Leishmaniasis
Innovative Community Referral: Can it improve VL case finding, treatment adherence and success in hard-to-reach settings of northwest Ethiopia?
Research questions: Does an innovative community referral linkage improve VL case finding in hard-to-reach areas of Northwest Ethiopia? Does innovative community referral linkage improve patient adherence to VL treatment? Does innovative community referral linkage improve VL patient’s treatment outcomes? Does an electronic referral linkage system improve back and forth communication and feedback between the treatment centre and community?
Improving health workforce performance
Which strategies best strengthen strategic decision making for resilient and responsive health systems at the district level in Ghana, Malawi, Uganda and Tanzania?
Linking communities and health systems
How to best support close-to-community providers in their critical interface role between health systems and communities
Research for stronger health systems post conflict
What are the best approaches to develop sustainable and equitable approaches to human resources for health, health financing and governance in post conflict health systems?
Gender, equity, ethics & health systems
What are the most strategic approaches to building capacity for gender equity analysis in health systems?
Lead on social science
Determine the best health systems approaches for:
1. Improved planning and delivery of integrated programmes;
2. Increased and sustained access to NTD drugs;
3. Harmonised inter-sectoral approach; and
4. Strong and generalisable evidence base for integrated elimination and control of NTDs.
Molecular tools for insecticide resistance diagnosis in phlebotomine sandflies for sustainable leishmaniasis control and elimination programme
Developing new diagnostic tools to monitor insecticide resistance in sandflies in India
Improving the impact of IRS for Visceral Leishmaniasis with enabling integrated decision support systems
Improving effectiveness of vector control against Visceral Leishmaniasis
Mapping schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Namibia
Assessing treatment needs for school-aged children and assisting Ministry of Health to develop an effective control programme
Drug formulation for pre-school children
Understanding the basic pharmacology of praziquantel tailored to paediatric setting and developing a treatment access plan for this age class