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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
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Lymphatic filariasis transmission 10 years after stopping mass drug administration in the Gomoa West District of Ghana

Boateng CA, Afatodzie MS, McLure A, et al. Elsevier BV. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2025;
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Yaws in Africa: Past, Present and Future

Vicar EK, Simpson SV, Mensah GI, et al. MDPI AG. Diseases. 2025; 13 (1) : 14.
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Weekly epidemiological record: Progress in snakebite envenoming data reporting: challenges and opportunities

World Health Organization . 2024;
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A loop-mediated isothermal amplification test for yaws: a multi-country diagnostic accuracy evaluation

Handley BL, Gonzalez-Beiras C, Tchatchouang S, et al. Elsevier BV. The Lancet Global Health. 2024; 12 (11) : e1891-e1898.
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“Nothing about us, without us”: stakeholders perceptions on strategies to improve persons with disabilities’ sexual and reproductive health outcomes in Ghana

Seidu A, Malau-Aduli BS, McBain-Rigg K, et al. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2024; 23 (1) : 1-13.
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Report of the fifth annual meeting of the network of Buruli ulcer PCR laboratories in the WHO African Region, Accra, Ghana, 23–25 October 2023

World Health Organization, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases , Skin NTDs Laboratory Network . 2024;
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The role of economic factors in shaping and constituting the household burden of neglected tropical diseases of the skin: Qualitative findings from Ghana and Ethiopia

Hailemichael Y, Novignon J, Owusu L, et al. Elsevier BV. Social Science & Medicine. 2024;
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Strengthening the collection, interpretation and use of data to target expansion and integration of case detection and management interventions against neglected tropical diseases.

Simpson HN. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. 2024;
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Improving access to eye care services in Ghana using community health structures

Ofosu A, Osei I, Hagan M, et al. AOSIS. African Vision and Eye Health. 2024; 83 (1) : 1-9.
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Using Medical Illustration to Improve Understanding and Communication of Skin Neglected Tropical Diseases

Butler J. University of Surrey. Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. 2023;
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