Rachel L Pullan

Dados Biográficos

ID	3574388
NOME	Rachel L Pullan
PRENOMES	Rachel L
SOBRENOME	Pullan
ASSINATURA	PULLAN R L
AFILIAÇÕES	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
ORCID	0000-0001-9844-1362
VERIFICADO	Sim
TOTAL DE OBRAS	17
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES	0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR	17
TOTAL COMO EDITOR	0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO	2012
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO	2026
ÍNDICE H	0

Diagnosis of localized cutaneous leishmaniasis and treatment outcomes following carbon dioxide cryotherapy performed by health centre staff
Open AccessFeleke Tilahun Zewdu, Kassahun Alemu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026
In Ethiopia, the incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is estimated to range from 20, 000–30, 000 new cases due to Leishmania aethiopica . Children and young adults, in rural communities with limited access to health care are most affected. The current standard of care, pentavalent sodium stibogluconate is only administered in specialist centres, has limited effectiveness and is associated with severe adverse effects. Cryotherapy is recommend…
Evidence based targeting of districts for active surveillance of skin-related neglected tropical diseases in Ghana
Open AccessWilliam Jones-Warner, Yaw Ampem Amoako et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026
To improve control and management of skin-neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), district-level integration of case finding and management is recommended. However, these strategies are costly and should be targeted to co-endemic areas. Identifying districts with high burdens of undiagnosed cases, particularly where access to healthcare is limited, can better direct efforts. We developed an evidence consensus framework—a structured decision-making ap…
Understanding experiences of neglected tropical diseases of the skin
Open AccessMirgissa Kaba, Yohannes Hailemichael et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025
BACKGROUND: The WHO and Ethiopia's Ministry of Health have developed strategies to expand and integrate services for co-endemic neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) which manifest in the skin. To inform these strategies, we aimed to understand the social, economic and health system context of skin NTD care in Kalu woreda, Amhara region, Ethiopia, where cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and leprosy are endemic. METHODS: Between October 2020 and May 2022,…
The occurrence of cross-host species soil-transmitted helminth infections in humans and domestic/livestock animals
Open AccessUniqueky Gratis Mawrie, Riviarynthia Kharkongor et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025
Zoonotic soil-transmitted helminths (STH), including Ancylostoma ceylanicum , Ancylostoma caninum , Ancylostoma braziliense , Trichuris vulpis , Trichuris suis , and Ascaris suum , are increasingly recognised as potential sources of human infection. Additionally, animals can act as carriers or reservoirs for human STH species. However, the extent of cross-host infection remains poorly understood, primarily due to reliance on morphological diagnos…
Validation of routine lymphatic filariasis morbidity surveillance in the Upper West Region, Ghana
Open AccessHope Simpson, Kofi Agyabeng et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025
In Ghana and other countries pursuing elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF), suspect cases of lymphoedema and hydrocele are routinely enumerated by community health workers (CHWs) during mass drug administration (MDA). These data, in addition to cases captured through the routine out-patient department are used for burden estimation and health service planning. To date there has been no systematic evaluation of the reliability of these data in…
Ethnographic study of Buruli ulcer wound management practices in a traditional therapeutic setting in Ghana
Open AccessEdmond Kwaku Ocloo, Daniel Okyere et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2025
Our findings suggest that the traditional healer enjoyed substantial public legitimacy from his clients due to his perceived interest in helping affected individuals achieve cures using culturally and financially appropriate ways to manage wounds. However, we also observed the use of non-sterile procedures and unregulated preparations, which may be potentially deleterious. The willingness of the traditional healer to collaborate with the formal h…
Better floors, better health
Open AccessStella Kepha, Hugo Legge et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025
This study presents a theory of change framework mapping the pathways through which an improved flooring intervention may impact health and wellbeing. The results can be of use to researchers or programmes that are in the design or evaluation phase of a household flooring project in Kenya or other settings where access to improved floors is limited
Development of an integrated and decentralised skin health strategy to improve experiences of skin neglected tropical diseases and other skin conditions in Atwima Mponua District, Ghana
Open AccessRichard Odame Phillips, Lucy Owusu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024
Integrated strategies are recommended to tackle neglected tropical diseases of the skin (skin NTDs), which pose a substantial health and economic burden in many countries, including Ghana. We describe the development of an integrated and decentralised skin health strategy designed to improve experiences of skin NTDs in Atwima Mponua district in Ashanti Region. A multidisciplinary research team led an iterative process to develop an overall strate…
Improving experiences of neglected tropical diseases of the skin
Open AccessDaniel Okyere, Edmond Kwaku Ocloo et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024
