Training
Our materials help build capacity to plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based and cost-effective NTD control programmes.
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publication19 October 2015
Interrupting transmission of soil-transmitted helminths: a study protocol for cluster randomised trials evaluating alternative treatment strategies and delivery systems in Kenya
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news6 October 2015Learner Treatment Kit featured in the Financial Times
In a recent article, the Financial Times describes how primary schools are at the centre of a pioneering response to malaria in Malawi.
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publication30 September 2015
Understanding Heterogeneity in the Impact of National Neglected Tropical Disease Control Programmes: Evidence from School-Based Deworming in Kenya
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publication17 September 2015
Design, implementation and evaluation of a training programme for school teachers in the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests as part of a basic first aid kit in southern Malawi
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publication27 August 2015
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition
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publication17 August 2015
The High Burden of Malaria in Primary School Children in Southern Malawi
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publication30 July 2015
Mapping and Modelling the Geographical Distribution and Environmental Limits of Podoconiosis in Ethiopia
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publication28 July 2015
Global feasibility assessment of interrupting the transmission of soil-transmitted helminths: a statistical modelling study
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news17 July 2015Tumikia update: WASH conditions in schools
Update by William Oswald. William recently completed his PhD in Epidemiology at Emory University, Atlanta, USA. He visited the TUMIKIA project in June to support the study’s activities. In this entry, he shares some preliminary observations made on primary school water, sanitation, and hygiene...
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news10 July 2015Tumikia update: Worm expulsions
Update by Rita Oliveira, PhD student, Imperial College London
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news3 July 2015Tumikia update: Baseline Surveys Q+A with Trial Coordinator Dr. Kate Halliday
Dr. Katherine Halliday is Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and trial coordinator for the Tumikia Project. Here she explains the baseline surveys, which took place between March and May 2015 and covered over 24,000 households in Kwale County, in the South...
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news25 June 2015New Report: Investments in NTDs are one of the best buys in development
Third progress report since the London Declaration on NTDs shows strong endemic country leadership and calls on partners to scale up efforts in order to reach WHO targets.
Worms
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What are they?
Parasitic worms (helminths) can be found in the human intestinal tract, urinary tract or bloodstream.
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Global burden
The Global Burden of Disease study estimates the magnitude of health loss due to diseases and injuries.
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How do they spread?
Infection with STH and schistosomiasis is associated with inadequate sanitation and hygiene, while LF is transmitted by mosquitoes.
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Control & elimination
Commitment to NTD control has increased in recent years, including periodic deworming campaigns with safe, cheap drugs.
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How are they diagnosed?
Reliable and sensitive diagnostic tests are essential for all NTD control programmes, including those for worms.
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Geotargeting
Geographical targeting of interventions is required to ensure programmes are implemented appropriately, focusing resources on areas of greatest need.
