Prospects of global elimination of leprosy as a public health problem by the year 2000

Authors

  • Luis Marino Bechelli Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto – University of São Paulo, Brazil. Former Chief Medical Officer. Leprosy Unit, World Health Organization

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v30i3p371-378

Keywords:

Leprosy. Public Health.

Abstract

In this critical review, the perspective of world elimination of leprosy is analyzed as depending on three factors:

1) efficacy of antileprosy multidrug therapy; 2) difficultys in implementing pharmacologic therapy and other control programs; 3) non-medical conditions in endemic areas. Based on there factors, a pessimistic view arises related to the WHO goal of leprosy elimination by the year 2000.

 

 

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Author Biography

  • Luis Marino Bechelli, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto – University of São Paulo, Brazil. Former Chief Medical Officer. Leprosy Unit, World Health Organization

    Professor of Dermatology – Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto – University of São Paulo, Brazil. Former Chief Medical Officer. Leprosy Unit, World Health Organization

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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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Bechelli LM. Prospects of global elimination of leprosy as a public health problem by the year 2000. Medicina (Ribeirão Preto) [Internet]. 1997 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 May 17];30(3):371-8. Available from: https://revistas.usp.br/rmrp/article/view/6507