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The hidden effects of COVID-19 on HIV services in Zanzibar: country report

open access: yesAIDS Research and Therapy, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major effect on HIV-related healthcare services. Zanzibar has experienced several interruptions of HIV services in the areas of testing and counselling, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, key population ...
Mansour Maulid Mshenga   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of an intervention to reduce stigma towards people with skin diseases among health and body care professionals – a randomized controlled trial

open access: yesJDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, EarlyView.
Summary Background and Objectives People with skin disease often experience stigmatization in health and body care settings, significantly impacting their quality of life. This parallel‐group randomized controlled trial evaluated a face‐to‐face group seminar aimed at reducing stigma towards people with skin disease among health and body care ...
Juliane Traxler   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The leprosy reaction is associated with salivary anti-Porphyromonas gingivalis IgA antibodies

open access: yesAMB Express, 2023
The aim of the study was to evaluate the association between salivary anti-Porphyromonas gingivalis IgA antibodies and the leprosy reaction. The levels of salivary anti - P.
Michelle Miranda Lopes Falcão   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Was it Leprosy ? [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1893
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Lazarine leprosy: A unique phenomenon of leprosy

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2020
Leprosy, a chronic granulomatous disease, has been known since ages but even today continues to baffle the clinicians with a wide spectrum of clinical, histopathological, and immunological characteristics. Leprosy reactions are mainly of two types, namely, Type 1 and Type 2.
Vaishali Wankhade   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Multilingual Digital Search Behavior Reveals Cultural Disparities in Vitiligo Information Needs in Germany

open access: yesInternational Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.
Multilingual vitiligo‐related Google search queries in Germany (October 2019–May 2023) were extracted and thematically coded across German, English, Turkish, Arabic, Russian, and Polish. Relative patterns highlighted language‐specific emphases in treatment information, camouflage, depigmentation, psychosocial burden, and faith/home‐remedy terms ...
Lilian Rauch   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconciling organisational intent and local strategies an in-depth study of health workers in an urban leprosy project in India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
There is growing interest in health systems research and implementation studies within public health, yet there is little in-depth research being carried out on the front-line health workers who implement interventions in the field. This study aims to
Harris, Kristine
core   +1 more source

Plants in our combating strategies against Mycobacterium tuberculosis: progress made and obstacles met

open access: yesPharmaceutical Biology, 2017
Context: Traditionally used plants for treating chest-related problems/tuberculosis (TB) have not been evaluated in detail and hence a thorough study is needed in this regard. This knowledge may find application in developing new anti-TB drugs. Objective:
Vivek Kumar Gupta   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

LEPROSY [PDF]

open access: yesThe Lancet, 1880
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openaire   +1 more source

Relapse in leprosy

open access: yesIndian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, 2009
Leprosy is unique in terms of the nature of the causative organism (Mycobacterium leprae), the chronicity of the disease, its prolonged treatment and the definitions of "cure" and "relapse." The principal mode of assessing the efficacy of therapeutic regimens in leprosy is the "relapse rate." There are wide variations in estimates of relapse rates ...
Kaimal, Sowmya, Thappa, Devinder Mohan
openaire   +2 more sources

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