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

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

LCNTDR attends ASTMH 2022

13 Feb 2023

Call for papers: Mental health, stigma and Neglected Tropical Diseases supplement

03 Feb 2023

LCNTDR hosts 10th anniversary at Natual History Museum

30 Jan 2023

LCNTDR published 2023 Research Highlights booklet

30 Jan 2023

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The NTD research directory.
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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

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

13 Mar 2023

LCNTDR 10th anniversary event

Peer-reviewed article

30 Jan 2023

LCNTDR Research Highlights 2023

Peer-reviewed article

30 Jan 2023

The journey of External Quality Assurance (EQA) specimens for diagnostic parasitology: from our hands to yours - Jaya Shrivastava

Peer-reviewed article

30 Jan 2023

Genetic characterisation of β-tubulins in Ascaris from across the globe - Ben P. Jones

Peer-reviewed article

@NTDResearch on Twitter

The Geneva Learning Foundation, @Bridge2Develop and @TheENDFund, have launched the 2nd edition of the French Scholar Workshop on Female Genital Schistosomiasis! No previous experience of FGS is required to participate in this workshop. Learn more: https://t.co/v6kRlbPkNH

1 day 11 hours ago

In 2021, @WHO launched its updated global strategy for WASH and NTDs to help countries achieve #NTDroadmap2030 targets via targeted, multi-sectoral collaboration between the WASH, NTD and other aligned sectors, including education. Learn more #beatNTDs https://t.co/SeL5UbhEgn

2 days 17 hours ago

RT @CombatNTDs: We're looking forward to hearing from @SoceFallBirima @WHO discussing links between #WASH & Neglected Tropical Diseases at our @UN Water Conference event next week, in partnership with @BMZ_Bund & @giz_gmbh. Join us on Tuesday 21 March, 3pm GMT. Register: https://t.co/dELUIB9bhc https://t.co/hkz4k3QI4L

4 days 12 hours ago

In what cases should global health actors be willing to fund highly uncertain interventions? New article in the @LancetGH describes considerations that might be taken into account in rendering judgements about uncertainty. #beatNTDs https://t.co/Wkdz3GoDn7

6 days 16 hours ago

Join April 3 for a technical consultation on a toolkit to support governments and partners in mobilizing and prioritizing resources for national NTD responses. Register: https://t.co/0ydMZ5IbNy #beatNTDS

1 week 2 days ago

Congratulations Dr Anna Cori and Professor Adam Kucharski who were awarded the prestigious Adam’s prize for outstanding work in modelling infectious disease outbreaks! #beatNTDs https://t.co/CGh7LRlVEO

1 week 4 days ago

“In 1986, Guinea worm affected 3.5 million people annually, mostly in low-income countries. In 2022, thanks largely to decades of work by the @CarterCenter, Guinea worm reached an all-time low in incidence: Only 13 human cases were reported.” #beatNTDs https://t.co/0sSA5kPQAZ

1 week 4 days ago

Did you miss yesterday’s @ISNTD_Press connect? Catch up below to learn about molecular diagnostics for schistosomiasis in low resource settings from @NTDResearch members Dr Bonnie Webster and Dr Michael Frimpong. https://t.co/EJqxYgmZlb

2 weeks 13 hours ago

RT @MalariaNTDAPPG: Over 50 million women & girls across sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing painful, yet preventable, sexual & reproductive health complications due to #FGS (female genital schistosomiasis) - an indicator of the failure of health systems to respond to these women's needs & rights

2 weeks 2 days ago

RT @SoceFallBirima: Women are not only more likely to be affected and impacted by NTDs, they are critical on the frontlines fighting to control and eliminate them. #EmbraceEquality #beatNTDs #WomensDay https://t.co/KsUmpqtwNc

2 weeks 2 days ago

RT @cbmWorldwide: "What I like is that I bring a smile to the faces of persons with disabilities and the women I work with. Because we were strong yesterday, we are changing lives today," Jackie Kwesiga, Country Director, CBM Uganda #InternationalWomensDay2023 https://t.co/FnR3YDFIaS

2 weeks 2 days ago

RT @mrcunitgambia: Happy International Women's Day! We are lucky to have many incredible women working here across all aspects of our work They are crucial in our mission to lead health research in West Africa, to save lives & improve health around the . To them & all women, Happy #IWD2023! https://t.co/FrHqrJLoSl

2 weeks 2 days ago

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News

LCNTDR attends ASTMH 2022

Call for papers: Mental health, stigma and Neglected Tropical Diseases supplement

LCNTDR hosts 10th anniversary at Natual History Museum

LCNTDR published 2023 Research Highlights booklet

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

LCNTDR 10th anniversary event

LCNTDR Research Highlights 2023

The journey of External Quality Assurance (EQA) specimens for diagnostic parasitology: from our hands to yours - Jaya Shrivastava

Genetic characterisation of β-tubulins in Ascaris from across the globe - Ben P. Jones

@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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Engineering
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Genetic epidemiology
Genetics
Genomics
GIS/Spatial analysis
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Health economics
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Hybridisation
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
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--Syrian Arab Republic
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--Yemen
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British Indian Ocean Territory
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--Albania
--Andorra
--Bosnia and Herzegovina
--Croatia
--Gibraltar
--Greece
--Holy See
--Italy
--Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of)
--Malta
--Montenegro
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Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Oceania
-Australia and New Zealand
--Australia
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--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
Genetic epidemiology
Genetics
Genomics
GIS/Spatial analysis
Health economics
Health economics
Health system strengthening
Host-parasite relationships
Hybridisation
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