Investigating barriers and challenges to the integrated management of neglected tropical skin diseases in an endemic setting in Nigeria

• Kingsley N. Ukwaja ,

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

  * E-mail: ukwajakingsley@yahaoo.co.uk

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1974-8735

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• Chukwuka Alphonsus,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Department, German Leprosy and TB Relief Association, Enugu State, Nigeria

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6213-1426

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• Chinwe C. Eze,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Department, German Leprosy and TB Relief Association, Enugu State, Nigeria

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2704-6952

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• Linda Lehman,

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

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

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8839-5806

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• Ngozi Ekeke,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Department, German Leprosy and TB Relief Association, Enugu State, Nigeria

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• Charles C. Nwafor,

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

  Affiliation Medical Department, German Leprosy and TB Relief Association, Enugu State, Nigeria

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• Joy Ikebudu,

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

  Affiliation Medical Department, German Leprosy and TB Relief Association, Enugu State, Nigeria

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• Moses C. Anyim,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Department, German Leprosy and TB Relief Association, Enugu State, Nigeria

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• Joseph N. Chukwu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Department, German Leprosy and TB Relief Association, Enugu State, Nigeria

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