Ref.: (LML) Infolep monthly review of new publications on leprosy, February 2023
From: Roos Geutjes and Marente Mol, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Dear colleagues,
Many thanks to everyone who helped to raise awareness on World Leprosy Day and World NTD Day! On World NTD Day, the Kigali Declaration Commitment Tracker was launched to capture and monitor resources invested in NTD programmes, and to track commitments made by partners.
The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene has launched a call for papers on mental health, stigma and NTDs. Make sure to submit your manuscript timely, before the 30th of April!
More information on this, along with other news and events, can be found at the bottom of this newsletter.
Enjoy reading the latest publications that are listed below. Feel free to contact us to receive the full-text versions when these cannot be found on Infolep. We would also be happy to assist you with literature searches.
Warm regards,
Roos Geutjes & Marente Mol
www.leprosy-information.org
info@infolep.org
Highlighted
Sixteenth meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases: hybrid meeting, 27-28 September 2022
World Health Organization. 2022.
G-FINDER 2022 - Neglected disease research and development: The status quo won't get us there
Policy Cures Research. 2023.
A compendium of indicators for monitoring and evaluating progress of the road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030
World Health Organization. 2022.
New publications
Feel free to contact us to receive full-text versions if these cannot be found through the Infolep portal.
Meaningful Engagement of Persons Affected by Leprosy in Research: An Exploration of Its Interpretation, Barriers, and Opportunities
de Groot L, van 't Noordende AT, Duck M, et al. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. MDPI AG. 2023; 8 (1) : 52.
World Health Organization strategic framework for integrated control and management of skin-related neglected tropical diseases: what does this mean for dermatologists?
Yotsu RR, Fuller LC, Murdoch ME, et al. British Journal of Dermatology. Oxford University Press (OUP). 2022.
Technology for world elimination of neglected tropical diseases
The Lancet Digital Health . The Lancet Digital Health. Elsevier BV. 2023; 5 (2) : e51.
The Impact of Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) on Education of Persons with Disabilities in Plateau State
Lalu JD, Ozegya A, Yakubu AF. KIU Journal of Humanities. 2023; 7 (4) : 89-104.
Community Health Workers: what do international studies tell us?
Méllo LMBDDE, Santos RCD, Albuquerque PCD. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva. FapUNIFESP (SciELO). 2023; 28 (2) : 501-520.
Restricted participation: Drivers, experiences and implications of disability stigma in Ethiopia
Breffka E, Jagoe C, Murphy SP, et al. African Journal of Disability. 2023.
Progressive neuropathy in patients with lepromatous leprosy after multidrug therapy.
Penna P, Pitta I, Vital R, et al. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 2023.
Clusters of risk for the occurrence of leprosy and disabilities in children under 15 years of age in Cuiabá: a geospatial study
Martoreli Júnior JF, Ramos ACV, Berra TZ, et al. Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia. FapUNIFESP (SciELO). 2023.
Epidemiological characteristics of leprosy during the period 2005-2020: A retrospective study based on the Chinese surveillance system.
Li X, Jin G, Yang J, et al. Frontiers in public health. 2022.
Pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and treatment of leprosy
Mennuru NB, Birudala R, Birudala G. Viral, Parasitic, Bacterial, and Fungal Infections. Elsevier. 2023.
Clinico-sociodemographic Profile of Leprosy Neuropathy in Medan, Indonesia
Dalimunthe DA, Sinambela DWI, Lubis SR. Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists. 2023; 33 (1) : 142-148.
Intra‐cranial involvement of trigeminal nerve in a patient with borderline tuberculoid leprosy in type 1 lepra reaction
Sharma A, Narang T, Mehta H, et al. Australasian Journal of Dermatology. Wiley. 2023.
O papel da atenção primária na rede de atenção à saúde frente ao manejo da hanseníase: um estudo transversal
de Souza MH, de Araújo MCM, de Lima VPB, et al. Revista de APS. 2023; 25 (2) : 343-364.
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.
Silva S, de Souza S, Santana M, et al. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2023.
Silent peripheral neuropathy determined by high-resolution ultrasound among contacts of patients with Hansen's disease.
Voltan G, Marques-Junior W, Santana J, et al. Frontiers in medicine. 2022.
Long-term presence of autoantibodies in plasma of cured leprosy patients
Yang X, Dong H, Kuang Y, et al. Scientific Reports. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 2023.
Effects of Citric Acid on the Healing Process of Chronic Wound due to Leprosy
Passos JRD, Sangaleti CT, Trincaus MR, et al. The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds. SAGE Publications. 2023.
Performance of the Health System Network in Formosa Argentina, in the Diagnosis of Leprosy
Arnaiz MR, Abarca DT, Santini MS, et al. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2023.
