About the Authors

Piero Olliaro

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

olliarop@who.int

Affiliations Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Vaccinology, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Max Grogl

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Unit No.6 Peru, Lima, Peru

Marina Boni

Roles Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) Latin America, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Edgar M. Carvalho

Roles Resources

Affiliation Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Salvador Bahia, Brazil

Houda Chebli

Roles Resources

Affiliation Direction de l’Épidémiologie et de Lutte contre les Maladies, Division des Maladies Transmissibles, Service des Maladies Parasitaires, Rabat, Morocco

Mamoudou Cisse

Roles Resources

Affiliation Université Polytechnique de Bobo-Dioulasso, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Ermias Diro

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Gondar, Ethiopia

Gláucia Fernandes Cota

Roles Resources

Affiliation Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz – Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Astrid C. Erber

Roles Resources

Affiliation Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Endalamaw Gadisa

Roles Resources

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Farhad Handjani

Roles Resources

Affiliation Molecular Dermatology Research Center, Faghihi Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Ali Khamesipour

Roles Resources

Affiliation Center for Research and Training in Skin Diseases and Leprosy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas

Roles Resources

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Liliana López Carvajal

Roles Resources

Affiliation Programa de Estudio y Control de Enfermedades Tropicales (PECET), Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia

Lise Grout

Roles Resources

Affiliation Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Badre Eddine Lmimouni

Roles Resources

Affiliation School of Medicine and Pharmacy, University Mohammed the fifth, Rabat, Morocco

Mourad Mokni

Roles Resources

Affiliation Dermatology Department, La Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia

Mohammad Sami Nahzat

Roles Resources

Affiliation National Malaria & Leishmaniasis Control Program (NMLCP), Kabul, Afghanistan

Afif Ben Salah

Roles Resources

Affiliation Service d'épidémiologie médicale, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Yusuf Ozbel

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

Juan Miguel Pascale

Roles Resources

Affiliation Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panamá, República de Panamá

Nidia Rizzo Molina

Roles Resources

Affiliation Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Joelle Rode

Roles Resources

Affiliation Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) Latin America, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Gustavo Romero

Roles Resources

Affiliation Núcleo de Medicina Tropical, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Brazil

José Antonio Ruiz-Postigo

Roles Resources

Affiliation Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Nancy Gore Saravia

Roles Resources

Affiliation Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia

Jaime Soto

Roles Resources

Affiliation Fundación Nacional de Dermatología (FUNDERMA), Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Soner Uzun

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey

Vahid Mashayekhi

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Emam Reza Hospital, Mashhad, Iran

Ivan Dario Vélez

Roles Resources

Affiliation Programa de Estudio y Control de Enfermedades Tropicales (PECET), Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia

Florian Vogt

Roles Resources

Affiliation Unit of HIV and Neglected Tropical Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Olga Zerpa

Roles Resources

Affiliation Instituto Medico la Floresta, Caracas, Venezuela

Byron Arana

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and may not reflect those of their employing organizations. PO, LG and JARP are staff of the World Health Organization (WHO). The authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in this publication and it does not necessarily represent the decisions, policy, or views of the WHO. Remaining authors have declared that no competing interests exist.