ReviewBMJ global health2017
20 years of gender mainstreaming in health: lessons and reflections for the neglected tropical diseases community.
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42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Negating neglect: social scientific contributions on Neglected Tropical Diseases and global health.International journal for equity in health · 2026Review
- Sex in Immune Cells and Parasitic Diseases - A Complex Relationship.Immunological reviews · 2026Review
- "My feet are no longer swollen": Testing a co-designed podoconiosis protective footwear among rural female farmers in Rwanda.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Inclusion in Neglected Tropical Disease Programmes: A Review of Inclusive Approaches for Control and Elimination.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Barriers to seeking healthcare services and contributing factors to grade 2 disability among women affected by leprosy in Telangana, India - a qualitative study.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- A new guide for basic psychological support for persons affected by neglected tropical diseases: A peer support tool suitable for persons with a diagnosis of leprosy and lymphatic filariasis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Decolonizing infectious disease programs: A mixed methods analysis of a novel multi-country virtual training for Female Genital Schistosomiasis.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- [Paths to mainstreaming gender and intersectionality in neglected tropical disease programsCaminhos para a inclusão da perspectiva de gênero e interseccionalidade nos programas de doenças tropicais negligenciadas].Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2025Article
- 'The Lost Peace': Evidencing the Syndemic Relationship between Neglected Tropical Diseases and Mental Distress in Liberia.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
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- Illness experiences and mental health challenges associated with female genital schistosomiasis in Cameroon: a gender analysis.International health · 2024Article
- Gender mainstreaming at 25 years: Toward an inclusive, collaborative, and structured research agenda.Journal of global health · 2024Review
- "We all think boots are meant for men": A community-based participatory assessment of rural women's barriers to preventing podoconiosis in Rwanda.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Synthesis of findings from the literature and a qualitative research study on the impacts of gender, disability, and ethnicity in Neglected Tropical Diseases programs.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Review
- Understanding gender and its intersection with social stratifiers on prevention and care seeking behavior of lymphatic filariasis in Nepal.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2023Article
- Women's participation in the prevention and control of dengue using environmental methods in the global south: a qualitative meta-synthesis.International journal for equity in health · 2022Review
- Treatment providers' perspectives on a gender-responsive approach in alcohol and drug treatment for women in Belgium.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect the poorest of the poor. NTD programmes can and should rise to the challenge of playing a part in promoting more gender equitable societies. Gender equity shapes poverty and the experience of disease in multiple ways; yet to date, there has been little attention paid to gender equity in NTD control efforts. Drawing on a synthesis of relevant literature, the tacit knowledge and experience of the authors, and discussions at a meeting on women, girls and NTDs, this analysis paper distills five key lessons from over 20 years of gender mainstreaming in health. The paper links this learning to NTDs and Mass Drug Administration (MDA). Our first lesson is that tailored gender frameworks support gender analysis within research and programming. We present a gender review framework focusing on different MDA strategies. Second, gender interplays with other axes of inequality, such as disability and geographical location; hence, intersectionality is important for inclusive and responsive NTD programmes. Third, gender, power and positionality shape who is chosen as community drug distributors (CDDs). How CDDs interact with communities and how this interface role is valued and practised needs to be better understood. Fourth, we need to unpack the gender and power dynamics at household level to assess how this impacts MDA coverage and interactions with CDDs. Finally, we need to collect and use sex disaggregated data to support the development of more equitable and sustainable NTD programmes.
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