Understanding the burden of poor mental health and wellbeing among persons affected by leprosy or Buruli ulcer in Nigeria: A community based cross-sectional study

• Edmund Ndudi Ossai ,

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

  * E-mail: ossai_2@yahoo.co.uk

  Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4098-4898

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• Ngozi Ekeke,

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

  Affiliation Red Aid Nigeria (RAN) Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria

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• Amaka Esmai-Onyima,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli ulcer Control Unit, Ogbaru, Anambra State, Nigeria

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• Chinwe Eze,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Red Aid Nigeria (RAN) Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria

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

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• Francis Chinawa,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria

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• Obiora Iteke,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria

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• Precious Henry,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Red Aid Nigeria (RAN) Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria

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• Joseph N. Chukwu,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation German Leprosy and TB Relief Association Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria

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• Charles Nwafor,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Red Aid Nigeria (RAN) Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria

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• Ngozi Murphy-Okpala,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Red Aid Nigeria (RAN) Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria

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• Martin Njoku,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Red Aid Nigeria (RAN) Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria

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• Anthony O. Meka,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Red Aid Nigeria (RAN) Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria

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• Chukwuma Anyaike

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli ulcer Control Programme (NTBLCP), Abuja, Nigeria

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