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ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2025

Mixing methods: How listening to researchers, healthcare workers, and community members can improve the design of studies testing medical innovations for Neglected Tropical Diseases.

Astrid C Erber, Anthony Ablordey, Adamu Addissie, Evans K Ahortor, Doris Burtscher, Esther M Mukooza, Richard Creswell, Ben Lambert, Piero L Olliaro

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Article in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Astrid C ErberDepartment of Epidemiology, Centre for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5252-9676
Anthony AblordeyDepartment of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, GhanaGhana.
Adamu AddissieSchool of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Evans K AhortorDepartment of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, GhanaGhana.
Doris BurtscherVienna Evaluation Unit/Anthropology, Médecins Sans Frontières, Vienna, Austria.
Esther M MukoozaDepartment of Operational Research, Médecins Sans Frontières, Manzini, Eswatini.
Richard CreswellDepartment of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Ben LambertDepartment of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Piero L OlliaroInternational Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC), Pandemic Sciences Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

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Abstract

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PMID41026677
PMCPMC12483196

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