution on eye care for 1.1 billion people with preventable sight loss. Learn more https://t.co/LXlnMI0r9U

1 day 21 min ago

Treatment alone will not eliminate #schistosomiasis. Read @BugBittenTweets to learn why cross-sectoral collaboration with education, water, sanitation and hygiene, and snail control partners is needed to achieve #NTDroadmap2030 targets. #beatNTDs https://t.co/9TgPIGNsNu

1 day 2 hours ago

#Trachoma surveys are complicated by poor correlation between disease signs and infection. DjinniChip is a new fast and low-cost diagnostic assay that shows strong potential for use in the most hard-to-reach areas. Learn more at @Bugbittentweets. #beatNTDs https://t.co/AA9vWV2o77

1 day 20 hours ago

Geostatistical models can evaluate the accuracy & cost-effectiveness of different survey designs and identify areas that require MDA for #schistosomiasis. Read the latest @bugbittentweets blog to learn more about designing school-based surveys to #beatNTDs https://t.co/Uk4RyAIJhQ

2 days 2 hours ago

#DYK that the UK aid cuts mean 100 million people in some of the poorest and most marginalised communities are at risk of #NTDs? We must continue to work together to ensure the work to eliminate these devastating diseases is not undone: https://t.co/2zMLrRPTix #PlayYourPart

3 days 52 min ago

The @WHO M&E framework emphasizes that monitoring and evaluation are integral against all interventions to #beatNTDs and reminds us of the importance of standardised indicators to ensure comparability. - @mwelentuli opens the WHO NTD webinar on M&E. https://t.co/1goQZsS01P

3 days 22 hours ago

Interested in working on #schistosomiasis? @LSHTM is recruiting a Research Assistant within the Wellcome Trust Funded Biomedical Resource project; Schistosome and Snail resource (SSR); supporting global schistosomiasis research. Apply . #beatNTDs https://t.co/Jgw9IdIsLb

5 days 15 min ago

#WHO’s M&E framework https://t.co/IRT4LD14aQ presents a theory of change. It shows how #NTDRoadMap2030 shifts will come about & what needs to be done to reach the 2030 goals & targets. Join us to find out more https://t.co/T7j2P1IvVx https://t.co/NsnqHAT48U

5 days 1 hour ago

Neglected tropical zoonotic diseases affect the health and livelihoods of the world's poorest populations. New research explores the spatial distribution of rabies, tuberculosis, schistosomiasis, and visceral leishmaniasis in humans. #beatNTDs https://t.co/rRN6oVOfoB

5 days 1 hour ago

#DYK the Global Trachoma Mapping Project and #TropicalData have examined over 10 million people? That's one person every 26 seconds! We're celebrating this milestone as surveys reach their 50th country #SierraLeone https://t.co/XiRxvTBltz @USAID #UKAid. #BeatNTDs

5 days 23 hours ago

If you're interested in #GlobalHealth and photography, check out the "#GlobalChallenges in Health" photo contest from @RSTMH and @ectmih2021. Deadline is 30 July and there are prizes to be won! More info here: https://t.co/p66MewxQuv @UiB

6 days 1 hour ago

"It's the poor who are affected, if we don't help them they can't get out of it." In Côte d'Ivoire, @Sightsavers #Accelerate programme has completed its final surgeries for advanced trachoma. Dr Coulibaly, ophthalmologist, shares his experience: https://t.co/0A5k5sQFBL

6 days 2 hours ago

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News

ADVAC course open for registrations

Event summary: LCNTDR and RSTMH research afternoon on disease management, disability and inclusion

LCNTDR welcomes four new members

World Health Assembly adopts decision to recognize 30 January as World NTD Day

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 Chlamydia trachomatis VD1-MOMP vaccine elicits cross-neutralizing and protective antibodies against C/C-related complex serovars

How qPCR complements the WHO roadmap (2021–2030) for soil-transmitted helminths

Evaluation of a urogenital schistosomiasis behavioural intervention among students from rural schools in Unguja and Pemba islands, Zanzibar

Patterns and Drivers of Household Sanitation Access and Sustainability in Kwale County, Kenya

@NTDResearch on Twitter

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