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Tropical Disease Research Small Grant Scheme (TDR-SGS)


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Below please find the list of projects funded under the Tropical Disease Research Small Grant Scheme during the 2014–2019 period. You may wish to access the final report by clicking the respective project title.

2014–2015

Country

Institution

Title of the project

PI
Tunis Pasteur Institute of Tunis Evaluation of rodent bait treated with fipronil for feed through and systemic control of Phlebotomus papatasi as preventive measures against zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis Dr Elyes Zhioua
Afghanistan Afghanistan Community of Evaluators’ Organization Increasing the overall detection rate of TB cases in Nangarhar Regional Hospital Dr Mohammad Nazir Jabarkhil
Pakistan Aga Khan University Assessment for diabetes in patients with tuberculosis presenting at a tertiary care facility in Pakistan Dr Zahra Hasan
Tunisia Pasteur Institute of Tunis Development and evaluation of a Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification method for the diagnosis of Old world Leishmaniain Tunisia Dr Souha Ben Abderrazak
Sudan University of Khartoum Entomological and socioeconomic determinants affecting Dengue prevalence in Kassala area, Sudan Dr Arwa Hassan Elaagip

2016–2017

Country

Institution

Title of the project

PI
Yemen University of Science
and Technology, Sana’a, Yemen                                    		 Screening for Onchocerca volvulus anti-Ov16 IgG4 response among rural communities receiving community-directed treatment with ivermectin in endemic foci of onchocerciasis in Yemen to assess the interruption of transmission by detecting recent exposure Dr Mohammed Mahdy
Sudan The Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum Mapping the geographical distribution of Mycetoma and Implementation study to test mycetoma program expansion strategy Dr Sahar Mubarak Bakheit
Egypt National TB control Programme, Ministry of Health and Population Egypt Cost effectiveness analysis of adopting Gene-Xpert® (GX) in different regimens for the diagnosis of Multi drug resistant T.B. in Egypt Dr Amal Moawad
Egypt High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University Evaluation of PCR Assay for Detection of Schistosomamansoni DNA in Human Stool Samples Dr Ramy Ghazy
Lebanon Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Science and Technology and Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among Citizens, non-national Resident and Refugees in Lebanon: a nationwide study (PAR-MTB) Monzer Hamze
Pakistan

School of Public Health, Dow University of Health Sciences Integrating smoking cessation interventions into Directly Observed Treatment Short course (DOTS) under Provincial Tuberculosis control Program (PTP) to improve Tuberculosis treatment outcome; an implementation research protocol Dr Muhammad Tahir Khan

2018–2019

Country

Institution

Project

PI
Palestine Medicare Consultancy Group - Leishmaniases Research Unit Fogging of hyrax dens by Pyrethroid derivatives: an attempt to control sandfly density in rural areas in Palestine Dr Amer Al-Jawabreh
Pakistan Establishment of Environmental Health Is Tuberculosis treatment truly free? A study to identify key factors contributing towards the catastrophic cost of TB care in Pakistan Dr Aamer  Ikram
Sudan National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Sudan Estimation of the risk factors associated with multidrug resistance TB in Sudan Dr Adel Elduma
Egypt Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt Assessing household catastrophic total cost of Tuberculosis and their determinants in Egypt: A cohort prospective study Dr Mohsen Gadallah
Pakistan District Development Association Tharparkar (DTAT) Effects of vector-control interventions on changes in risk of malaria among pregnant women through community participation in district Tharparkar Sindh Pakistan Dr Ramesh Kumar
Yemen University of Science and Technology Assessment of the burden of concurrent infections with malaria and dengue among febrile patients in Hodeidah governorate, Yemen Dr Rashad Abdul-Ghani
Egypt Cairo Association Against Smoking, Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases-Egypt (CASTLE) Impact of private medical practitioners’ involvement on Tuberculosis case notification to the National Tuberculosis Control Program in Ghrbia governorate, Egypt Dr Essam El Moghazy
Sudan Ministry of Health, Sudan Feasibility of Provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling(PITC) in  private healthcare sectors, Sudan 2018-2019 Dr Sarah Mohammed
Morocco Ecole Nationale de Sante Publique (ENSP) Cost-effectiveness and acceptability of a rapid diagnostic test for cutaneous leishmaniasis in Morocco Dr Issam Bennis
Islamic Republic of Iran Institue of Endemic Studies Cost of HCV interfamilial Screening in HCV seropositive injection drug abusers Dr Zahra  Mohtasham
Sudan Sudanese National Academy of Sciences Strengthening of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) control in Eastern Sudan Dr Abdalla Hassan Sharief
Sudan National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Sudan Occurrence  of Malaria and Dengue co-infection and their vectors surveys in a kassala city, Sudan Khider Alebid Daffalah Alsedig
Egypt National Liver Institute, Menoufia University Estimating economic burden of HCV treatment strategies in Egypt 2018-2025. Dr Alaa Osman
Sudan University of Khartoum Assessing the burden of co-infection of malaria and Aedes-borne arboviral diseases in the Khartoum state, Sudan Dr Ayman Ahmed
Egypt High Institute of Public Health Determinants of Schistosoma mansoni transmission in hotspots at late stage of elimination, Kafr El Sheikh governorate Dr Ramy Ghazy
Egypt Ministry of Health, Egypt Economic analysis of HCV different screening algorithms in Egypt Dr Amal Moawad

Below please find the list of projects funded under the Tropical Disease Research Small Grant Scheme during the 2014–2019 period. You may wish to access the final report by clicking the respective project title.

