Leprosy surveillance systems
Leprosy surveillance systems are an essential element in monitoring the progress being achieved towards reraching elimination.
- Task Force on Monitoring and Evaluating the elimination of leprosy
- Organization of annual reporting from endemic countries to WHO, and maintenance of a computerized leprosy database
- Feed-back and regular publication of progress, based on essential indicators, of elimination
- Annual intercountry evaluation meetings with the participation of the most endemic countries
- Epidemiological surveillance system
- Annual independent evaluation of progress
- Sentinel network and collaborative centres
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in selected countries