About the Authors
- David J. Blok
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: d.j.blok.1@erasmusmc.nl
Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Peter Steinmann
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Anuj Tiwari
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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
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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
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation NLR, New Delhi, India
- Nand Lal Banstola
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation NLR, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Rabindra Baskota
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
- David Blaney
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Marc Bonenberger
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation FAIRMED, Bern, Switzerland
- Teky Budiawan
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation NLR, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Arielle Cavaliero
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Novartis Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
- Zaahira Gani
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Novartis Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
- Helena Greter
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Eliane Ignotti
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Cáceres, Brasil
- Deusdedit V. Kamara
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Program, Dodoma, Tanzania
- Christa Kasang
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Würzburg, Germany
- Pratap R. Manglani
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation NLR, New Delhi, India
- Liesbeth Mieras
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation NLR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Blasdus F. Njako
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Tiara Pakasi
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Unnati R. Saha
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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
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation American Leprosy Missions, Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America
- W. Cairns S. Smith
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- René Stäheli
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation FAIRMED, Bern, Switzerland
- Nayani D. Suriyarachchi
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation FAIRMED, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Aye Tin Maung
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
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Affiliation American Leprosy Missions, Yangon, Myanmar
- Tin Shwe
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation American Leprosy Missions, Yangon, Myanmar
- Jan van Berkel
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation NLR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Wim H. van Brakel
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation NLR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Bart Vander Plaetse
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation FAIRMED, Bern, Switzerland
- Marcos Virmond
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima & UNINOVE, Bauru, Brazil
- Millawage S. D. Wijesinghe
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Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Anti-Leprosy Campaign, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Ann Aerts
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Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Novartis Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
- Jan Hendrik Richardus
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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.