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  • NTDs [14]
    • Buruli ulcer
    • Chagas disease
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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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Integrated services for neglected tropical diseases and mental health: pilot study assessing acceptability, feasibility and attitudes in Benue State, Nigeria

Obindo T, Eaton J, Tsaku P, et al. Oxford University Press (OUP). International Health. 2023; 15 (Supplement_3) : iii37-iii46.
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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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Creating a network of people affected by neglected tropical diseases in Liberia: the same secret we were keeping, they are keeping it, too

Zaizay EG, Joefay F, Dennis D. Oxford University Press (OUP). International Health. 2023; 15 (Supplement_3) : iii10-iii11.
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“Whenever I tell her to wear slippers, she turns a deaf ear. She never listens”: a qualitative descriptive research on the barriers to basic lymphedema management and quality of life in lymphatic filariasis patients in a rural block of eastern India

Kumar P, Ahmad S, Bhar D, et al. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. Parasites & Vectors. 2023; 16 (1) : 1-11.
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Ending disease in Africa: control, elimination, and eradication efforts for neglected tropical diseases, scoping review of the literature in the WHO African Region since 1990

World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa . UHC/UCN Cluster World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa. 2023;
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Public-private partnerships influencing the initiation and duration of clinical trials for neglected tropical diseases

Ma Z, Augustijn K, De Esch I, et al. Public Library of Science (PLoS). PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2023; 17 (11) : 1-14.
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Report of a WHO meeting on skin-related neglected tropical diseases in West Africa

World Health Organization . World Health Organization . 2023;
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Synthesis of findings from the literature and a qualitative research study on the impacts of gender, disability, and ethnicity in Neglected Tropical Diseases programs

Arney JK, Headland MK, Bertone AM, et al. Public Library of Science (PLoS). PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2023; 17 (12) : e0011782.
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Educational technologies for children about parasitic diseases: an integrative review

Silva JDS, Freitas DRJD. Universidade Federal do Piaui. Revista Prevenção de Infecção e Saúde. 2023;
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