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Leprosy is still a major public health problem in most countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Leprosy patients with disabilities continue to be an important cause for concern and a socioeconomic burden in these countries. However, compared with what was observed about a decade ago, the leprosy situation has vastly improved, both in quantitative and qualitative terms. This largely results from the introduction of multidrug therapy (MDT) in the early 1980s. The present report is essentially an update on the progress made since October 1990 (AU)
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Humanos , Hanseníase , África , Tratamento Farmacológico , América Latina , ÁsiaRESUMO
Under the auspices of the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC/PAHO) and with funding from Aide Aux Lepreux Emmaus Suisse (ALES) a three day workshop was organised on the above subject for member countries of CAREC that have several new leprosy cases per year. Participants included Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and the Turks & Caicos Islands ... The range of expertise available to the meeting included epidemiology, dermatology, physicians involved in the primary health care system, senior public health nurses and leprosy control officers (AU)
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Humanos , Hanseníase/diagnóstico , Hanseníase/enfermagem , Hanseníase/reabilitação , Coleta de Dados , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde/métodos , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde/normas , Epidemiologia , Vigilância Sanitária , Controle de Infecções , Região do CaribeRESUMO
The eradication of smallpox from the world in 1977 proved the feasibility of infectious disease eradication. The International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE) is assessing the potential for global eradication of other infectious diseases. This report summarizes the ITFDE's findings on the potential to eradicate eight diseases based on draft versions of criteria under development (AU)