Top level readme: Data includes survey data, individual interview data, focus group summaries, consent forms and IRB for Integrating community-directed initiatives against neglected tropical diseases project. Data analysed for the paper, ‘Using the same hand’: The complex local perceptions of integrated One Health based interventions in East Africa for PLOS NTDs. Project funding: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation OPP1134229 & National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease) R01AI141712-01. Ethics: National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) in Tanzania (No. MR/53/100/353), and the Animal Care and Use Committee (04577-001) and the Institutional Review Board (14674–001) of Washington State University.