Access to prompt diagnosis: The missing link in preventing mental health disorders associated with neglected tropical diseases

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Oct 17;13(10):e0007679. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007679. eCollection 2019 Oct.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Buruli Ulcer / diagnosis
  • Buruli Ulcer / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / diagnosis
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / prevention & control
  • Mental Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Mental Disorders / prevention & control*
  • Mental Health*
  • Neglected Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Neglected Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Poverty
  • Tropical Climate
  • Trypanosoma brucei brucei
  • Trypanosomiasis, African / diagnosis
  • Trypanosomiasis, African / prevention & control

Grants and funding

There was no specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors. FIND is grateful to its donors, public and private, who have helped bring innovative new diagnostics for diseases of poverty. A full list of FIND donors can be found at: https://www.finddx.org/partners-donors/. FIND donors were not involved in the study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of the data; in the writing of the report; nor in the decision to submit the paper for publication.