Integrated Control and Management of Neglected Tropical Skin Diseases

Oriol Mitjà; Michael Marks; Laia Bertran; Karsor Kollie; Daniel Argaw; Ahmed H Fahal; Christopher Fitzpatrick; L Claire Fuller; Bernardo Garcia Izquierdo; Roderick Hay; Norihisa Ishii; Christian Johnson; Jeffrey V Lazarus; Anthony Meka; Michele Murdoch; Sally-Ann Ohene; Pam Small; Andrew Steer; Earnest N Tabah; Alexandre Tiendrebeogo; Lance Waller; Rie Yotsu; Stephen L Walker; Kingsley Asiedu

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005136

Integrated Control and Management of Neglected Tropical Skin Diseases

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Jan 19;11(1):e0005136. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005136. eCollection 2017 Jan.

Authors

Oriol Mitjà^{1

2}, Michael Marks^{3

4}, Laia Bertran¹, Karsor Kollie⁵, Daniel Argaw⁶, Ahmed H Fahal⁷, Christopher Fitzpatrick⁶, L Claire Fuller⁸, Bernardo Garcia Izquierdo⁹, Roderick Hay⁸, Norihisa Ishii¹⁰, Christian Johnson¹¹, Jeffrey V Lazarus¹, Anthony Meka¹², Michele Murdoch¹³, Sally-Ann Ohene¹⁴, Pam Small¹⁵, Andrew Steer¹⁶, Earnest N Tabah¹⁷, Alexandre Tiendrebeogo¹⁸, Lance Waller¹⁹, Rie Yotsu²⁰, Stephen L Walker³, Kingsley Asiedu⁶

Affiliations

¹ Skin NTDs Program, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Hospital Clinic-University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
² Division of Public Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
³ Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
⁴ Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
⁵ Neglected Tropical and Non Communicable Diseases Program, Ministry of Health, Government of Liberia, Liberia.
⁶ Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁷ The Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
⁸ International Foundation for Dermatology, London, United Kingdom.
⁹ Anesvad foundation, Bilbao, Spain.
¹⁰ Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
¹¹ Fondation Raoul Follereau, Cotonou, République du Bénin.
¹² Medical Department, German Leprosy and TB Relief Association, Enugu, Nigeria.
¹³ Department of Dermatology, Watford General Hospital, Watford, United Kingdom.
¹⁴ World Health Organization Country Office, Accra, Ghana.
¹⁵ Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America.
¹⁶ Group A Streptococcal Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
¹⁷ National Yaws, Leishmaniasis, Leprosy and Buruli ulcer Control Programme, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
¹⁸ World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo.
¹⁹ Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
²⁰ Department of Dermatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Infective Agents / administration & dosage
Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
Community Health Workers / education
Delivery of Health Care
Health Policy
Humans
Internationality
Neglected Diseases / prevention & control*
Point-of-Care Systems
Skin Diseases / classification
Skin Diseases / diagnosis
Skin Diseases / prevention & control*
Skin Diseases / therapy
Tropical Medicine
Volunteers

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding