130 items related to 'NTDs'
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Resources: Technical brief :
Neglected tropical diseases: A holistic vision for disease elimination
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect over 1.4 billion people worldwide and cause half a million deaths each year. They also cause chronic disability, stigma and ill health, disproportionally…
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completedStrengthening MDA through Community Dialogues
The 17 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) prioritised by the World Health Organization comprise diseases caused by a variety of parasitic pathogens. These diseases most acutely affect the poorest…
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completedCommunicable Diseases: Health Service Delivery (COMDIS-HSD)
COMDIS-HSD is a Research Programme Consortium (RPC) funded by the UK government. The purpose of the consortium is to improve delivery of basic health services, particularly for communicable diseases.…
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Resources: Project brief :
Integrated lymphatic filariasis and malaria control
This brief describes a project is to help drive the finalisation, revision and implementation of guidelines to address vector control strategies, which are of benefit to both malaria and lymphatic…
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Regional Integrated Vector Management Project
An initiative to assess and strengthen the ability of the community and health systems to better prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases and to improve recognition of symptoms and identification…
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The cost of antibiotic mass drug administration for trachoma control in a remote area of South Sudan
To inform budgeting to scale up control of trachoma and other NTDs relying on large-scale mass drug administration, this study set out to determine the cost per person treated when antibiotics were…
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Prevalence of trachoma in Unity state, South Sudan: Results from a large-scale population-based survey and potential implications for further surveys
Abstract Large parts of South Sudan are thought to be trachoma endemic but baseline data, required to initiate interventions, are few. District-by-district surveys, currently recommended by the World…
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Plasmodium–helminth coinfection and its sources of heterogeneity across East Africa
Abstract Plasmodium–helminth coinfection can have a number of consequences for infected hosts, yet our knowledge of the epidemiology of coinfection across multiple settings is limited. This study…
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Integrated surveys of neglected tropical diseases in southern Sudan: How much do they cost and can they be refined?
Abstract Control of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is suggested to be more cost-effective when drugs are co-administered through a single integrated delivery system rather than separate systems.…
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How to (or not to) integrate vertical programmes for the control of major neglected tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract Combining the delivery of multiple health interventions has the potential to minimize costs and expand intervention coverage. Integration of mass drug administration is therefore being…