ACE-NTDS

The Australian Centre for the Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ACE-NTDs) aims to accelerate the control and ultimately elimination of key neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in priority countries of the Asia-Pacific region. We target the endemic NTDs for which large-scale preventive chemotherapy (PC), the treatment of all members of a population without prior individual diagnosis, is a central component of control strategies. As the first Australia-led collaboration in the control of these diseases, ACE-NTDs will generates a dynamic research enterprise for our region... Our research, translation and training agendas are organised on a sub-regional basis across 3 regions: the Pacific, South East Asia and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in remote regions of Australia... We bring together public health researchers from Australia and the Asia-Pacific region to develop and test strategies to control neglected tropical diseases.