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  • NTDs [14]
    • Buruli ulcer
    • Chagas disease
    • Dracunculiasis
    • Human African trypanosomiasis
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    • Lymphatic filariasis
    • Mycetoma
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    • Schistosomiasis
    • Snakebite envenoming
    • Soil-transmitted helminthiasis
    • Trachoma
    • Yaws
  • 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
      • Gender
    • WASH and NTDs
    • Health systems factors
    • Skin-NTDs
    • Preventive Chemotherapy
    • Health education
  • 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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Stigma, depression and quality of life among people affected by neglected tropical diseases in Nepal.

Thapa D, Dahal H, Chaulagain D, et al. International health. 2023; 15 (Supplement_3) : iii79-iii86.
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Effect of hope, spirituality and social support on quality of life among people affected by leprosy in Indonesia: A cross-sectional study

Nugraheni R, Murti B, Irwanto ME, et al. Lepra. Leprosy Review. 2023; 94 (4) : 332-340.
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Mental health, stigma and the quality of life of people affected by neglected tropical diseases of the skin in Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a sex-disaggregated analysis

Seekles ML, Kadima JK, Ding Y, et al. Oxford University Press (OUP). International Health. 2023; 15 (Supplement_3) : iii28-iii36.
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Mental health conditions in people affected by filarial lymphoedema in Malawi: prevalence, associated risk factors and the impact of an enhanced self-care intervention

Barrett C, Chiphwanya J, Chaponda L, et al. Oxford University Press (OUP). International Health. 2023; 15 (Supplement_3) : iii14-iii27.
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Chagas disease and perceived quality of life: a cross-sectional study

Baldoni NR, Quintino ND, Oliveira CDL, et al. FapUNIFESP (SciELO). Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. 2023;
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Health-related quality of life of adults with cutaneous leishmaniasis at ALERT Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Doni S, Yeneneh K, Hailemichael Y, et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2023; 17 (10) : 1-10.
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WHO/ILEP Technical Guide on community-based rehabilitation and leprosy: meeting the rehabilitation needs of people affected by leprosy and promoting quality of life.

International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations , World Health Organization . WHO/Ilep Technical Guide. World Health Organization, International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations. 2007;
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OMS/ILEP Guia técnico sobre reabilitação baseada na comunidade e hanseníase: Atendendo as necessidades de reabilitação de pessoas afetadas pela hanseníase e promovendo qualidade de vida.

International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations , World Health Organization . OMS/ILEP Guia técnico. Organização Mundial de Saúde. 2007;
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The cross-cultural validation of the Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale among persons affected by leprosy or podoconiosis in Northwest Ethiopia.

Aycheh M, Noordende A, Moges N, et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2023; 17 (10) : 1-15.
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Impact of Hydrocoele Surgeries on Quality of Life for Persons Living in Lymphatic Filariasis Endemic Communities in Toro, North-Eastern Nigeria.

Olamiju F. O, Mogaji H. O, Achu I, et al. Nigerian Journal of Parisitology. 2023;
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