World Leprosy Day 2023: Article collection
The theme of World Leprosy Day 2023 is “Act Now. End Leprosy.” This year's theme calls attention to three key messages:
- Elimination is possible: We have the power and tools to stop transmission and defeat this disease.
- Act now: We need the resources and commitment to end leprosy. Prioritize leprosy elimination.
- Reach the unreached: Leprosy is preventable and treatable. Suffering from leprosy is needless.
To mark the day, we have compiled this collection of articles from our two journals Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene and International Health on the topic of leprosy.
Transactions
Assessment of neuropathic pain, functional activity limitation and quality of life of people affected by leprosy in an endemic area in Northeast Brazil: a cross-sectional study
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, trac133, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trac133
Published: 12 January 2023
Research priorities to support the development of integrated national strategies to control skin-neglected tropical diseases
Hope Simpson, Asrat Mengiste, Jean Bosco Mbonigaba, Karsor Kollie, Motto Nganda, Laura Dean, Daniel Argaw, Gail Davey, Maya Semrau
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, trac086, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trac086
Published: 21 September 2022
Social participation restriction among persons with leprosy discharged from a multidrug therapy clinic in northern Nigeria
Tahir Dahiru, Zubairu Iliyasu, Muktar H Aliyu
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 116, Issue 8, August 2022, Pages 694–703, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trac056
Published: 17 June 2022
Detection of Mycobacterium leprae infection in family clusters from six leprosy-endemic regions in Colombia
Héctor Serrano-Coll, Yuliana Osorio-Leal, María Victoria Escobar-Builes, Nora Cardona-Castro
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 116, Issue 5, May 2022, Pages 501–508, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trab170
Published: 16 November 2021
International Health
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of health professionals towards people living with lymphoedema caused by lymphatic filariasis, podoconiosis and leprosy in northern Ethiopia
Rachael Dellar, Oumer Ali, Mersha Kinfe, Abraham Tesfaye, Abebaw Fekadu, Gail Davey, Maya Semrau, Stephen Bremner
International Health, Volume 14, Issue 5, September 2022, Pages 530–536, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihab067
Key sources of strength and resilience for persons receiving services for Hansen's disease (leprosy) in Porto Velho, Brazil: What can we learn for service development?
Anna T van't Noordende, Zoica Bakirtzief da Silva Pereira, Pim Kuipers
International Health, Volume 13, Issue 6, November 2021, Pages 527–535, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihab001
Published: 06 February 2021
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