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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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

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27 Jun 2020

Spatial scales in human movement between reservoirs of infection

medRxiv

Peer-reviewed article

27 Jun 2020

Acceptability and feasibility of genital self-sampling for the diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis: a cross-sectional study in Zambia

Wellcome Open Research

Peer-reviewed article

27 Jun 2020

Sensitive diagnostic tools and targeted drug administration strategies are needed to eliminate schistosomiasis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Peer-reviewed article

27 Jun 2020

Schistosomiasis Control: Leave No Age Group Behind

Trends in Parasitology

Peer-reviewed article

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Register now for today's @ISNTD_Press webinar titled 'Rethinking WASH for the control and elimination of schistosom… https://t.co/kQBPkUGhC3

11 hours 18 min ago

.@WHO has issued interim guidance to support the resumption of programs to #beatNTDs in the context of #COVID19. Th… https://t.co/8X9hr2G6Ur

22 hours 53 min ago

.@NTD_NGOs is seeking nominations for its next Vice Chair! Elections for the position will take place at #NNN2020,… https://t.co/n2BWRr6gUo

1 day 5 hours ago

"The fight for trachoma elimination was built on close cooperation, efficient spending, and a relentless quest for… https://t.co/lDk3l9weUK

1 day 6 hours ago

Read the new editorial about the potential impact of the pandemic on neglected tropical diseases (#NTDs) in Africa… https://t.co/i0CAPr9iTK

1 day 11 hours ago

RT @NTD_NGOs: .@WHO has issued interim guidance to support the resumption of programs to #beatNTDs in the context of #COVID19. Th… https://t.co/hyQzafeTyQ

5 days 8 hours ago

RT @sci_ntds: This month marks a year since the start of Ascend, an ambitious programme working towards eliminating NTDs in 13 su… https://t.co/hsglS04URW

5 days 8 hours ago

“The #NTDroadmap2030 proposes a new model of operation, setting out a bright future. Its importance is even more re… https://t.co/PY9DACLfls

6 days 7 hours ago

RT @NTD_NGOs: On gaps & challenges: "In The Gambia...we have gaps w/ data being outdated or not there at all...but absence of evi… https://t.co/JGi0uQG1gg

1 week 1 day ago

RT @TrachomaControl: If we want to #beatntds we need to work across multiple sectors including water, sanitation and hygiene, vector con… https://t.co/ZmF7TYFXnH

1 week 1 day ago

#COVID19 has disrupted work to #beatNTDs but provides an opportunity to #buildbackbetter.- @DrTedros provides motiv… https://t.co/ygz3P5TJpd

1 week 1 day ago

The @MalariaNTDAPPG is recruiting a new Coordinator. The candidate will support the secretariat function of the APP… https://t.co/sP10sXJmEC

1 week 1 day ago

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Report of Activities from LCNTDR Travel Grant: Tara Mtuy

Report of Activities from LCNTDR Travel Grant: Sorawat Sangkaew

WHO issues interim guidance for NTDs in the context of COVID-19

GROW platform launched to share global health opportunities

The NTD research directory.

Search our Projects

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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

Spatial scales in human movement between reservoirs of infection

Acceptability and feasibility of genital self-sampling for the diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis: a cross-sectional study in Zambia

Sensitive diagnostic tools and targeted drug administration strategies are needed to eliminate schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis Control: Leave No Age Group Behind

@NTDResearch on Twitter

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Natural History Museum

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Arboviruses
Avian influenza
Buruli Ulcer
Chagas
Chikungunya
Dengue
Dicrocoeliosis
Ebola
Food-borne trematodiases
Giardiasis
Human African trypanosomiasis
Leishmaniasis
Leprosy
Loa loa
Lymphatic filariasis
Non-falciparum malaria
Onchocerciasis
Plasmodium
Rabies
Scabies
Schistosomiasis
Snakebites
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Theileria
Toxoplasmosis
Trachoma
Trypanosoma brucei
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Yaws
Yellow fever
Zika
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Public health
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Programmatic research
Parasitology
Opthalmology
Molecular biology
Modelling
Mobile technologies
Microbiology
Molecular diagnostics
molecular epidemiology
Operational research
Nutrition
Network analysis
Molecular Genetics
Science Communication
Sexual health
Water and sanitation
Xenomonitoring
Virology
Vector Control
Vector biology
Vaccinology
Transmission studies
Spatial epidemiology
Software engineer
Sociology
Social sciences
Statistical analysis
Statistics
Transmission biology
Toxoplasmosis
Taxonomy
synthetic biology
Mental health and wellbeing
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Clinical Tropical Medicine
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History
Genetic epidemiology
Genetic diversity
Epidemiology
Environmental Change
Genetic sampling
Genetics
Health inequalities
Health economics
GIS/Spatial analysis
Genomics
Anthropology

Africa
-Eastern Africa
--Burundi
--Comoros
--Djibouti
--Eritrea
--Ethiopia
--Kenya
--Madagascar
--Malawi
--Mauritius
--Mayotte
--Mozambique
--Réunion
--Rwanda
--Seychelles
--Somalia
--South Sudan
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--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
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--Haiti
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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