ReviewTropical medicine and infectious disease2018
Community Involvement in the Care of Persons Affected by Podoconiosis-A Lesson for Other Skin NTDs.
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- "My feet are no longer swollen": Testing a co-designed podoconiosis protective footwear among rural female farmers in Rwanda.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Stigma and illness management among podoconiosis patients in rural Ethiopia: an intersectional-hermeneutic study.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Sexual and reproductive health service utilization among patients with podoconiosis in Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia: a multilevel mixed-effect analysis.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Article
- Podoconiosis in Uganda: prevalence, geographical distribution and risk factors.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2024Article
- An integrated active case detection and management of skin NTDs in yaws endemic health districts in Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Bearing the burden: Podoconiosis and mental health-A three-way comparative cross-sectional study in Rwanda.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Addressing the Syndemic Relationship between Lymphatic Filariasis and Mental Distress in Malawi: The Potential of Enhanced Self-Care.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- Evaluating the World Health Organization's SkinNTDs App as a Training Tool for Skin Neglected Tropical Diseases in Ghana and Kenya: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Stigma experiences, effects and coping among individuals affected by Buruli ulcer and yaws in Ghana.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- The role of a community conversation intervention in reducing stigma related to lower limb lymphoedema in Northern Ethiopia.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Burden of neglected tropical diseases and access to medicine and diagnostics in Ethiopia: a scoping review.Systematic reviews · 2023Article
- A health-systems journey towards more people-centred care: lessons from neglected tropical disease programme integration in Liberia.Health research policy and systems · 2023Article
- Restricted participation: Drivers, experiences and implications of disability stigma in Ethiopia.African journal of disability · 2023Article
- Podoconiosis instruction at nursing schools in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda.Tropical medicine and health · 2022Article
- A syndemic born of war: Combining intersectionality and structural violence to explore the biosocial interactions of neglected tropical diseases, disability and mental distress in Liberia.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Replication of HLA class II locus association with susceptibility to podoconiosis in three Ethiopian ethnic groups.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Healthcare Practitioners' Knowledge of Lymphedema.International journal of vascular medicine · 2021Review
- Implementing a Locally Made Low-Cost Intervention for Wound and Lymphedema Care in Western Kenya.Dermatologic clinics · 2021Article
- Podoconiosis in Rwanda: Knowledge, attitudes and practices among health professionals and environmental officers.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Skin Disease in the Tropics and the Lessons that can be Learned from Leprosy and Other Neglected Diseases.Acta dermato-venereologica · 2020Article
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Abstract
Podoconiosis is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) characterized by lower-leg swelling (lymphedema), which is caused by long-term exposure to irritant red-clay soils found within tropical volcanic high-altitude environments with heavy rainfall. The condition places a substantial burden on affected people, their families and communities, including disability, economic consequences, social exclusion, and stigma; mental disorders and distress are also common. This paper focuses on community-based care of podoconiosis, and, in particular, the role that community involvement can have in the reduction of stigma against people affected by podoconiosis. We first draw on research conducted in Ethiopia for this, which has included community-based provision of care and treatment, education, and awareness-raising, and socioeconomic rehabilitation to reduce stigma. Since people affected by podoconiosis and other skin NTDs often suffer the double burden of mental-health illness, which is similarly stigmatized, we then point to examples from the mental-health field in low-resource community settings to suggest avenues for stigma reduction and increased patient engagement that may be relevant across a range of skin NTDs, though further research is needed on this.
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