Leprosy control has improved significantly due to national and subnational campaigns in most endemic countries. Integration of primary leprosy services and effective collaborations and partnerships have led to a considerable reduction in leprosy burden. Nevertheless, new cases continue to occur in almost all endemic countries and high-burden pockets can exist against a low-burden background. Intensified and focused activities with multiple drug treatment have reduced the leprosy burden but sustaining the same level of focus and commitment is a challenge, especially in low-resource settings where equity of access is an issue.
BT - Weekly epidemiological record C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22919737
IS - 34 J2 - Wkly. Epidemiol. Rec. LA - eng, fre N2 -Leprosy control has improved significantly due to national and subnational campaigns in most endemic countries. Integration of primary leprosy services and effective collaborations and partnerships have led to a considerable reduction in leprosy burden. Nevertheless, new cases continue to occur in almost all endemic countries and high-burden pockets can exist against a low-burden background. Intensified and focused activities with multiple drug treatment have reduced the leprosy burden but sustaining the same level of focus and commitment is a challenge, especially in low-resource settings where equity of access is an issue.
PY - 2012 EP - 317–328 T2 - Weekly epidemiological record TI - Global leprosy situation, 2012 TT - Situation mondiale de la lèpre, 2012 UR - http://www.who.int/wer/2012/wer8734.pdf VL - 87 ER -