ArticleBulletin of the World Health Organization2015
The feasibility of eliminating podoconiosis.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Global epidemiology of podoconiosis: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Pooled it
- "I called people to carry me to the latrine": Podoconiosis patients' access to water, sanitation, and hygiene in Butaro, Rwanda.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- "My feet are no longer swollen": Testing a co-designed podoconiosis protective footwear among rural female farmers in Rwanda.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Geostatistical modelling of the distribution, risk and burden of podoconiosis in Kenya.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2023Article
- From Neglected to Public Health Burden: Factors Associated with Podoconiosis in Resource Limited Setting in Case of Southwest Ethiopia: A Community Based Cross Sectional Study.Research and reports in tropical medicine · 2023Article
- Epidemiology of podoconiosis in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.SAGE open medicine · 2023Review
- Foot care practice and associated factors among patients with lymphoedema in Boreda district, Gamo zone, southern Ethiopia, 2020. Implications for elimination of podoconiosis and lymphatic filariasis.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2021Article
- Development of an integrated, holistic care package for people with lymphoedema for use at the level of the Primary Health Care Unit in Ethiopia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Assessment of Etiology of Elephantiasis and Its Associated Risk Factors in Jeldu District, West Shoa, Ethiopia.Journal of tropical medicine · 2021Article
- Developing and validating a clinical algorithm for the diagnosis of podoconiosis.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2020Article
- Clinical, haematological and biochemical profiling of podoconiosis lymphoedema patients prior to their involvement in a clinical trial in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2020Article
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- Podoconiosis in Rwanda: Knowledge, attitudes and practices among health professionals and environmental officers.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Predicting the environmental suitability and population at risk of podoconiosis in Africa.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Review
- The health and economic burden of podoconiosis in Ethiopia.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2020Article
- The diagnosis of scabies by non-expert examiners: A study of diagnostic accuracy.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
- Podoconiosis today: challenges and opportunities.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2018Article
- The Skin-A Common Pathway for Integrating Diagnosis and Management of NTDs.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2018Review
- Podoconiosis research to implementation: a call for global action.The Lancet. Global health · 2018Article
- Study of lymphoedema of non-filarial origin in the northwest region of Cameroon: spatial distribution, profiling of cases and socio-economic aspects of podoconiosis.International health · 2018Article
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Abstract
Podoconiosis is an inflammatory disease caused by prolonged contact with irritant minerals in soil. Major symptoms include swelling of the lower limb (lymphoedema) and acute pain. The disease has major social and economic consequences through stigma and loss of productivity. In the last five years there has been good progress in podoconiosis research and control. Addressing poverty at household level and infrastructure development such as roads, water and urbanization can all help to reduce podoconiosis incidence. Specific control methods include the use of footwear, regular foot hygiene and floor coverings. Secondary and tertiary prevention are based on the management of the lymphoedema-related morbidity and include foot hygiene, foot care, wound care, compression, exercises, elevation of the legs and treatment of acute infections. Certain endemic countries are taking the initiative to include podoconiosis in their national plans for the control of neglected tropical diseases and to scale up interventions against the disease. Advocacy is needed for provision of shoes as a health intervention. We suggest case definitions and elimination targets as a starting point for elimination of the disease.
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