Tropical Disease Research Small Grant Scheme (TDR-SGS)

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