Effectiveness of Sensitization Campaigns in Reducing Leprosy-Related Stigma in Rural Togo: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Dominik Jockers   ¹ , MA ;   Akila Wimima Bakoubayi   ² , MD ;   Kate Bärnighausen   ¹ , PhD ;   P'tanam P'kontème Bando   ² ;   Stefanie Pechar   ³ , MA ;   Teresia Wamuyu Maina   ¹ , MA ;   Jonas Wachinger   ¹ , MA ;   Mark Vetter   ⁴ , PhD ;   Yawovi Djakpa   ² , MA ;   Bayaki Saka   ⁵ , MD ;   Piham Gnossike   ⁶ , MD ;   Nora Maike Schröder   ¹ ;   Shuyan Liu   ⁷ , PhD ;   Denis Agbenyigan Yawovi Gadah   ² , MPH ;   Christa Kasang   ⁸ , PhD ;   Till Bärnighausen   ¹ , PhD

¹ Heidelberg Insititute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

² German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Lomé, Togo

³ Public Health and Prevention, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

⁴ Geovisualization, Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Würzburg, Germany

⁵ Department of Dermatology, Tsévié Hospital, University of Lomé, Lomé, Togo

⁶ National Programme for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Lomé, Togo

⁷ Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Campus Charité Mitte), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

⁸ German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Würzburg, Germany