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  • NTDs [14]
    • Buruli ulcer
    • Chagas disease
    • Dracunculiasis
    • Human African trypanosomiasis
    • Leishmaniasis
    • Leprosy
    • Lymphatic filariasis
    • Mycetoma
    • Onchocerciasis
    • 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
  • Online courses

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Global trends and burdens of neglected tropical diseases and malaria from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Chen J, Tian X, Guo D, et al. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. BMC Public Health. 2025;
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Mapping the Social Entrepreneurship Landscape for Neglected Tropical Diseases in Ghana

Winful E, Ackah O. 2024;
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Brazil was certified by the World Health Organization for having eliminated lymphatic filariasis: what now?

Brandão E, Oliveira P, da Silva MAL, et al. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. Parasites & Vectors. 2025;
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A Systematic Review: The Effectiveness of Triple Drug versus Dual Drug Approach Against Lymphatic Filariasis

Ferguszon D, Purwaningrum P, Labibah R, et al. International Journal of Biomedical Science and Travel Medicine. 2025; 2 (1) : 8.
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Nutritional predictors of lymphatic filariasis progression: Insights from a machine learning approach

Amewu EKA, Amaglo B, Osei-Poku P, et al. Public Library of Science (PLoS). PLOS ONE. 2025;
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Adopting telehealth service for lymphedema care: Insights from a Filariasis Management Clinic, Puducherry, India

Choolayil AC, Anandhan M, Elangovan N, et al. SAGE Publications. DIGITAL HEALTH. 2025;
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Exploring the value of community engagement activities within a participatory action research study to improve care for people affected by skin neglected tropical diseases in Liberia

Lopez Piggott M, Zaizay Z, Dean L, et al. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. Research Involvement and Engagement. 2025;
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Time to consider doxycycline in the standard treatment of lymphatic filariasis? Emerging evidence on use of doxycycline as an adjunct to hygiene protocols

Kakakhel MZJ, Rath S, Sheraz M, et al. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. Tropical Medicine and Health. 2025;
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Persistent lymphatic filariasis transmission seven years after validation of elimination as a public health problem: a cross-sectional study in Tonga

Lawford HL, Tukia ‘, Takai J, et al. Elsevier BV. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 2025;
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Neglected Tropical Diseases Remain a Considerable Public Health Challenge in West Africa

Ramsay A, Kamau EM. MDPI AG. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2025; 10 (3) : 13.
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