The Early Detection and Case Management of Skin Diseases With an mHealth App (eSkinHealth): Protocol for a Mixed Methods Pilot Study in Côte d’Ivoire

Rie R Yotsu   ^{1, 2, 3} , MIPH, MD, DTMH, PhD ;   Sakiko Itoh   ⁴ , RN, PHN, MSc, PhD ;   Koffi Aubin Yao   ⁵ , MS ;   Kouamé Kouadio   ⁶ , MD, PhD ;   Kazuko Ugai   ² , RN, MPH ;   Yao Didier Koffi   ^{7, 8} , MD, PhD ;   Diabate Almamy   ^{9, 10} , MD, PhD ;   Bamba Vagamon   ^{9, 10} , MD, PhD ;   Ronald E Blanton   ¹ , MS, MD

¹ Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States

² School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

³ Department of Dermatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku, Japan

⁴ Department of Genome Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan

⁵ Hope Commission International, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire

⁶ Pasteur Institute, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire

⁷ Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire

⁸ National Buruli Ulcer Control Program, Ministry of Health of Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire

⁹ Department of Dermatology, Universite Alassane Ouattara, Bouaké, Cote D'Ivoire

¹⁰ Raoul Follereau Institute Côte d’Ivoire, Adzopé, Cote D'Ivoire