Leprosy: Why is elimination so elusive?
17 April 09 | Geneva
Leprosy is one of the world's oldest-known diseases which still affects millions of people in many parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Today, leprosy diagnosis and treatment have become easy, yet the disease remains stubbornly resistant to the final phases of elimination.
A lunch-time seminar was held on 8 April 2009 at WHO headquarters in Geneva during which different aspects of the disease were discussed. The seminar grouped together Professor Michael Worboys, Director of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine at the University of Manchester, England and Dr. Shaik Noordeen, former Director of the WHO Leprosy Elimination Programme and former President of the International Leprosy Association.
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“ … it's always been an enigmatic disease, a disease which is problematic from a medical perspective… ”.
For more info:
See Leprosy website
Latest country statistics on leprosy
Leprosy: the disease explained
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Leprosy as a neurological disease
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Leading Edge. www.thelancet.com/neurology Vol. 8 March 2009