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The changing neglected tropical disease landscape in Africa: implications for policy, practice, and strengthening health systems Open

Philip Downs, Andrew Tate, Danny Harvey, Margaret Baker · 2025

Introduction Mass drug administration (MDA) has reached up to 1 billion people annually to combat neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). This study explores the evolving NTD landscape in Africa amid shifting disease patterns, funding cuts, an…

HISTONCHO: A database of intervention histories for onchocerciasis control & elimination in sub-Saharan Africa Open

Matthew A. Dixon, Martin Walker, Aditya Ramani, Jenna E. Coalson, Emily Griswold , et al. · 2025

In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), onchocerciasis control has been implemented for many decades, beginning in 1974 under the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (OCP) and in 1995 in Central and East Africa (plus Liberia) under the Af…

Potential mitigating role of ivermectin on the spread of Chlamydia trachomatis by Musca sorbens Open

Richard Selby, Anita Jeyam, Andrew Tate, Fikreab Kebede, Philip Downs · 2023

Trachoma is the world’s most frequent cause of blindness from an infectious agent. The disease caused by infection is associated with lack of access to sanitation and low hygiene standards. Trachoma is controlled through the Surgery, Antib…

Is the neglected tropical disease mass drug administration campaign approach an effective strategy to deliver universal health coverage? A case study of the Liberia neglected tropical disease programme Open

Andrew Tate, Karsor Kollie, Laura Senyonjo, Hugh J. W. Sturrock, Phillip Downs , et al. · 2023

Background Access to affordable, quality healthcare is the key element of universal health coverage (UHC). This study examines the effectiveness of the neglected tropical disease (NTD) mass drug administration (MDA) campaign approach as a …

Neglected tropical disease elimination is a relay race – let's not drop the baton Open

Philip Downs, Simon R. Bush, Ron Bannerman, Lynsey Blair, Susan D’Souza , et al. · 2022

After Bowie:Apocalypse, Television and Worlds to Come Open

Andrew Tate · 2020

The storm-cloud of the Twenty-First Century:biblical apocalypse, climate change and Ian McEwan’s Solar Open

Andrew Tate · 2017

Evolution and The Fall Open

Andrew Tate · 2015

Within Christianity, there are a spectrum of beliefs regarding the function and mode of baptism, what constitutes original sin (or in what form it exists), modes of worship, gender roles (or if they even exist). I will argue here that desp…

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