Leprosy strategy is about control, not eradication
Submitted by susan on Sat, 2008-03-22 11:25
At the end of 2000, WHO declared that leprosy had been eliminated as a global public-health problem. Elimination is defi ned as a prevalence, per 10 000 population, of less than one patient diagnosed with leprosy and registered for treatment. The global prevalence fell from 5
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