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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LCNTDR & The HAT Platform Scientific Research Meeting - 'Achieving Human African Trypanosomiasis elimination'

11 Jan 2022

Submit your abstracts for the LCNTDR NTD scientific research roundtable!

19 Oct 2021

LCNTDR Travel Grant Scheme 2021

08 Oct 2021

New research reveals the complex multi-host-species and multi-parasite-species transmission dynamics of a major disease

07 Oct 2021

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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

11 Nov 2021

Redefining snakebite envenoming as a zoonosis: disease incidence is driven by snake ecology, socioeconomics and anthropogenic impacts

Peer-reviewed article

11 Nov 2021

Promoting co-existence between humans and venomous snakes through increasing the herpetological knowledge base

Toxicon X

Peer-reviewed article

11 Nov 2021

‘Slash and clear’ vector control for onchocerciasis elimination and epilepsy prevention: a protocol of a cluster randomised trial in Cameroonian villages

BMJ Open

Peer-reviewed article

11 Nov 2021

Insecticide-impregnated netting: A surface treatment for killing Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae), the vector of Leishmania infantum

Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases

Peer-reviewed article

@NTDResearch on Twitter

30 January 2022 is #WorldLeprosyDay and #WorldNTDDay and we are #United4Dignity! Let’s lift up every voice and honor people who have experienced leprosy. What does dignity look like to you? https://t.co/ZSiNWlEa5U

3 hours 18 min ago

Fine-scale mapping of schistosomiasis to guide micro-targeting of interventions will gain importance in elimination settings, where the heterogeneity of transmission is often pronounced. Learn more . #beatNTDs https://t.co/rvlsMHUGmy

10 hours 40 min ago

1 in 5 of us are affected by neglected tropical diseases. This #WorldNTDDay we’re showing we’re 100% committed to play our part to eliminate them. Find out how you can #PlayYourPart: https://t.co/CRoTt2EheR @Sightsavers

3 days 2 hours ago

Join LCNTDR, @RSTMH & The HAT Platform for a scientific research meeting on achieving human African trypanosomiasis elimination. The three-day event will held from 1-3 February. Register here: https://t.co/iwK0RHKIJu

3 days 4 hours ago

Estimating spatiotemporal variation in disease exposure is critical to reduce disease burden. New @NTDResearch uses a modeling framework to predict force-of-infection in space & time from serosurveys able to propagate uncertainties in Colombia. #beatNTDs https://t.co/AGLc2dvYvm

3 days 4 hours ago

Taytu was diagnosed with leprosy as a child. Now leprosy-free, she is expanding her business selling carrots and rearing sheep in Ethiopia and enjoying economic independence. #United4Dignity #WorldLeprosyDay https://t.co/vXPsO4Nfpg

5 days 4 hours ago

RT @RSTMH: Join us for a free online series of scientific research roundtables, co-hosted by @NTDResearch and the HAT Platform. Convening global researchers working to interrupt the transmission and elimination of HAT as a public health problem. https://t.co/RJkriGeypp #beatNTDs https://t.co/ML4rlZBc77

5 days 4 hours ago

Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato is a zoonotic parasitic cestode leading to cystic echinococcosis in both humans & sheep with both medical & financial impacts, whose reduction requires the application of a One Health approach to its control. Learn more https://t.co/6Vqe9tnPEC

5 days 8 hours ago

30 January 2022 is #WorldLeprosyDay and we are #United4Dignity! Let’s lift up every voice and honor people who have experienced leprosy. What does dignity look like to you? https://t.co/y6l0XL17lO

5 days 22 hours ago

6 days 1 hour ago

The Infectious Diseases Data Observatory has launched a clinical data platform for the collation, curation, standardisation and reuse of individual participant data on treatments for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases. Learn more: https://t.co/dR1CaQ0Xd4 @IDDOnews

6 days 4 hours ago

"From design to implementation, monitoring and evaluation, people with disabilities must be included in NTD programs to address structural barriers and build inclusive public health & social justice programs" - https://t.co/IDfIl8vTOJ

6 days 6 hours ago

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News

LCNTDR & The HAT Platform Scientific Research Meeting - 'Achieving Human African Trypanosomiasis elimination'

Submit your abstracts for the LCNTDR NTD scientific research roundtable!