Integrated approaches to managing co-endemic neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) of the skin within primary healthcare services are complex and require tailoring to local contexts. We describe formative research in Atwima Mponua District in Ghana’s Ashanti Region designed to inform the development of a sustainable intervention to improve access to skin NTD care. We employed a convergent, parallel, mixed-methods design, collecting data from Februar…
Improved household flooring is associated with lower odds of enteric and parasitic infections in low- and middle-income countries
Open AccessHugo Legge, Rachel L Pullan et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023
Enteric and parasitic infections such as soil-transmitted helminths cause considerable mortality and morbidity in low- and middle-income settings. Earthen household floors are common in many of these settings and could serve as a reservoir for enteric and parasitic pathogens, which can easily be transmitted to new hosts through direct or indirect contact. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to establish whether and to what extent i…
Effectiveness of community-based burden estimation to achieve elimination of lymphatic filariasis
Open AccessHope Simpson, Daniele O Konan et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022
For lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination, endemic countries must document the burden of LF morbidity (LFM). Community-based screening (CBS) is used to collect morbidity data, but evidence demonstrating its reliability is limited. Recent pilots of CBS for LFM alongside mass drug administration (MDA) in Côte d’Ivoire suggested low LFM prevalence (2.1–2.2 per 10,000). We estimated LFM prevalence in Bongouanou District, Côte d’Ivoire, using a compar…
Spatial-temporal patterns of malaria incidence in Uganda using HMIS data from 2015 to 2019
Open AccessSimon P Kigozi, Ruth Kigozi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020
Findings showed clear countrywide spatial-temporal patterns with clustering of malaria risk across districts and health facility catchments within high risk regions, which can facilitate targeting of interventions to those areas at highest risk. Moreover, despite high and perennial transmission, seasonality for malaria incidence highlights the potential for optimal and timely implementation of targeted interventions
"For how long are we going to take the tablets?" Kenyan stakeholders' views on priority investments to sustainably tackle soil-transmitted helminths
Open AccessMishal Khan, Rachel Pullan et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2019Referências: 43
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (Dalys) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (Hale) for 188 countries, 1990–2013
Open AccessChristopher J L Murray, Ryan M Barber et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2015
A systematic analysis of global anemia burden from 1990 to 2010
Nicholas J Kassebaum, Rashmi Jasrasaria et al.ARTICLEBlood2014
Key Points Anemia accounted for 8.8% of the total disability from all conditions in 2010. Children
Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010
Open AccessTheo Vos, Abraham D Flaxman et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2012
Disability-adjusted life years (Dalys) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010
Open AccessChristopher J L Murray, Theo Vos et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2012

Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010
Open AccessTheo Vos, Abraham D Flaxman et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2012
Disability-adjusted life years (Dalys) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010
Open AccessChristopher J L Murray, Theo Vos et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2012
A systematic analysis of global anemia burden from 1990 to 2010
Nicholas J Kassebaum, Rashmi Jasrasaria et al.ARTICLEBlood2014
Key Points Anemia accounted for 8.8% of the total disability from all conditions in 2010. Children
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (Dalys) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (Hale) for 188 countries, 1990–2013
Open AccessChristopher J L Murray, Ryan M Barber et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2015
"For how long are we going to take the tablets?" Kenyan stakeholders' views on priority investments to sustainably tackle soil-transmitted helminths
Open AccessMishal Khan, Rachel Pullan et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2019Referências: 43
Spatial-temporal patterns of malaria incidence in Uganda using HMIS data from 2015 to 2019
Open AccessSimon P Kigozi, Ruth Kigozi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020
Findings showed clear countrywide spatial-temporal patterns with clustering of malaria risk across districts and health facility catchments within high risk regions, which can facilitate targeting of interventions to those areas at highest risk. Moreover, despite high and perennial transmission, seasonality for malaria incidence highlights the potential for optimal and timely implementation of targeted interventions
Effectiveness of community-based burden estimation to achieve elimination of lymphatic filariasis
Open AccessHope Simpson, Daniele O Konan et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022
For lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination, endemic countries must document the burden of LF morbidity (LFM). Community-based screening (CBS) is used to collect morbidity data, but evidence demonstrating its reliability is limited. Recent pilots of CBS for LFM alongside mass drug administration (MDA) in Côte d’Ivoire suggested low LFM prevalence (2.1–2.2 per 10,000). We estimated LFM prevalence in Bongouanou District, Côte d’Ivoire, using a compar…
Improved household flooring is associated with lower odds of enteric and parasitic infections in low- and middle-income countries
Open AccessHugo Legge, Rachel L Pullan et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023
