TY - JOUR AU - Koffi, Aboa Paul AU - Yao, Théodore Ange Kouakou AU - Barogui, Yves Thierry AU - Diez, Gabriel AU - Djakeaux, Simplice AU - Zahiri, Marie Hélène AU - Sopoh, Ghislain Emmanuel AU - Santos, Silvia AU - Asiedu, Kingsley Bampoe AU - Johnson, Roch Christian AU - Assé, Henri PY - 2020 DA - 2020/04/17 TI - Integrated approach in the control and management of skin neglected tropical diseases in three health districts of Côte d’Ivoire JO - BMC Public Health SP - 517 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) comprise 20 communicable diseases that are prevalent in rural poor and remote communities with less access to the health system. For effective and efficient control, the WHO recommends that affected countries implement integrated control interventions that take into account the different co-endemic NTDs in the same community. However, implementing these integrated interventions involving several diseases with different etiologies, requiring different control approaches and driven by different vertical programs, remains a challenge. We report here the results and lessons learned from a pilot test of this integrated approach based on integrated screening of skin diseases in three co-endemic health districts of Côte d’Ivoire, a West African country endemic for Buruli ulcer, leprosy and yaw. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08632-6 DO - 10.1186/s12889-020-08632-6 ID - Koffi2020 ER -