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Neglected Tropical Diseases Gender and Equity Research

Published May 20, 2020 Calls for Papers Collections

Gender and sex remain prominent factors affecting access to health care, despite much progress in gender equality in recent decades. To fully explore why this is the case, PLOS ONE and PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases launched a call for papers on NTD Gender and Equity Research that address the importance of gender and sex as considerations in the context of NTDs.

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Gender mainstreaming as a pathway for sustainable arbovirus control in Latin America
February 27, 2020 Clare Wenham, João Nunes, Gustavo Correa Matta, Carolina de Oliveira Nogueira, Polyana Aparecida Valente, Denise Nacif Pimenta
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0008153

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Gender norms and mass deworming program access in Comé, Benin: A qualitative assessment of gender-associated opportunities and challenges to achieving high mass drug administration coverage
April 17, 2020 Rachel E. Geyer, Moudachirou Ibikounlé, Mira Emmanuel-Fabula, Amy Roll, Euripide Avokpaho, Abiguel Elijan, Léopold Codjo Wèkè, Comlanvi Innocent Togbevi, Félicien Chabi, Parfait Houngbégnon, Adrian J. F. Luty, Elodie Yard, Judd L. Walson, Susan Graham, Arianna Rubin Means
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0008266

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Impacts of host gender on Schistosoma mansoni risk in rural Uganda—A mixed-methods approach
May 13, 2020 Suzan C. M. Trienekens, Christina L. Faust, Keila Meginnis, Lucy Pickering, Olivia Ericsson, Andrina Nankasi, Arinaitwe Moses, Edridah M. Tukahebwa, Poppy H. L. Lamberton
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0008058

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Quantifying the socio-economic impact of leg lymphoedema on patient caregivers in a lymphatic filariasis and podoconiosis co-endemic district of Ethiopia
March 3, 2020 Thais Caprioli, Sarah Martindale, Asrat Mengiste, Dereje Assefa, Fikre H/Kiros, Mossie Tamiru, Nebiyu Negussu, Mark Taylor, Hannah Betts, Louise A. Kelly-Hope
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0007901

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Ruling out early trimester pregnancy when implementing community-based deworming programs
January 30, 2020 Kariane St-Denis, Brittany Blouin, Elham Rahme, Martin Casapia, Antonio Montresor, Denise Mupfasoni, Pamela Sabina Mbabazi, Theresa W. Gyorkos
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0007786

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A call to action for universal health coverage: Why we need to address gender inequities in the neglected tropical diseases community
March 12, 2020 Kim Ozano, Laura Dean, Mami Yoshimura, Eleanor MacPherson, Natalia Linou, Mariam Otmani del Barrio, Christine M. Halleux, Olumide Ogundahunsi, Sally Theobald
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0007710

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Neglected tropical disease as a ‘biographical disruption’: Listening to the narratives of affected persons to develop integrated people centred care in Liberia
September 6, 2019 Laura Dean, Rachel Tolhurst, Gartee Nallo, Karsor Kollie, Anthony Bettee, Sally Theobald
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0007840

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Gender-related factors affecting health seeking for neglected tropical diseases: findings from a qualitative study in Ethiopia
December 12, 2019 Alexandra Wharton-Smith, Christian Rassi, Esey Batisso, Giuseppina Ortu, Rebecca King, Misganu Endriyas, Helen Counihan, Prudence Hamade, Dawit Getachew
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The gendered impact of Buruli ulcer on the household production of health and social support networks: Why decentralization favors women
April 15, 2019 Ines Elvire Agbo, Roch Christian Johnson, Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh, Mark Nichter
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0007457

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases “It’s just a fever”: Gender based barriers to care-seeking for visceral leishmaniasis in highly endemic districts of India: A qualitative study
June 27, 2019 Beulah Jayakumar, Nirmala Murthy, Kingsuk Misra, Sakib Burza
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0007847

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Neglected Tropical Diseases as a ‘litmus test’ for Universal Health Coverage? Understanding who is left behind and why in Mass Drug Administration: Lessons from four country contexts
November 21, 2019 Laura Dean, Kim Ozano, Oluwatosin Adekeye, Ruth Dixon, Ebua Gallus Fung, Margaret Gyapong, Sunday Isiyaku, Karsor Kollie, Vida Kukula, Luret Lar, Eleanor MacPherson, Christine Makia, Estelle Kouokam Magne, Dum-Buo Nnamdi, Theobald Mue Nji, Uduak Ntuen, Akinola Oluwole, Helen Piotrowski, Marlene Siping, Marlene Ntsinda Tchoffo, Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté, Rachael Thomson, Irene Tsey, Samuel Wanji, James Yashiyi, Georgina Zawolo, Sally Theobald