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  • NTDs [14]
    • Buruli ulcer
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    • 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
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      • Disability measurement
    • Physical rehabilitation [3]
      • Physical therapy
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    • 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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SWCR Guidelines for Leprotic Ulcers

Kumar P, Chittoria R, Singh AK, et al. Journal of the Society for Wound Care and Research. 2024;
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Assessment of disability among leprosy patients on treatment initiation in kwale and kilifi counties, Kenya

Karugu M, Njoroge M, Matu S, et al. East African Medical Journal . 2024;
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Is the WHO ‘global’ rate indicator an accurate reflection of the annual leprosy-associated disability burden experienced worldwide?

Quilter EEV, Butlin CR. Lepra. Leprosy Review. 2024; 95 (2) : 1-12.
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Inequality of gender, age and disabilities due to leprosy and trends in a hyperendemic metropolis: Evidence from an eleven-year time series study in Central-West Brazil

Júnior J, Ramos ACV, Alves JD, et al. Public Library of Science (PLoS). PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2021; 15 (11) : e0009941.
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Physical disabilities caused by leprosy in 100 million cohort in Brazil.

Sanchez MN, Nery J, Pescarini J, et al. BMC infectious diseases. 2021; 21 (1) : 290.
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Revised estimates of leprosy disability weights for assessing the global burden of disease: A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.

Chandran S, Tiwari A, Lustosa A, et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2021; 15 (3) : e0009209.
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The Relationship of Degree of Disability and Quality of Life Among Released From Treatment People Affected by Leprosy in Surabaya, Indonesia

Utama A, Hastuti P, Rustam M. Indian journal of leprosy. 2020;
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Disability progression among leprosy patients released from treatment: a survival analysis.

Rosendo dos Santos A, Silva P, Steinmann P, et al. Infectious diseases of poverty. 2020; 9 (1) : 53.
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Towards a toolkit for cross-neglected tropical disease morbidity and disability assessment.

van 't Noordende A, Kuiper H, Ramos AN, et al. International health. 2016;
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