Generating Evidence to Improve the Response to Neglected Diseases: How Operational Research in a Médecins Sans Frontières Buruli Ulcer Treatment Programme Informed International Management Guidance

• Daniel P. O’Brien ,

  * E-mail: daniel.obrien@amsterdam.msf.org

  Affiliations Manson Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious Diseases, Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia, Department of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

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• Nathan Ford,

  Affiliation HIV Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Marco Vitoria,

  Affiliation HIV Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Kingsley Asiedu,

  Affiliation Department of Control of Neglected Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Alexandra Calmy,

  Affiliation Department of HIV, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Philipp Du Cros,

  Affiliation Manson Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières, London, United Kingdom

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• Eric Comte,

  Affiliation Medical Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Vanessa Christinet

  Affiliation Manson Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières, London, United Kingdom

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