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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 Measurement 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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Publication

Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: A road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030

World Health Organization . 2021;
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Mapping the distribution of yaws and Haemophilus ducreyi in the western north region of Ghana.

Simpson S, Arima H, Behene E, et al. BMC infectious diseases. 2025; 25 (1) : 1-12.
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Leishmaniasis: a story of two continents.

Balakrishnan V. The Lancet. Infectious diseases. 2026;
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Reaching the last mile with ivermectin mass drug administration against onchocerciasis: The case of Kwanware-Ottou persistent transmission focus in the Wenchi health district of Ghana.

Nditanchou R, Oluwole A, Basnet S, et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2026; 20 (2) : 1-21.
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Leishmaniasis: 20 years of progress towards elimination in the WHO African Region

World Health Organization . 2025;
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Reaching never-treated people to eliminate neglected tropical diseases: a toolkit for national programmes

World Health Organization . 2025;
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Identifying gaps in the care and management of NTD morbidity, disability and disfigurement in Africa

Pfavayi LT, Osakunor DNM, Chiombola CE, et al. Public Library of Science (PLoS). PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2025; 19 (12) : 1-20.
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Potential Barriers and Facilitators Prior to Introduction of Novel Treatment Option for Schistosomiasis among Pre-School Age Children in Two Endemic Counties of Kenya

Masaku, Janet Mbinya . JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY. Public Health. 2025;
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Semi-annual and annual mass drug administration of diethylcarbamazine and albendazole are equally effective regimens for eliminating lymphatic filariasis in Papua New Guinea

Payne MC, Sanuku N, Mancuso BE, et al. Public Library of Science (PLoS). PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2025; 19 (12) : 1-12.
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Prevalence and risk factors of intestinal schistosomiasis among school-age children living near the Mai-Nigus irrigation dam, Tigray, northern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Yanshet TA, Gebrezgabiher G, Birmeka M. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. BMC Pediatrics. 2025; 25 (1) : 1-9.
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