The economic burden of visceral leishmaniasis and barriers to accessing healthcare in Tigray, North Ethiopia: A field based study

• Shewaye Belay Tessema ,

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

  * E-mail: shewayebelay@yahoo.com, shewaye.belay@mu.edu.et

  Affiliation Parasitology Unit, Biomedical Department, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3253-0606

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• Tadyos Hagos,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Nursing Department, Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia

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• Genet Kehasy,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Dignity Period Project, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia

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• Lucy Paintain,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Cherinet Adera,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation KalaCORE Country Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Merce Herrero,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sub-Directorate General of Surveillance and Response to Public Health Emergencies, Public Health Agencyof Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

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• Margriet den Boer,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières Holland (MSFH/OCA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Haftom Temesgen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia

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• Helen Price,

  Roles Conceptualization, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom

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• Afework Mulugeta

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia

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