LCNTDR Travel Grant Scheme 2021

New research reveals the complex multi-host-species and multi-parasite-species transmission dynamics of a major disease

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

Redefining snakebite envenoming as a zoonosis: disease incidence is driven by snake ecology, socioeconomics and anthropogenic impacts

Promoting co-existence between humans and venomous snakes through increasing the herpetological knowledge base

‘Slash and clear’ vector control for onchocerciasis elimination and epilepsy prevention: a protocol of a cluster randomised trial in Cameroonian villages

Insecticide-impregnated netting: A surface treatment for killing Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae), the vector of Leishmania infantum

@NTDResearch on Twitter

Members

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Imperial College London

Natural History Museum

Royal Veterinary College

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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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Medical anthropology
Mental health and wellbeing
Microbiology
Modelling
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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
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--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
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--Aruba
--Bahamas
--Barbados
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--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
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--Argentina
--Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
--Brazil
--Chile
--Colombia
--Ecuador
--Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
--French Guiana
--Guyana
--Paraguay
--Peru
--Suriname
--Uruguay
--Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Antarctica
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-Central Asia
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--Kyrgyzstan
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--Turkmenistan
--Uzbekistan
-Eastern Asia
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--Macao
--Mongolia
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-South-Eastern Asia
--Brunei Darussalam
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--Malaysia
--Myanmar
--Philippines
--Singapore
--Thailand
--Timor-Leste
--Viet Nam
-Southern Asia
--Afghanistan
--Bangladesh
--Bhutan
--India
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--Maldives
--Nepal
--Pakistan
--Sri Lanka
-Western Asia
--Armenia
--Azerbaijan
--Bahrain
--Cyprus
--Georgia
--Iraq
--Israel
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--Kuwait
--Lebanon
--Oman
--Palestine, State of
--Qatar
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British Indian Ocean Territory
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--Albania
--Andorra
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--Croatia
--Gibraltar
--Greece
--Holy See
--Italy
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French Southern Territories
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Oceania
-Australia and New Zealand
--Australia
--New Zealand
--Norfolk Island
-Melanesia
--Fiji
--New Caledonia
--Papua New Guinea
--Solomon Islands
--Vanuatu
-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

Arminder Deol
Maria Inês Neves
Tansy Edwards
Dr Aidan Emery
Dr Amaya Bustinduy
Dr Anna Phillips
Dr Bonnie Webster
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
Dr Michael Marks
Dr Michael Templeton
Dr Rachel Pullan
Dr Sakib Burza
Dr Sam Alsford
Dr Stephen Cose
Dr Steve Walker
Dr Timothy Littlewood
Dr Zulma M. Cucunubá
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Professor Alan Fenwick
Professor Alison Elliott
Professor Christl Donnelly
Professor David Mabey
Professor David Rollinson
Professor Deirdre Hollingsworth
Professor Dirk Werling
Professor Graham Medley
Professor Joanne Webster
Professor John Kelly
Professor Maria-Gloria Basáñez
Professor Martin Holland
Professor Mary Cameron
Professor Matthew Burton
Professor Robin Bailey
Professor Simon Croft
Professor Sir Roy Anderson

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
Clinical trials
Demography
Diagnostics
Disease management, disability and inclusion
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
--Armenia
--Azerbaijan
--Bahrain
--Cyprus
--Georgia
--Iraq
--Israel
--Jordan
--Kuwait
--Lebanon
--Oman
--Palestine, State of
--Qatar
--Saudi Arabia
--Syrian Arab Republic
--Turkey
--United Arab Emirates
--Yemen
Bouvet Island
British Indian Ocean Territory
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Europe
-Eastern Europe
--Belarus
--Bulgaria
--Czech Republic
--Hungary
--Moldova (Republic of)
--Poland
--Romania
--Russian Federation
--Slovakia
--Ukraine
-Northern Europe
--Åland Islands
--Denmark
--Estonia
--Faroe Islands
--Finland
--Guernsey
--Iceland
--Ireland
--Isle of Man
--Jersey
--Latvia
--Lithuania
--Norway
--Svalbard and Jan Mayen
--Sweden
--United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
-Southern Europe
--Albania
--Andorra
--Bosnia and Herzegovina
--Croatia
--Gibraltar
--Greece
--Holy See
--Italy
--Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of)
--Malta
--Montenegro
--Portugal
--San Marino
--Serbia
--Slovenia
--Spain
-Western Europe
--Austria
--Belgium
--France
--Germany
--Liechtenstein
--Luxembourg
--Monaco
--Netherlands
--Switzerland
French Southern Territories
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Oceania
-Australia and New Zealand
--Australia
--New Zealand
--Norfolk Island
-Melanesia
--Fiji
--New Caledonia
--Papua New Guinea
--Solomon Islands
--Vanuatu
-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