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Published research

Our staff are involved in research and regularly contribute to peer-reviewed journals helping to increase global knowledge to end parasitic diseases. Unlimit Health has been awarded the status of Independent Research Organisation (IRO) by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the body responsible for convening the UK’s research councils and for supporting research, knowledge exchange and innovation.

List of publications

The need for One Health systems-thinking approaches to understand multiscale dissemination of antimicrobial resistance

February 2024

Unlimit Health contributors: Dr Gabrielle Laing

Topics: AMR, One Health

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Frontiers | Improved prevention of female genital schistosomiasis: piloting integration of services into the national health system in Côte d’Ivoire

January 2024

Unlimit Health contributors: Ashley Preston, Dr Carlos A Torres Vitolas, Dr Fiona Fleming

Topics: female genital schistosomiasis, HIV

Countries: Côte d'Ivoire

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The long road to schistosomiasis elimination in Zanzibar: A systematic review covering 100 years of research, interventions and control milestones

July 2023

Unlimit Health contributors: Dr Sophie Welsche, Dr Lynsey Blair

Topics: elimination, schistosomiasis

Countries: Zanzibar

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A year of One Health and neglected tropical diseases

June 2023

Unlimit Health contributors: Dr Gabrielle Laing

Topics: multi-sectoral collaboration, One Health

Countries: Worldwide

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Behaviour change interventions for the control and elimination of schistosomiasis

May 2023

Unlimit Health contributors: Dr Carlos A Torres Vitolas

Topics: behaviour change, schistosomiasis, social science

Countries: China, Yemen

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Spatial and temporal distribution of Taenia solium and its risk factors in Uganda

February 2023

Unlimit Health contributors: Dr Matthew Dixon-Zegeye

Topics: neurocysticercosis, praziquantel, T. Solium

Countries: Uganda

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Water, sanitation, and hygiene-related diseases

February 2023

Unlimit Health contributors: Dr Fiona Fleming, Dr Lynsey Blair, Yael Velleman

Topics: WASH

Countries: Worldwide

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How well do coverage surveys and programmatically reported mass drug administration coverage match?

January 2023

Unlimit Health contributors: Dr Fiona Fleming

Topics: coverage surveys, lymphatic filariasis, mass drug administration, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, STH, Trachoma

Countries: Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Uganda, Zanzibar

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How can the neglected tropical disease community be inclusive and equitable in programme delivery? Reaching refugees and internally displaced persons through integrating a ‘leave no one behind’ approach

September 2022

Unlimit Health contributors: Dr Carlos A Torres Vitolas

Topics: equity and inclusion, multi-sectoral collaboration, social science

Countries: Niger

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Innovate to eliminate: a prerequisite in NTD programmes

September 2022

Unlimit Health contributors: Dr Carlos A Torres Vitolas

Topics: behaviour change, multi-sectoral collaboration, NTDs, social science

Countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger

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Defining elimination as a public health problem for schistosomiasis control programmes: beyond prevalence of heavy-intensity infections

September 2022

Unlimit Health contributors: Dr Fiona Fleming

Topics: schistosomiasis

Countries: Worldwide

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

September 2022

Unlimit Health contributors: Dr Lynsey Blair, Yael Velleman

Topics: Ascend programme, elimination, NTDs

Countries: Central Africa, West Africa

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Global variation in force-of-infection trends for human Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis

August 2022

Unlimit Health contributors: Dr Wendy E Harrison

Topics: cysticercosis, T. Solium

Countries: Worldwide

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Review of 2022 WHO guidelines on the control and elimination of schistosomiasis

May 2022

Unlimit Health contributors: Dr Fiona Fleming

Topics: elimination, NTDs

Countries: Worldwide

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Towards a shared understanding of sustainability for neglected tropical disease programs

August 2021

Unlimit Health contributors: Carolyn A Henry

Topics: multi-sectoral collaboration, NTDs, sustainability

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Factors affecting the uptake of preventive chemotherapy treatment for schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

January 2021

Unlimit Health contributors: Dr Carlos A Torres Vitolas, Dr Fiona Fleming

Topics: behaviour change, mass drug administration, praziquantel, schistosomiasis

Countries: sub-Saharan Africa

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Building on a decade of progress in water, sanitation and hygiene to control, eliminate and eradicate neglected tropical diseases

January 2021

Unlimit Health contributors: Yael Velleman

Topics: WASH

Countries: Worldwide

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One Health for neglected tropical diseases

November 2020

The forthcoming World Health Organization road map for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) 2021–2030 recognises the complexity surrounding control and elimination of these 20 diseases of poverty. It emphasises the need for a paradigm shift from disease-specific interventions to holistic cross-cutting approaches coordinating with adjacent disciplines. The One Health approach exemplifies this shift, extending beyond a conventional model of zoonotic disease control to consider the interactions of human and animal health systems within their shared environment and the wider social and economic context. This approach can also promote sustainability and resilience within these systems. To achieve the global ambition on NTD elimination and control, political will, along with contextualised innovative scientific strategies, is required.

Unlimit Health contributors: Dr Gabrielle Laing, Dr Wendy E Harrison

Topics: NTDs, One Health

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Animal influence on water, sanitation and hygiene measures for zoonosis control at the household level

July 2018

Unlimit Health contributors: Dr Wendy E Harrison, Yael Velleman

Topics: One Health, WASH, Zoonosis

Countries: Worldwide

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Business not as usual: how multisectoral collaboration can promote transformative change for health and sustainable development

December 2017

Shyama Kuruvilla and colleagues present findings across 12 country case studies of multisectoral collaboration, showing how diverse sectors intentionally shape new ways of collaborating and learning, using “business not as usual” strategies to transform situations and achieve shared goals.

Unlimit Health contributors: Yael Velleman

Topics: multi-sectoral collaboration

Countries: Worldwide

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Collaborating to develop joint water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and neglected tropical disease (NTD) sector monitoring

July 2017

Joint monitoring between the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and neglected tropical disease (NTD) sectors presents an opportunity for enhanced collaboration and progress towards shared objectives. Taking forward outputs from global WASH and NTD Roundtables, we engaged experts in a consultative process of identifying measurable priority indicators for joint monitoring.

Unlimit Health contributors: Yael Velleman

Topics: NTDs, WASH

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Unpacking the enabling factors for hand, cord and birth-surface hygiene in Zanzibar maternity units

July 2017

Unlimit Health contributors: Yael Velleman

Topics: health behaviour, maternal and child health, WASH

Countries: Zanzibar

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Assessing the impact of intervention strategies against Taenia solium cysticercosis using the EPICYST transmission model

February 2017

Unlimit Health contributors: Dr Wendy E Harrison

Topics: cysticercosis, epycist, T. Solium

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Praziquantel coverage in schools and communities targeted for the elimination of urogenital schistosomiasis in Zanzibar

January 2016

Unlimit Health contributors: Dr Lynsey Blair

Topics: female genital schistosomiasis, praziquantel

Countries: Zanzibar

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