Experiences of stigma and violence among persons affected by skin neglected tropical diseases (NTDs): longitudinal analysis from an integrated intervention in Liberia
India Hotopf, Shahreen Chowdhury, Hannah Berrian, Wede Seekey, Jerry Kollie, Colleen Parker, Zeela Zaizay, Emerson Rogers, Georgina V K Zawolo, John Solunta Smith Jr, Karsor Kollie, Tiawanlyn Godwin-Akpan, Emmanuel Zaizay, Sally Theobald, Laura Dean, Rosalind McCollum · 2026
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India Hotopf and co-authors studied stigma and violence among people with skin neglected tropical diseases in Liberia in a 2026 paper. Such experiences drive exclusion, poor mental health, and poverty, and they block care seeking. Past evidence centred on leprosy and on the personal level alone.
Working with affected people as co-researchers, the team drew on data from over six hundred participants at three points between 2019 and 2023. Stigma and violence seemed to fall, but emotional violence and self-stigma stayed common. Myths from some informal healers persisted, and women were hit hardest. Leprosy brought the harshest accounts. Gender-aware work with informal providers is needed, they say.
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| CREATOR | India Hotopf, Shahreen Chowdhury, Hannah Berrian, Wede Seekey, Jerry Kollie, Colleen Parker, Zeela Zaizay, Emerson Rogers, Georgina V K Zawolo, John Solunta Smith Jr, Karsor Kollie, Tiawanlyn Godwin-Akpan, Emmanuel Zaizay, Sally Theobald, Laura Dean, Rosalind McCollum |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 89 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |