Twelfth EDCTP Forum

15–20 Jun 2025 | Kigali, Rwanda

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Tuesday, 17 June 2025 | 10:30 - 12:30

2.2 Parallel session: Neglected infectious diseases

Location:MH 2Track:Parallel Session

Presentations:

OA-748 - Assessing the sensitivity of contact tracing for leprosy transmission links using VNTR typing in the Comoros

Bouke de Jong, Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Belgium

OA-456 - Large-scale field application of rapid test for Mycobacterium leprae infection in the Comoros and Madagascar: effects of the PEOPLE trial on transmission in the population

Annemieke Geluk, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Netherlands

OA-822 - Comparative efficacy of praziquantel and artemether-lumefantrine in the treatment of urinary and intestinal schistosomiasis among children in endemic community of Nigeria

Samuel Adedokun, Osun State University, Nigeria

OA-032 - Leveraging SMC platform for integrated co-delivery of albendazole and praziquantel in West African children: a mixed methods study of randomised controlled trial and qualitative research

Muhammed Afolabi, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), United Kingdom

OA-482 - Expanding mass drug administration for onchocerciasis in Central Africa: how diagnostic limitations could jeopardize elimination goals

André Domche, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon

OA-175 - Improving the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia

Henk Schallig, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Netherlands

OA-865 – The development and validation of a coformulation of albendazole/ivermectin to aid in the control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis. A tool for disease control and integration

Alejandro Krolewiecki, Mundo Sano Foundation, Spain