2014–2015

Country

Institution

Title of the project

PI
Tunis Pasteur Institute of Tunis Evaluation of rodent bait treated with fipronil for feed through and systemic control of Phlebotomus papatasi as preventive measures against zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis Dr Elyes Zhioua
Afghanistan Afghanistan Community of Evaluators’ Organization Increasing the overall detection rate of TB cases in Nangarhar Regional Hospital Dr Mohammad Nazir Jabarkhil
Pakistan Aga Khan University Assessment for diabetes in patients with tuberculosis presenting at a tertiary care facility in Pakistan Dr Zahra Hasan
Tunisia Pasteur Institute of Tunis Development and evaluation of a Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification method for the diagnosis of Old world Leishmaniain Tunisia Dr Souha Ben Abderrazak
Sudan University of Khartoum Entomological and socioeconomic determinants affecting Dengue prevalence in Kassala area, Sudan Dr Arwa Hassan Elaagip

2016–2017

Country

Institution

Title of the project

PI
Yemen University of Science
and Technology, Sana’a, Yemen                                    		 Screening for Onchocerca volvulus anti-Ov16 IgG4 response among rural communities receiving community-directed treatment with ivermectin in endemic foci of onchocerciasis in Yemen to assess the interruption of transmission by detecting recent exposure Dr Mohammed Mahdy
Sudan The Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum Mapping the geographical distribution of Mycetoma and Implementation study to test mycetoma program expansion strategy Dr Sahar Mubarak Bakheit
Egypt National TB control Programme, Ministry of Health and Population Egypt Cost effectiveness analysis of adopting Gene-Xpert® (GX) in different regimens for the diagnosis of Multi drug resistant T.B. in Egypt Dr Amal Moawad
Egypt High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University Evaluation of PCR Assay for Detection of Schistosomamansoni DNA in Human Stool Samples Dr Ramy Ghazy
Lebanon Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Science and Technology and Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among Citizens, non-national Resident and Refugees in Lebanon: a nationwide study (PAR-MTB) Monzer Hamze
Pakistan

School of Public Health, Dow University of Health Sciences Integrating smoking cessation interventions into Directly Observed Treatment Short course (DOTS) under Provincial Tuberculosis control Program (PTP) to improve Tuberculosis treatment outcome; an implementation research protocol Dr Muhammad Tahir Khan

2018–2019

Country

Institution

Project

PI
Palestine Medicare Consultancy Group - Leishmaniases Research Unit Fogging of hyrax dens by Pyrethroid derivatives: an attempt to control sandfly density in rural areas in Palestine Dr Amer Al-Jawabreh
Pakistan Establishment of Environmental Health Is Tuberculosis treatment truly free? A study to identify key factors contributing towards the catastrophic cost of TB care in Pakistan Dr Aamer  Ikram
Sudan National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Sudan Estimation of the risk factors associated with multidrug resistance TB in Sudan Dr Adel Elduma
Egypt Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt Assessing household catastrophic total cost of Tuberculosis and their determinants in Egypt: A cohort prospective study Dr Mohsen Gadallah
Pakistan District Development Association Tharparkar (DTAT) Effects of vector-control interventions on changes in risk of malaria among pregnant women through community participation in district Tharparkar Sindh Pakistan Dr Ramesh Kumar
Yemen University of Science and Technology Assessment of the burden of concurrent infections with malaria and dengue among febrile patients in Hodeidah governorate, Yemen Dr Rashad Abdul-Ghani
Egypt Cairo Association Against Smoking, Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases-Egypt (CASTLE) Impact of private medical practitioners’ involvement on Tuberculosis case notification to the National Tuberculosis Control Program in Ghrbia governorate, Egypt Dr Essam El Moghazy
Sudan Ministry of Health, Sudan Feasibility of Provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling(PITC) in  private healthcare sectors, Sudan 2018-2019 Dr Sarah Mohammed
Morocco Ecole Nationale de Sante Publique (ENSP) Cost-effectiveness and acceptability of a rapid diagnostic test for cutaneous leishmaniasis in Morocco Dr Issam Bennis
Islamic Republic of Iran Institue of Endemic Studies Cost of HCV interfamilial Screening in HCV seropositive injection drug abusers Dr Zahra  Mohtasham
Sudan Sudanese National Academy of Sciences Strengthening of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) control in Eastern Sudan Dr Abdalla Hassan Sharief
Sudan National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Sudan Occurrence  of Malaria and Dengue co-infection and their vectors surveys in a kassala city, Sudan Khider Alebid Daffalah Alsedig
Egypt National Liver Institute, Menoufia University Estimating economic burden of HCV treatment strategies in Egypt 2018-2025. Dr Alaa Osman
Sudan University of Khartoum Assessing the burden of co-infection of malaria and Aedes-borne arboviral diseases in the Khartoum state, Sudan Dr Ayman Ahmed
Egypt High Institute of Public Health Determinants of Schistosoma mansoni transmission in hotspots at late stage of elimination, Kafr El Sheikh governorate Dr Ramy Ghazy
Egypt Ministry of Health, Egypt Economic analysis of HCV different screening algorithms in Egypt Dr Amal Moawad

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