01552nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653002000054653002900074653002600103653001200129653002300141100001800164245007100182856006700253300001100320490000700331050002000338520096200358022001401320       2011                            d  c12/201110aLeprosy control10aLeprosy and human rights10aLeprosy and democracy10aleprosy10aHistory of leprosy1 aWongsangiam T00a[The Thai State after the 1932 Revolution and the Leprosy Control]  uhttp://kaekae.oas.psu.ac.th/ojs/psuhsej/viewarticle.php?id=935  a63-1040 v16  aWONGSANGIAM20113 aThis article is aimed at studying the leprosy control during 1930s-1950s, when leprosy became an outbreak in society and was considered as a social issue that needed immediate action. The state measures were influenced by several factors namely democracy, human rights and freedom, pressure from the public and House of Representatives, and international aids. Primary sources indicate that due social disgust, leprosy patients were initially segregated from the society for the sake of public security. As a result, the Government measures were to control, label and limit patients’ rights and freedom which absolutely were against the principles of democracy. These severe and unsympathetic measures were loosened up in 1950s after the discovery of leprosy treatment through international aids together with other health promotion programs. Ever since leprosy control has became more effective and humanized with public cooperation and participation.
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