Prospectives for elimination of leprosy in the state of São Paulo and in Brazil

Authors

  • Wagner Nogueira Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo.
  • Mary Lise Carvalho Marzliak Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v30i3p364-370

Keywords:

Leprosy. Public Health.

Abstract

In this work, we analyze the advances reached by the Program of Leprosy Control in Brazil and in the State of the São Paulo, in view of the goal set up by WHO and supported by Brazilian authorities of eliminating leprosy as a public health problem by the year 2000. In spite of the clear reduction of leprosy prevalence in Brazil by the adoption of polychemotherapy and of advances in the diagnosis of the disease, high levels of defection from treatment and, possibly, of relapses, may hint the goal of national elimination of leprosy in the near future.

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Author Biographies

  • Wagner Nogueira, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo.

    Coordenador do Programa de Controle de Hanseníase da Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo.

     

  • Mary Lise Carvalho Marzliak, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo.
    Médica – Divisão Técnica de Hanseníase/Controle e Vigilância Epidemiológica da Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo.

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Published

1997-09-30

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 3 (1997)

Section

Simpósio: Hanseníase

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How to Cite

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Nogueira W, Marzliak MLC. Prospectives for elimination of leprosy in the state of São Paulo and in Brazil. Medicina (Ribeirão Preto) [Internet]. 1997 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 May 17];30(3):364-70. Available from: https://revistas.usp.br/rmrp/article/view/6506