Stigma experiences, effects and coping among individuals affected by Buruli ulcer and yaws in Ghana

• Ruth Dede Tuwor,

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

  Affiliations Department of Sociology and Social Work, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Tara B. Mtuy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Yaw Ampem Amoako ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yamoako2002@yahoo.co.uk

  Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4642-789X

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• Lucy Owusu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Michael Ntiamoah Oppong,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Abigail Agbanyo,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Bernadette Agbavor,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Michael Marks,

  Roles Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Stephen L. Walker,

  Roles Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Dorothy Yeboah-Manu,

  Roles Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Rachel L. Pullan,

  Roles Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Jonathan Mensah Dapaah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Sociology and Social Work, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Richard Odame Phillips,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Jennifer Palmer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7777-722X

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• for the SHARP collaboration

  ¶Membership of SHARP is provided in the Acknowledgments

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