USAID's NTD Program

Publications

General

Preventive Chemotherapy in Human Helminthiasis – October 2006 [PDF, 1.6MB] This manual is intended to guide the coordinated implementation of regular, systematic, large-scale interventions that provide anthelminthic drug treatment as a core component of the joint and synergic control of helminthic diseases such as lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis.

USAID’s NTD Program

• Integrated Implementation of Programs Targeting Neglected Tropical Diseases through Preventive Chemotherapy: Proving the Feasibility at National Scale - 01/07/11

Articles

• High coverage of Mass Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis in Rural and Non-Rural Settings in the Western Area, Sierra Leone – 1/18/10
• Feasibility of Onchocerciasis Elimination with Ivermectin Treatment in Endemic Foci in Africa: First Evidence from Studies in Mali and Senegal – 07/21/09
• Rescuing the Bottom Billion Through Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases – 05/02/09 [PDF, 191KB]
  
• Evidence-Based Policy on Deworming – January 2009
• Global Magnitude of a Preventable Cause of Blindness – 12/03/08
• Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases – 9/06/07 [PDF, 290KB]
• Blinding Trachoma: Progress Towards Global Elimination by 2020 – 04/10/06
• Donation Program: Evaluation of a Public–Private Partnership – April 2004 [PDF, 120KB]
• Human Hookworm Infection in the 21st Century – 2004
• Mass Drug Treatment for Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis – November 2003
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• Soil-transmitted Helminthes Infections: Updating the Global Picture – 10/14/03
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• Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis) Elimination: A Public Health Success and Development Opportunity – 09/09/03
• The Role of Health Education and Sanitation in the Control of Helminth Infections – May 2003
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• The Global Epidemiological Situation of Schistosomiasis and New Approaches to Control and Research – 2002
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• Ascaris and Ascariasis – 2001
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• The ICT Filriasis Test: A Rapid-Format Antigen Test for Diagnosis of Bancroftian Filariasis – 1997
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• The Epidemiology of Bilharzia in Ancient Egypt: 5000 Years of Schistosomiasis – 1996
• Lymphatic Filariasis Infection and Disease: Control Strategies – 1995
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• Parasitic Helminth Infection and Cognitive Function in School Children – 2/22/92
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• Laboratory Diagnosis of Filariasis – 1991
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Journals

• PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  This publication is an open access journal devoted to the pathology, epidemiology, prevention, treatment and control of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), as well as public policy relevant to this group of diseases.