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  • Cross-cutting issues [13]
    • Data management & analysis [3]
      • Data collection and reporting
      • Mapping
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    • Management of disease complications [2]
      • Medical management
      • Surgical management
    • Prevention of disability [3]
      • Eye care
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      • Disability measurement
    • Physical rehabilitation [3]
      • Physical therapy
      • Orthopaedic footwear
      • Protheses, walking devices and wheelchairs
    • Stigma and mental wellbeing [1]
      • Mental wellbeing project mapping
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    • Guides on Stigma and Mental Wellbeing [5]
      • Guide 1. What are health-related stigma and mental wellbeing? [8]
        • 1. What is stigma?
        • 2. Why does stigma exist?
        • 3. What are the causes of stigma?
        • 4. Who stigmatises?
        • 5. How does it feel to experience stigma?
        • 6. What are the effects of stigma?
        • 7. Effects of stigma and discrimination on mental wellbeing
        • Annex Guide 1
      • Guide 2. How to reduce the impact of stigma [7]
        • 1. From undetected disease to diagnosis to support
        • 2. Individual-level interventions
        • 3. Group-level interventions
        • 4. Family-level interventions
        • 5. Referral
        • 6. Further reading
        • Annexes Guide 2
      • Guide 3. How to reduce sources of stigma [6]
        • 1. Background to the design of a stigma-reduction intervention
        • 2. Identifying the sources of stigma
        • 3. Targeting an intervention
        • 4. Inclusion of affected persons and champions in interventions
        • 5. Interventions by source type
        • Annexes Guide 3
      • Guide 4. How to assess health-related stigma and mental wellbeing [9]
        • 1. What is the purpose of the assessment?
        • 2. What approach would best fit your purpose and context?
        • 3. Quantitative assessment methods
        • 4. Qualitative assessment methods
        • 5. Assessments using mixed methods
        • 6. Developing qualitative methods from scratch
        • 7. How do you conduct a stigma assessment?
        • 8. How to interpret and report your findings
        • Annexes Guide 4
      • Glossary
    • Perception Study Toolkit (PST)
    • NTD Morbidity and Disability Toolkit [15]
      • CHIEF
      • Clinical Profile
      • EMIC affected persons
      • EMIC-CS Community Stigma
      • Participation Scale
      • Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
      • 5-Question Stigma Indicators
      • Salsa Scale
      • SARI Stigma Scale
      • SDS Social Distance Scale
      • SRQ Self-reporting Questionnaire
      • Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS)
      • WGQ Washington Group Questions
      • WHODAS
      • WHOQOL-BREF
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    • CBM's Community Mental Health Good Practice Guides
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Mental health, stigma, and neglected tropical diseases: A review and systematic mapping of the evidence

Koschorke M, Al-Haboubi YH, Tseng P, et al. Frontiers in Tropical Diseases. 2022;
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Safety in administering medicines for neglected tropical diseases

World Health Organization . World Health Organization. 2021;
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Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: A road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030

World Health Organization . 2021;
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Infolep monthly e-newsletter on leprosy and related subjects

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Investigating the role of soil-transmitted helminth infections in the development of leprosy in endemic regions

Singh V, Turankar RP, Pathak VK, et al. Frontiers Media SA. Frontiers in Immunology. 2025;
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The Feasibility of Using Telehealth for Training Health Care Workers and Persons with Disability on Integrated Rehabilitation and Prevention of Impairments and Disabilities of Leprosy, Lymphatic Filariasis, Diabetes, Pressure Ulcers, and Other Chronic Wou

Lardizabal-Dofitas B, Leochico CFD, Ortiz YRH, et al. University of the Philippines Manila. Acta Medica Philippina - The National Health Science Journal. 2025;
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The Dapsone Conundrum: Understanding Implications of Adverse Reactions to Dapsone Including Dapsone Hypersensitivity Syndrome in Leprosy Patients Treated With Multidrug Therapy

Dev A, Narang T, Thakur V, et al. Wiley. International Journal of Dermatology. 2025;
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Outcomes and cost-effectiveness of an integrated holistic care package on persons affected by podoconiosis, lymphatic filariasis and leprosy and community members in north-western Ethiopia: an implementation research study

Ali O, Mihretu A, Hounsome N, et al. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. BMC Medicine. 2025; 23 (1) : 1-12.
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The commitment to ending leprosy.

Nanri T. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2025; 103 (5) : 286-286A.
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Prevalence of neglected tropical diseases in rural productive villages of the São Francisco River Integration Project in Ceará:

Silva Filho JDD, Pinheiro MCC, Ramos Júnior AN, et al. Secretariat of Health and Environmental Surveillance of the Ministry of Health of Brazil (SVSA/MS). Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde. 2025;
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