Integrated Control and Management of Neglected Tropical Skin Diseases

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2017-01, Vol.11 (1), p.e0005136-e0005136
• Main Authors: Mitjà, Oriol, Marks, Michael, Bertran, Laia, Kollie, Karsor, Argaw, Daniel, Fahal, Ahmed H, Fitzpatrick, Christopher, Fuller, L Claire, Garcia Izquierdo, Bernardo, Hay, Roderick, Ishii, Norihisa, Johnson, Christian, Lazarus, Jeffrey V, Meka, Anthony, Murdoch, Michele, Ohene, Sally-Ann, Small, Pam, Steer, Andrew, Tabah, Earnest N, Tiendrebeogo, Alexandre, Waller, Lance, Yotsu, Rie, Walker, Stephen L, Asiedu, Kingsley
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Anti-Infective Agents - administration & dosage; Anti-Infective Agents - therapeutic use; Care and treatment; Chemotherapy; Colleges & universities; Community Health Workers - education; Delivery of Health Care; Dermatology; Funding; Health Policy; Hospitals; Humans; Hygiene; Integrated approach; Internationality; Leprosy; Lymphedema; Management; Medical care; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Neglected Diseases - prevention & control; Parasitic diseases; Point-of-Care Systems; Policy Platform; Public health; Skin diseases; Skin Diseases - classification; Skin Diseases - diagnosis; Skin Diseases - prevention & control; Skin Diseases - therapy; Tropical diseases; Tropical Medicine; Ulcers; Volunteers
• ISSN: 1935-2735; 1935-2727; 1935-2735
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005136

Oriol Mitjà * E-mail: [e-mail] Affiliations Skin NTDs Program, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Hospital Clinic-University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Division of Public Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3266-8868 Michael Marks Affiliations Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7585-4743 Laia Bertran Affiliation: Skin NTDs Program, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Hospital Clinic-University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Karsor Kollie Affiliation: Neglected Tropical and Non Communicable Diseases Program, Ministry of Health, Government of Liberia, Liberia Daniel Argaw Affiliation: Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland Ahmed H. Fahal Affiliation: The Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan Christopher Fitzpatrick Affiliation: Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland L. Claire Fuller Affiliation: International Foundation for Dermatology, London, United Kingdom Bernardo Garcia Izquierdo Affiliation: Anesvad foundation, Bilbao, Spain Roderick Hay Affiliation: International Foundation for Dermatology, London, United Kingdom Norihisa Ishii Affiliation: Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan Christian Johnson Affiliation: Fondation Raoul Follereau, Cotonou, République du Bénin Jeffrey V. Lazarus Affiliation: Skin NTDs Program, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Hospital Clinic-University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Anthony Meka Affiliation: Medical Department, German Leprosy and TB Relief Association, Enugu, Nigeria Michele Murdoch Affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Watford General Hospital, Watford, United Kingdom Sally-Ann Ohene Affiliation: World Health Organization Country Office, Accra, Ghana Pam Small Affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America Andrew Steer Affiliation: Group A Streptococcal Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Earnest N. Tabah Affiliation: National