Understanding reasons for delay in diagnosis of leprosy in Pakistan: A qualitative study

• Anil Fastenau,

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

  Affiliations Marie Adelaide Leprosy Center, Karachi, Pakistan, German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW), Wuerzburg, Germany, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Global Health, Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

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• Maxwell Oliver Beresford,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Marie Adelaide Leprosy Center, Karachi, Pakistan, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

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• Matthew Willis,

  Roles Conceptualization, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Marie Adelaide Leprosy Center, Karachi, Pakistan, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

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• Sophie CW. Stuetzle ,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sophie.stuetzle@web.de

  Affiliations Marie Adelaide Leprosy Center, Karachi, Pakistan, Department of Global Health, Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0564-9974

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• Fabian Schlumberger,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marie Adelaide Leprosy Center, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Heleen Neeltje Willemijn Duighuisen

  Roles Conceptualization, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marie Adelaide Leprosy Center, Karachi, Pakistan

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