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  • NTDs [14]
    • Buruli ulcer
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    • Soil-transmitted helminthiasis
    • Trachoma
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  • Cross-cutting issues [13]
    • Data management & analysis [3]
      • Data collection and reporting
      • Mapping
      • Indicators
    • Integrated wound management
    • Capacity strengthening
    • Management of disease complications [2]
      • Medical management
      • Surgical management
    • Prevention of disability [3]
      • Eye care
      • Self-care
      • Disability measurement
    • Physical rehabilitation [3]
      • Physical therapy
      • Orthopaedic footwear
      • Protheses, walking devices and wheelchairs
    • Stigma and mental wellbeing [1]
      • Mental wellbeing project mapping
    • Inclusion [2]
      • Community-based rehabilitation
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  • Toolkits [5]
    • 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
    • NTD Toolbox
    • CBM's Community Mental Health Good Practice Guides
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Application of behavioural psychology principles to self-care programmes for people living with leprosy

Choudhury SM, Kudrna L, Celiktemur B, et al. Lepra. Leprosy Review. 2021; 92 (4) : 344-355.
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Personal experience with self-care training in different settings

Lehman L. Lepra. Leprosy Review. 2021; 92 (4) : 375-378.
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Self-care programmes for people living with leprosy: a scoping review

Ilozumba O, Lilford RJ. Lepra. Leprosy Review. 2021; 92 (4) : 317-337.
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Effectiveness of self-care interventions for integrated morbidity management of skin neglected tropical diseases in Anambra State, Nigeria.

Eze C, Ekeke N, Alphonsus C, et al. BMC public health. 2021; 21 (1) : 1748.
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The development of a capacity-strengthening program to promote self-care practices among people with lymphatic filariasis-related lymphedema in the Upper West Region of Ghana

Atinbire SA, Marfo B, Alomatu B, et al. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 2021;
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Evaluation of a self-help intervention to promote the health and wellbeing of marginalised people including those living with leprosy in Nepal: a prospective, observational, cluster-based, cohort study with controls.

Shrestha D, Napit I, Ansari S, et al. BMC public health. 2021; 21 (1) : 873.
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Towards zero leprosy. Global leprosy (‎Hansen’s Disease)‎ strategy 2021–2030

World Health Organization . 2021;
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A family-based intervention for prevention and self-management of disabilities due to leprosy, podoconiosis and lymphatic filariasis in Ethiopia: A proof of concept study.

van 't Noordende A, Aycheh M, Tadesse T, et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2021; 15 (2) : e0009167.
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Lymphedema Patients and Their Limb Care; How Much Do They Know? How Compliant Are They?

Samarasinghe S, Fernando D, Munagama C, et al. International Journal of Medical Science and Health Research. International Journal of Medical Science and Health Research. 2021; 05 (01) : 47-56.
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Addition of Lymphatic Stimulating Self-Care Practices Reduces Acute Attacks among People Affected by Moderate and Severe Lower-Limb Lymphedema in Ethiopia, a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Douglass J, Hailekiros F, Martindale S, et al. MDPI AG. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2020; 9 (12) : 4077.
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