News
24 November 2014
8th KEMRI NTD Conference
The 8th KEMRI Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Conference
9 - 11 December in Kisumu
Theme: NTD Successes, Challenges and Opportunities From the...
9 - 11 December in Kisumu
Theme: NTD Successes, Challenges and Opportunities From the...
7 November 2014
School-Based Deworming: A Clear Role for the European Commission
The Partnership for Child Development have published a new policy paper, School-Based Deworming: A Clear Role for the European Commission.
3 November 2014
GAHI at ASTMH
The 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene takes place from 2-6 November in New Orleans, Louisiana.
13 October 2014
First global map of distribution and transmission limits of lymphatic filariasis published in Parasites & Vectors
Understanding the global distribution of lymphatic filariasis (LF) is essential for the elimination of LF and for undertaking surveillance activities...
6 October 2014
December NTD meetings in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa hosts NTD meetings in December to discuss lymphatic filariasis, STH, schistosomiasis and onchocerciasis.
29 September 2014
First ever systematic review of STH diagnostics published in International Journal for Parasitology
The highest sensitivity across STH species was observed for the FLOTAC method in both high and low infection intensity settings. Kato-Katz performed...
25 September 2014
Tumikia update: Kwale County Stakeholders meeting
The Tumikia Project was launched in Kwale County in a meeting attended by national, county and sub-county government health and education officers.
24 September 2014
World Atlas of Infectious Diseases now online
The Atlas of Human Infectious Diseases website launches to provide updates to the book, released in 2012.
18 September 2014
Kenyan PhD student recounts her LSHTM visit
THRiVE fellow visited the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in May 2014 to conduct research alongside her LSHTM supervisor, Simon...
1 September 2014
New paper finds integrated mapping of podoconiosis and LF can be achieved at nationwide scale
Authors discuss the first ever integrated mapping of the two diseases, concluding it is feasible and applicable in larger scales.
29 August 2014
NTD session announced for RSTMH meeting in Oxford
A session on neglected tropical diseases will take place during the next biennial meeting of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene on 26...
20 August 2014
13th ICOPA in Mexico City
The 13th International Congress on Parasitology (ICOPA) took place in Mexico City from 10-15 August.
23 June 2014
67th WHA NTD side event
The 67th World Health Assembly took place from 19-24 May 2014 in Geneva with a side event on NTDs.
10 June 2014
ISNTD Water conference
ISNTD Water 2014 will bring together stakeholders involved in the development of safe water, sanitation infrastructure and hygiene programmes for...
10 June 2014
New paper finds treatment levels and frequency need to be higher to cut STH transmission
A paper published today in Parasites & Vectors found that treatment levels and frequency must be much higher if STH transmission is to be...
20 May 2014
RSTMH Biennial Meeting
The next RSTMH Biennial Meeting will take place in Oxford Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 September 2014.
16 May 2014
Join the NTD discussion at the World Health Assembly on 22 May
UKCNTD and the Federal Ministry of Health in Nigeria will host a special session on the control and elimination of NTDs at the World Health Assembly...
30 April 2014
IX SEMTSI Meeting
The IX Meeting of the Spanish Society of Tropical Medicine and International Health will take place on 13 June 2013 in the National Centre of...
11 April 2014
Uniting to Combat NTDs progress report and Lancet editorial
The April 2014 London Declaration meeting in Paris included the release of Uniting to Combat NTD's 2013 progress report.
2 April 2014
New GAHI website
The Global Atlas of Helminth Infections re-launches website with new look, features and maps.
14 March 2014
World Water Day 2014
World Water Day 2014 and NTDs: 2.5 billion people around the world currently lack access to WASH, leading to increased risk of NTD infection.
4 March 2014
Opening up data to accelerate NTD research and development
Data from NTD R&D study made publicly available on DNDi website, writes lead author in The Lancet Global Health blog.
25 February 2014
Nigeria launches Africa’s first malaria and lymphatic filariasis elimination co-implementation plan
The Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health launched an elimination co-implementation plan for malaria and lymphatic filariasis. This combined nationwide...
12 February 2014
Launch: WASH and NTDs Manual for WASH Implementers
A manual for WASH implementers has been developed to address the need for integration of WASH factors with control of NTDs.