Effect of adipose derived stromal vascular fraction on leprosy neuropathy: A Preliminary report
Sirait SP, Bramono K, Menaldi SL, et al. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Public Library of Science (PLoS). 2023; 17 (1) : e0010994.
The efficacy of topical adipose mesenchymal stem cell-conditioned medium versus framycetin gauze dressing in chronic plantar ulcer of leprosy: A randomized controlled trial.
Alinda M, Christopher P, Listiawan M, et al. Indian journal of dermatology, venereology and leprology. 2022.
Assessment of key regulatory genes and identification of possible drug targets for Leprosy (Hansen's disease) using network-based approach.
Khan M, Khan S, Lohani M, et al. Biotechnology & genetic engineering reviews. 2023.
Resistance to anti-leprosy drugs: A cross-sectional study from a tertiary care hospital in Puducherry.
Manjula B, Gopinath H, Karthikeyan K. Indian journal of dermatology, venereology and leprology. 2022.
Modified tarsorrhaphy versus gold weight implant technique for paralytic lagophthalmos treatment in patients with leprosy: One-year observation of a randomized controlled trial study
Irawati Y, Natalia MER, Gondhowiardjo TD, et al. Frontiers in Medicine. Frontiers Media SA. 2023.
Impact of nanoparticles on amyloid beta-induced Alzheimer's disease, tuberculosis, leprosy and cancer: A systematic review.
Chakraborty A, Mohapatra S, Barik S, et al. Bioscience reports. 2023.
News & Events
First WHO Global Meeting on Skin NTDs
27-31 March, 2023
The WHO Department of Control of NTDs is organizing the First WHO Global Meeting on Skin NTDs at WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting will be hybrid (in person and online) and will be conducted in English, French and Spanish with simultaneous interpretation. There will be oral presentations and posters and a book of abstracts will be published.
Call for papers: Mental health, stigma and Neglected Tropical Diseases
The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene has launched a call for papers on mental health, stigma and NTDs, to be published in a supplement of International Health. The aim of the supplement is to reflect on achievements and challenges to date, to collate current research and lessons learned, and to outline ambitions for policy engagement to drive further progress in the field. Deadline of submission is 30 April, 2023.
Kigali Declaration Commitment Tracker
A new interactive online tool has been launched to help track global resources to end NTDs. The Kigali Declaration Commitment Tracker is designed to capture, track and monitor commitments to the Kigali Declaration on NTDs. It enables partners in the NTD community to understand the volume of resources being invested in NTD programmes and to hold endorsers of the declaration accountable for the commitments they made.
World NTD Day 2023 Webinar
The WHO and Uniting to Combat NTDs organised a webinar to celebrate World NTD Day on 30 January, 2023. In case you missed the event, the recording of the full webinar is available on Youtube.
World Health Day
7 April, 2023
World Health Day is celebrated annually and draws attention to a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world. This year, the World Health Organization will observe its 75th birthday.
Global Appeal 2023 | Sasakawa Health Foundation
The Global Appeal 2023 to End Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy and the International Symposium at the Vatican on Hansen's Disease took place on 23-24 January, 2023. All recorded sessions are available on the website.
Maximising the untapped potential of NTD platforms to reach marginalised communities during future global health crises.
8 February, 2023
How can community NTD services and delivery mechanisms be leveraged to promote risk reduction behaviours and prevent misinformation amongst hard-to-reach communities during future pandemic responses? This COR-NTD Research Link session will highlight key lessons to take forward, and to adapt programme and emergency responses to future global crises.
Achieving the WHO 2030 NTD Roadmap goals: systems and data-driven approaches to improve program strategy, planning and implementation for the elimination of PC-NTDs
22 February, 2023
This COR-NTD Research Link session seeks to focus on the shifts in approaches used to address NTDs as outlined in the WHO 2030 Roadmap. This session will provide a real-world example of integration as experienced by the Ethiopia NTD programme. Further, the session will illustrate gaps, approaches and best practices for the overall data process for NTDs - data availability and access, analysis and visualization and data use and feedback.
RSTMH Early Career Grants Programme
The RSTMH 2023 Early Career Grants Programme opened for applications from early career researchers and global health professionals based anywhere in the world. Projects can be on any topic related to tropical medicine and global health, from across the research spectrum of lab, translation, implementation and policy.
Links
Info Hansen - A innovative hub for knowledge sharing about Hansen's Disease
ALLF - Official website of the Association des Léprologues de Langue Française
LML - Leprosy Mailing List - a free moderated email list that allows all persons interested in leprosy to share ideas, information, experiences and questions
InfoNTD - Information on cross-cutting issues in Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Leprosy Bulletin
Leprosy Review Repository (1928-2001)
Fontilles Revista de Leprología
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