About the Authors

David J. Blok

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

d.j.blok.1@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Peter Steinmann

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Anuj Tiwari

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Tanja Barth-Jaeggi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Mohammad A. Arif

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NLR, New Delhi, India

Nand Lal Banstola

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NLR, Kathmandu, Nepal

Rabindra Baskota

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

David Blaney

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Marc Bonenberger

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation FAIRMED, Bern, Switzerland

Teky Budiawan

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NLR, Jakarta, Indonesia

Arielle Cavaliero

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Novartis Foundation, Basel, Switzerland

Zaahira Gani

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Novartis Foundation, Basel, Switzerland

Helena Greter

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Eliane Ignotti

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Cáceres, Brasil

Deusdedit V. Kamara

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Program, Dodoma, Tanzania

Christa Kasang

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Würzburg, Germany

Pratap R. Manglani

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NLR, New Delhi, India

Liesbeth Mieras

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NLR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Blasdus F. Njako

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Tiara Pakasi

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

Unnati R. Saha

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Paul Saunderson

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation American Leprosy Missions, Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America

W. Cairns S. Smith

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

René Stäheli

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation FAIRMED, Bern, Switzerland

Nayani D. Suriyarachchi

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation FAIRMED, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Aye Tin Maung

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

‡ Unavailable

Affiliation American Leprosy Missions, Yangon, Myanmar

Tin Shwe

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation American Leprosy Missions, Yangon, Myanmar

Jan van Berkel

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NLR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Wim H. van Brakel

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NLR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Bart Vander Plaetse

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation FAIRMED, Bern, Switzerland

Marcos Virmond

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima & UNINOVE, Bauru, Brazil

Millawage S. D. Wijesinghe

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Anti-Leprosy Campaign, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Ann Aerts

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Novartis Foundation, Basel, Switzerland

Jan Hendrik Richardus

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Novartis Foundation and International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Association partners provided technical input in the design phase of the LPEP program and ensured overall programme coordination. All authors are either staff of the Novartis Foundation (Arielle Cavaliero, Zaahira Gani, and Ann Aerts), work as paid consultants for the programme described here (David J Blok, Peter Steinmann, Anuj Tiwari, Tanja Barth-Jaeggi, Marc Bonenberger, Helena Grete, Christa Kasang, Liesbeth Mieras, Unnati R Saha, Wim H van Brakel, Bart Vander Plaetse, and Jan Hendrik Richardus), act as national programme coordinators (Mohammad A Arif, Nand Lal Banstola, Rabindra Baskota, Teky Budiawan, Eliane Ignotti, Deusdedit V Kamara, Pratap R Manglani, Blasdus F Njako, Tiara Pakasi, Nayani D Suriyarachchi, Aye Tin Maung, Tin Shwe, and Millawage S D Wijesinghe) or serve on the Steering Committee of the programme (David Blaney, Paul Saunderson, W Cairns S Smith, René Stäheli, Jan van Berkel, Marcos Virmond). The funder had no role in the interpretation of findings or decision to publish this manuscript. Author Aye Tin Maung was unavailable to confirm his authorship contributions. On his behalf, the corresponding author has reported his contributions to the best of his knowledge.