Potential of the World Health Organization’s Skin NTDs App to Support and Improve the Detection of Skin-Related Neglected Tropical Diseases: Protocol for a Performance Evaluation and Feasibility Study in Senegal

Dior Sall   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Dominik Jockers   ^{2, 3 *} , MSc ;   Pauline Dioussé   ¹ , MD ;   Jonas Wachinger   ² , DrScHum ;   Gilbert Batista   ⁴ , MD ;   Jose Antonio Ruiz Postigo   ⁵ , MD, PhD ;   Laurene Petitfour   ² , PhD ;   Charlotte Robert   ² , MSc ;   Bachir Mansour Diallo   ⁶ , MD ;   Fulgence Abdou Faye   ⁷ , MD ;   Yacine Dieng   ⁸ ;   Maresa Neuerer   ² , MSc ;   Agbogbenkou Tevi Dela-Dem Lawson   ¹ , MD ;   Felicitas Schwermann   ⁹ , MSc ;   Carme Carrion   ^{10, 11} , PhD ;   Louis Hyacinthe Zoubi   ¹² , MD ;   Papa Mamadou Diagne   ¹³ ;   Christa Kasang   ⁹ , PhD ;   Fatou Ndiaye Oumar Sy   ⁷ , PhD ;   Mahamath Cisse   ⁸ , BA ;   Till Bärnighausen   ^{2, 14, 15 *} , MD, SCD ;   Madoky Diop   ^{1 *} , MD

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Iba Der Thiam University of Thies, Thies, Senegal

² Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

³ Department of Economics, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

⁴ Action Damien, Dakar, Senegal

⁵ Prevention, Treatment and Care Unit, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, Abdou Aziz Sy Hospital, Tivaouane, Senegal

⁷ Department of Community Health, University of Alioune Diop de Bambey, Bambey, Senegal

⁸ German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, DAHW, Dakar, Senegal

⁹ German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, DAHW, Würzburg, Germany

¹⁰ School of Health Sciences, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain

¹¹ eHealth Lab Research Group, eHealth Center, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

¹² National Leprosy Control Program, Dakar, Senegal

¹³ Association Senegalaise de lutte contre la lèpre et les MTN, Dakar, Senegal

¹⁴ Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States

¹⁵ Africa Health Research Institute, Somkhele, South Africa

*these authors contributed equally