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Wim H. van Brakel | Researchclopedia

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Wim H. van Brakel

Netherlands Leprosy Relief ORCID

132

Works

15,604

Citations

44

h-index

84

i10-index

Research Topics

Leprosy Research and Treatment Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis

Affiliations

University of Bern1996–1996

Pokhara University1992–1999

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute2019–2019

Netherlands Aerospace Centre2021–2021

Royal Tropical Institute2004–2014

Top Works

The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework: a global, crosscutting framework to inform research, intervention development, and policy on health-related stigmas

Anne Stangl,Valerie A. Earnshaw,et al.

20191,481 citations

Hematological disorders and diagnostics

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Measuring health-related stigma—A literature review

Wim H. van Brakel

2006688 citations

Disability in people affected by leprosy: the role of impairment, activity, social participation, stigma and discrimination

Wim H. van Brakel,Benyamin Sihombing,et al.

2012388 citations

The Participation Scale: Measuring a key concept in public health

Wim H. van Brakel,Alison Anderson,et al.

2006378 citations

The Missing Millions: A Threat to the Elimination of Leprosy

William C. Smith,Wim H. van Brakel,et al.

2015161 citations

Stigma in leprosy: concepts, causes and determinants

Silatham Sermrittirong,Wim H. van Brakel

2014161 citations

The INFIR Cohort Study: investigating prediction, detection and pathogenesis of neuropathy and reactions in leprosy. Methods and baseline results of a cohort of multibacillary leprosy patients in North India

Wim H. van Brakel,Peter Nicholls,et al.

2005153 citations

Early Diagnosis of Neuropathy in Leprosy—Comparing Diagnostic Tests in a Large Prospective Study (the INFIR Cohort Study)

Wim H. van Brakel,Peter Nicholls,et al.

2008151 citations

Tropical Diseases Targeted for Elimination: Chagas Disease, Lymphatic Filariasis, Onchocerciasis, and Leprosy

J Remme,Piet Feenstra,et al.

2006123 citations