Enteric and parasitic infections such as soil-transmitted helminths cause considerable mortality and morbidity in low- and middle-income settings. Earthen household floors are common in many of these settings and could serve as a reservoir for enteric and parasitic pathogens, which can easily be transmitted to new hosts through direct or indirect contact. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to establish whether and to what extent i…
Development of an integrated and decentralised skin health strategy to improve experiences of skin neglected tropical diseases and other skin conditions in Atwima Mponua District, Ghana
Open AccessRichard Odame Phillips, Lucy Owusu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024
Integrated strategies are recommended to tackle neglected tropical diseases of the skin (skin NTDs), which pose a substantial health and economic burden in many countries, including Ghana. We describe the development of an integrated and decentralised skin health strategy designed to improve experiences of skin NTDs in Atwima Mponua district in Ashanti Region. A multidisciplinary research team led an iterative process to develop an overall strate…
Improving experiences of neglected tropical diseases of the skin
Open AccessDaniel Okyere, Edmond Kwaku Ocloo et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024
Integrated approaches to managing co-endemic neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) of the skin within primary healthcare services are complex and require tailoring to local contexts. We describe formative research in Atwima Mponua District in Ghana’s Ashanti Region designed to inform the development of a sustainable intervention to improve access to skin NTD care. We employed a convergent, parallel, mixed-methods design, collecting data from Februar…
Understanding experiences of neglected tropical diseases of the skin
Open AccessMirgissa Kaba, Yohannes Hailemichael et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025
BACKGROUND: The WHO and Ethiopia's Ministry of Health have developed strategies to expand and integrate services for co-endemic neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) which manifest in the skin. To inform these strategies, we aimed to understand the social, economic and health system context of skin NTD care in Kalu woreda, Amhara region, Ethiopia, where cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and leprosy are endemic. METHODS: Between October 2020 and May 2022,…
The occurrence of cross-host species soil-transmitted helminth infections in humans and domestic/livestock animals
Open AccessUniqueky Gratis Mawrie, Riviarynthia Kharkongor et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025
Zoonotic soil-transmitted helminths (STH), including Ancylostoma ceylanicum , Ancylostoma caninum , Ancylostoma braziliense , Trichuris vulpis , Trichuris suis , and Ascaris suum , are increasingly recognised as potential sources of human infection. Additionally, animals can act as carriers or reservoirs for human STH species. However, the extent of cross-host infection remains poorly understood, primarily due to reliance on morphological diagnos…
Validation of routine lymphatic filariasis morbidity surveillance in the Upper West Region, Ghana
Open AccessHope Simpson, Kofi Agyabeng et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025
In Ghana and other countries pursuing elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF), suspect cases of lymphoedema and hydrocele are routinely enumerated by community health workers (CHWs) during mass drug administration (MDA). These data, in addition to cases captured through the routine out-patient department are used for burden estimation and health service planning. To date there has been no systematic evaluation of the reliability of these data in…
Ethnographic study of Buruli ulcer wound management practices in a traditional therapeutic setting in Ghana
Open AccessEdmond Kwaku Ocloo, Daniel Okyere et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2025
Our findings suggest that the traditional healer enjoyed substantial public legitimacy from his clients due to his perceived interest in helping affected individuals achieve cures using culturally and financially appropriate ways to manage wounds. However, we also observed the use of non-sterile procedures and unregulated preparations, which may be potentially deleterious. The willingness of the traditional healer to collaborate with the formal h…
Better floors, better health
Open AccessStella Kepha, Hugo Legge et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025
This study presents a theory of change framework mapping the pathways through which an improved flooring intervention may impact health and wellbeing. The results can be of use to researchers or programmes that are in the design or evaluation phase of a household flooring project in Kenya or other settings where access to improved floors is limited
Diagnosis of localized cutaneous leishmaniasis and treatment outcomes following carbon dioxide cryotherapy performed by health centre staff
Open AccessFeleke Tilahun Zewdu, Kassahun Alemu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026
In Ethiopia, the incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is estimated to range from 20, 000–30, 000 new cases due to Leishmania aethiopica . Children and young adults, in rural communities with limited access to health care are most affected. The current standard of care, pentavalent sodium stibogluconate is only administered in specialist centres, has limited effectiveness and is associated with severe adverse effects. Cryotherapy is recommend…
Evidence based targeting of districts for active surveillance of skin-related neglected tropical diseases in Ghana
Open AccessWilliam Jones-Warner, Yaw Ampem Amoako et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026
To improve control and management of skin-neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), district-level integration of case finding and management is recommended. However, these strategies are costly and should be targeted to co-endemic areas. Identifying districts with high burdens of undiagnosed cases, particularly where access to healthcare is limited, can better direct efforts. We developed an evidence consensus framework—a structured decision-making ap…